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Ilka Denker on 26 Jan 2022
Agricultural projects reap awards at BT Young Scientist competition
Planting mini seaweed farms, making horse manure a resource and a Smart Yard – students show great innovation with their Science and Technology projects, writes Ilka Denker.
Janine Kennedy on 19 Jan 2022
What’s happening with education in 2022?
Submitting your CAO application? Try not to stress. If you find a course you love, success will always follow.
Contributor on 05 Jan 2022
Memories of Agricultural College: swinging a pen
Liam Clancy recalls the many hours spent pulling all-nighters and hastily typing up essays and reports in the common computer room.
Contributor on 24 Nov 2021
Alternatives to higher education
Fiona Alston highlights some of the changes we will be seeing in the 2022 CAO.
Amii McKeever on 10 Nov 2021
Female students dominate DkIT agriculture course
Of the new students on the DkIT BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Agriculture/Agri-Food Production, 60% are female, writes Amii McKeever.
Ilka Denker on 09 Nov 2021
Galway students braving 30 days of November sea swimming
For many in the Galway community, the Galway Rape Crisis Centre is a worthy cause to brave the cold Atlantic every day in November, writes Ilka Denker.
Contributor on 27 Oct 2021
Linda O Neill – Finding Farming
Linda O’Neill was brought up on a small dairy and sheep farm at Castletownbere in West Cork. She speaks to Fiona Alston about her career journey to dairy farm partnership.
Ilka Denker on 04 Oct 2021
Preventing a cyber attack as a college student
From ransomware to phishing, Ilka Denker gives a break-down of everything you need to know in order to protect yourself against cyber crime.
Amii McKeever on 29 Sep 2021
New short course to close the food knowledge gap for young teenagers
Airfield Estate in Dublin have launched a short course for junior cycle students. Amii McKeever caught up with head of education and research at Airfield Estate Dr Kirsty McAdoo to learn more.
on 20 Sep 2021
Agri Aware launches new resource for primary schools
Dig In! will help children in primary school learn about farming through a webinar series, writes Ilka Denker.
Contributor on 15 Sep 2021
‘Do not panic, do not worry’
Freshers’ Week; a smorgasbord of events organised with the sole purpose of introducing you to all your fellow first years, those introductions can spark a lifetime of friendship. Writes Fiona Alston
Amii McKeever on 01 Sep 2021
Travel: Sea of Potential – making use of what you have
The seaweed centre in Lettermullen came into being pre-COVID-19 when the community came together. Paudie Mac Diarmada is the Údarás na Gaeltachta tourism officer charged with ‘getting it going’.
Contributor on 18 Aug 2021
Gardaí warn against student accommodation scam
Now is prime time for scammers to target students with pressure on to get accommodation sorted for the academic year. An Garda Síochána is urging students to be very vigilant, writes Fiona Alston.
Contributor on 21 Jul 2021
The craic and the heat in a continental piggery with 900 cows to milk
Hannah Woods is one of the lucky few UCD ag science students to travel abroad for a portion of their work placement in 2021. She tells us about her experience so far.
Anne O'Donoghue on 16 Jul 2021
Artwork by Irish teenagers to go on display in Japan
Four Irish teenagers will have their artwork displayed at a prestigious festival in Tokyo this summer.
Luke McDermott on 30 Jun 2021
Teagasc to launch five new apprenticeship courses by 2022
Considering doing an apprenticeship? Teagasc are aiming to introduce five new land sector apprenticeships by the end of 2022.
Luke McDermott on 16 Jun 2021
Pandemic resulted in shorter placements for students
Speaking with Mark Gallagher, careers and work placement consultant for biological sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, Luke McDermott shares the impact of the pandemic on placement students.
Luke McDermott on 16 Jun 2021
End in sight for Leaving Cert students
Some 55,000 students across the country returned safely to exam halls on Wednesday 9 June to begin the first of their Leaving Certificate examinations. Luke McDermott writes.
Margaret Nolan on 26 May 2021
How can I chose a career?
Margaret Nolan writes about how knowing yourself can help with making the right career choice.
Amii McKeever on 26 May 2021
The bee highway in Ireland is 650,000km long
The Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations (FIBKA) and National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) launched Ireland’s first Level 7 Diploma in Apiculture on International Bee Day, writes Amii McKeever.