Series 1, Episode 3
The Irish Universities Association has partnered with RTÉ to create My Uni Life, a five-part series which follows the lives of seven students at various stages of their university journey. Whether it’s overcoming the challenges of having a disability, the stereotypes associated with socially disadvantaged backgrounds or having the courage to go to university at a later stage in life, these students represent just 7 out of more than 5000 students each year whose desire to succeed at third level education is facilitated and supported by the Access and Disability programmes run by Irish Universities.
Each student comes from a different background, accessing university through a variety of routes, but with personal determination that is key to the difficulties they have overcome.
Filmed over the past 12 months, the series provides a unique and authentic insight into the lives of seven students across the country, as they navigate through personal challenges and the current Covid-19 pandemic while trying to grapple with the move to remote learning.
Episode 3
In the third of five programmes, we follow seven Access students who tell us about their unique personal challenges and how higher education is changing their lives for the better.
This week on My Uni Life, as our students reach the midway point of the academic year, news of a global pandemic looks set to upend every aspect of their personal and university lives.
Normal university life across the country grinds to a halt. Students and staff are sent home. Usually brimming with life, the country’s university campuses become ghost towns overnight.