By Fiona Lee Hello, everyone! I feel like I was just welcoming everyone back to college, but midterm exams and assignments are already upon us! It’s said every year, but the semester goes by too quickly. While the stress of midterms is creeping up on me, the urge to travel more and more seems just as important! In the last few weeks, my group of friends and I spent a … [Read more...] about Erasmus Diary – Issue 4
Archives for October 2019
Underestimating the books, overestimating technology
By Rachel Garvey A recent study in DCU has found that technology is causing children to read less. Two academics of Dublin College University, Dr Margaret O’Donnell, who lectures in special education, and Dr Therese McPhillips, who is a specialist in literacy, shared that reading is a vital skill, especially in today’s age of information overload. “The importance of … [Read more...] about Underestimating the books, overestimating technology
Habitat for Humanity’s Student Build: Cambodia
“Build, understand, develop” are the pillars of the work Habitat for Humanity carry out across 17 countries worldwide. Their aim is to provide more than just aid through bricks and mortar but to also rekindle a sense of safety, dignity and community in impoverished areas around the globe. On Wednesday 16th of October, Mary McGarry of ‘Habitat for Humanity’ took part in an … [Read more...] about Habitat for Humanity’s Student Build: Cambodia
Internationally acclaimed food symposium comes to NUI Galway
By Mark Lynch NUI Galway is hosting Food on the Edge, an international food symposium, for the second year in a row, over the 21st and 22nd October. The two-day convention brings a wide range of international chefs, food producers and thinkers together, in order to share, learn and discuss the future of food. Founder and symposium director, JP McMahon, caught up with SIN … [Read more...] about Internationally acclaimed food symposium comes to NUI Galway
Green Party proposes free transport to students pre-budget at cost €60 million to taxpayer
By Fergus Efe O’Donoghue The Green Party have proposed free public transportation for all students in the follow-up to this month’s budget, at a considerable expected cost to the taxpayer. Though it has not yet been specified if the party’s cost calculation also factors in the potential cost-benefits of such a decision, leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, has said … [Read more...] about Green Party proposes free transport to students pre-budget at cost €60 million to taxpayer