Claudia M. Zedda According to a new survey, four in 10 college students say they struggle to afford living expenses, while 88% of them worry about money. SpunOut and the Irish League of Credit Unions found that higher education students stress about finding a job, travel expenses, rent, books and affording college fees. In order…
By Claudia M. Zedda UCC has a student body of more than 20,000 people, of which 3,000 are international students. Our campus welcomes students from over 100 countries, each with its different history, culture, and language. Yet, many Irish people are not able to speak a foreign language. Ireland itself is home to two main…
By Claudia M. Zedda Afghanistan is facing one of the gravest humanitarian catastrophes of our times. If you watched the news at least once in the past month, you must have heard about this crisis. According to the United Nations, Afghanistan has the third-largest displaced population in the world. This is the result of a…
By Claudia M. Zedda If two years ago someone told you the entire world was going to shut down completely for months, nobody would have believed it. Despite this, today we are just after coming out of three lockdowns and a brand new lifestyle that did not really belong to us. Masks, sanitisers and social…