Arcadia Ireland

One of the funny things about working in education is that you are constantly looking back and wrapping up. For teachers the start of each school year is the beginning of a whole new life – making roughly the same journey you had made the year before…

It is that time of year again. As the days are getting longer and the weather is heating up, many people are tenuously beginning to bring out their summer wardrobes and to look forward to the summer holidays. For students, however, the time around Easter…

Summer 2023 Co-Curricular Events We are so happy to be at this stage of the year once again!  The mornings are bright and the evenings are long, the trees are in full bloom, grass is greener than ever in Ireland. This can only mean one thing, Summer…

It’s coming to the end of Lent so that means one thing- Easter Eggs. The shops are packed full of chocolate delights and everyone is preparing to stock up for a much needed binge. The Easter tradition is strong in Ireland so I thought I’d tell you a bit…

Arcadia Ireland is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive student community. This is why we were very proud a few weeks ago to publish this blog post by Oli Vorster, a current student in our Dublin Parliamentary Internship programme who is part…

We have heard so much about how traveling and experiencing new cultures changes perspectives and broadens horizons, but these experiences also make one more socially durable and confident.  Planning a trip, navigating airports and hectic city streets…

Coming into my semester with Arcadia in Dublin, I was a bit wary of identifying as a transgender, non-binary student. Living abroad is often nerve-wracking enough without being away from your usual support systems and in an unfamiliar environment. Having…

This week I'm going to share an article written by one of the students who studied in Spain back in 2019. She talks about a "new kind of homesickness" which she goes on to call "culture-sickness". To quote the student she says  "I feel culture-sick.…

One of my fondest teenage memories is when I shaved my hair and pierced my nose! I was sixteen years old and I wanted to reinvent myself into something “different”. My inspiration was Sinead O’Connor (my idol) and it was during a Late Late show moment…