Top tips for freshers looking ahead to life in college

Members of the Students Union at UCC, hosting the college’s first Consent Awareness Week to tackle sexual assault issues, featuring a week of talks and webinars aimed at education and prevention of sexual assault. It was organised after a Union of Students Ireland (USI) survey. Some 29% of female, 10% of male, and 28% of non-binary students have experienced non-consensual penetration by incapacitation, force, or threat of force during their time in college, according to the USI and NUI Galway Sexual Experiences Survey.

The Covid-19 pandemic may have changed the face of education in Ireland over the past two years or so.

However, it should not dampen the excitement and anticipation of entering third level education for the first time.