Article looks at research on students’ year abroad experiences and the programme Erasmus+. The authors highlight courses run at UCC to prepare students going on an Erasmus year abroad and to help them throughout their stay. The article also features an analysis by Liam Geraghty (RTÉ Radio One's The Business) who looks back at 30 years of the Erasmus+ project. www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2018/1017/1004733-how-students-can-make-the-best-of-a-year-abroad/

www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2018/0827/987826-ireland-foreign-languages-schools-universities-business/

Link leading to RTE Brainstorm website, which is based on a partnership between RTE and third level institutions in Ireland.
The article also includes a link to the RTÉ Radio One's Today With Sean O'Rourke Show, with a discussion on Ireland's foreign language deficit with Paul Gillespie (former Foreign Policy Editor, Irish Times), Lynn Ruane (former president, Student Union, Trinity College Dublin) and Anna Ni Challachair (director, Language Centre, Maynooth).