‘Bullying affects 14% of college students’

One-in-seven students have been bullied while at college and a quarter received unwanted sexual attention, research has found.

The study concludes that colleges must do more to help students cope with stress linked to personal and academic issues.

Almost 400 third-level students took part in the online questionnaire, set up by Lian McGuire of Trinity College Dublin’s Anti-Bullying Research Centre and promoted through the Union of Students in Ireland website.