By Conor Brummell Galway City Council passed a motion to support publicly funded, purpose-built student accommodation at a meeting on the 14 January 2019. The motion comes after NUI Galway’s Students’ Union President Megan Reilly and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology's Students’ Union President Aaron Burke made a presentation to the Council’s Housing Strategic Policy … [Read more...] about Galway City Council pass motion to support publicly funded student accommodation
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Opinion: Do boys experience less intense friendships than girls?
By Conor Brummell It is frequently said that friendships between males are completely different to those experienced between women. One Google search brings up a myriad of quotes stating that friendships between women are deeper, more emotional and that they are more meaningful; that simply put, no two males could ever have a bond that is as intense as that experienced by … [Read more...] about Opinion: Do boys experience less intense friendships than girls?
Opinion: Adulthood: the final frontier.
By Conor Brummell We all know the story: when we’re young, we want to be older but when we’re older, we yearn for our youth. The circle of life is pretty ironic in that sense, tricking the young and seemingly unwise into thinking that they want to be out of school, qualified from college, working in the big bad world and earning big bucks with a house, family and car of … [Read more...] about Opinion: Adulthood: the final frontier.
Repeat exam fees: adding punishment to pain?
By Conor Brummell Exam time can be a stressful period in any college student’s life. Many people, due to personal circumstances, a heavy workload or sickness have to defer exams at the end of the year. That, or possibly just the fact that some students are unfortunate on the day in question and fail their exams, leaves students having to repeat an exam in a resit held in … [Read more...] about Repeat exam fees: adding punishment to pain?