First year Arts & Humanities student, Robert Camara, returned to education after completing a PLC course and entering the workforce. With an background in IT, Robert decided to return to education to help him take the next step in his career and chose Arts & Humanities to have a broader understanding of how people and the world works - with a particular interest in Psychology and Philosophy.

Robert is currently studying PC410 BA (Hons) in Arts & Humanities - to find out more, visit our website

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In this episode, we talk to second year Social Care student, Zainab Oyebanji, about how she decided to complete a PLC course in social care as a first step to her third level education and how the broadness of the social care sector appealed to her.

For information on the BA in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care), visit our website.

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Third year, English & History student, Alison Foley, chats about the defining moment in her life that triggered a return to education to pursue her passion of literature. In this episode, Alison discusses her mental preparation for returning to education, finding her tribe after commencing her studies part-time online and how the BA (Hons) in English & History has ignited an interest in Irish history she never saw coming.

For details on the revised three-year BA (Hons) in English & History, visit our website

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In this episode, we chat with recent graduate from the MA (Leadership in Therapeutic Child & Social Care), Wayne Jacob, about his career in social care and what attracted him to working in a therapeutic community. Wayne is the Deputy Manager at St Bernard's Children's Services.

For more information on the MA (Leadership in Therapeutic Child & Social Care), please visit our website.

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Listen to third year Social Care student, Ricky Dunne, talk about his motivations for returning to third level education in his late 20s and his process for deciding what was the right career path for him. A really insightful conversation.

Ricky is currently in his final year of the BA in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care) and looking to pursue the add-in year to achieve the BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care)

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In this episode, we chat to first year Psychology student, Graham Chapple, on his return to third level education after almost a decade and why he chose to pursue psychology as a career.

Graham is study the BA (Hons) in Psychology (PC414)

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Listen to Arts & Humanities student, Lorcan Canavan talk about how he used his love of Soccer to meet new people when he first started College and his hopes to pursue a career in secondary teaching.

Lorcan is studying the BA (Hons) in Arts & Humanities (PC410)

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Final year Arts & Humanities student, Woden Clark, chats about his re-entry to third level study after starting a degree in Games Design and how the BA (Hons) in Arts & Humanities has opened up an interest in Psychology, Theology and Philosophy. Woden is also the Vice President for Welfare and Campaigns on the Carlow College Students' Union.

For details on the revised three-year BA (Hons) in Arts & Humanities, visit our website

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