I have just returned home to Canada after my one-semester exchange at UL. What can I say? It has been a BLAST! Although there isn’t anything I would change looking back, there are a few things that I wish I’d known about coming to Ireland, about the academics at UL, about cooking for myself, and…
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21, Up and Running
Alison Head is an exchange student with the University of Limerick from our partner university McMaster University in Ontario, Canada majoring in Biology & Physiology. Alison travelled recently to Austria where she celebrated her 21st Birthday in the most unusual way. “It has been a dream of mine for several years now to run a half…
6 Things I May Have Never Done if I Didn’t Study Abroad
As the end of her semester at the University of Limerick approaches, Jenna Steadman reflects on all the opportunities she may never have had if it hadn’t been for her semester in Ireland.
Student Tested & Approved: 9 Best Things to do in Limerick
International Students from USA, Romania, Germany and more at the University of Limerick pick the best things to do in Limerick City!
The Beginner’s Guide To Weekend Trips: Making the Most of your Time and Money!
There are plenty of opportunities for weekend travel while studying in Ireland, whether it be around the island or across Europe. Here, UL Student Ambassador, Jenna, gives her tips for making the most out of your weekend trips! I’ve been lucky enough to have been on some type of weekend trip every weekend in the…
28 Irish Slang Words You Need to Know
Jenna Steadman is a Study Abroad student at the University of Limerick. She is from Ontario, Canada, and is majoring in Psychology and Music. Here, she gives a run down of all the Irish phrases she’s learned in her first few weeks at UL. Can’t seem to wrap your head around the crazy Irish lingo? For a…
4 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Weekend Adventures
A big part of the reason I came to study abroad was to see Europe. Coming from Canada, I hadn’t actually been on a plane until January of this year, when I boarded at Pearson International Airport in Toronto Ontario to come to Limerick. As excited as I was to see all of the beauty Ireland had to…
Canada vs Ireland by UL International Student Valerie Grignon
by UL International Student Ambassador Valerie Grignon I was born and have always lived in Montreal, Canada, which I guess is different from the rest of the country itself. Now that I have been in Ireland for about 3 months, I am starting to see and understand how this beautiful country and its inhabitants are…
Study Ireland - Stories & Guides from International Students 