Freshers

5 Worries to Overcome When Learning To Drive

By Caitríona Ní Chonaill Are you learning to drive and finding it to be a scary and difficult experience? Same. Not everyone has the same skillset to be able to pick up driving at the same time, and not eve...

Oxygen’s Fresher Survival Guide

Surviving your first year in college is no easy feat. From meeting so many new faces to navigating college-level classes, there are many adjustments that freshers face. Not to mention learning to live on your ...

Budgeting for the Modern College Student

Unfortunately, it’s the time of year where college is starting again, your hours get cut at work, and you’re suddenly living with half of what you were originally making. On top of modern rent prices and cost ...

Freshers’ Comfort Films

In need of comforting stories for uncertain times? Booksmart One of the best coming of age films of the last few years, Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, 2019) follows best friends Amy and Molly as they deci...

Five Must-Haves for Your Student House

Sharing student accommodation for the first time and anxious to make a good impression on your new housemates? The veterans at oxygen.ie are here to lend a hand. We searched far and wide, surveying the best an...

How to Make Friends in College

Making friends in college sounds tricky. It can feel like you're a little fish in a big pond again like when you started secondary school. The good news is that it's so much easier to mingle with people in col...

A Guide to Club and Socs Week at Maynooth University

September is next month which means the new academic year is on it’s on way and we’ll back on campus again assuming it’s safe to do so. If all is well and good and clubs and socs week is going ahead at coll...

Oxygen’s Declassified Fresher’s Survival Guide

It’s like your first day of school all over again. New building, people, teachers and rules that liberate you from secondary school. The first few weeks of first year can be daunting. Here’s a Ned’s Declassifi...

Roommates From Hell

Here are some anonymous confessions from people who have had the roommates from hell. 1. "I used to hate it when roommates would take your shit without asking, act like you're the one who's overreacting w...