• 4: Victoria O’Toole

  • Jan 5 2021
  • Length: 9 mins
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4: Victoria O’Toole

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  • Summary

  • Question: Introduce yourself (0:10) 
    • Final year Law and Society student: 
    • Discusses degrees earned by different family members
    • Importance of education was instilled in her by her family
    • First person in her family to pursue level 8 degree
    Question: Have you faced any barriers on your journey to DCU or during your time in college? (1:10) 
    • Her dad died during 6th year---affected her ability to study
    • Felt overwhelmed when she came to DCU but got the help and resources she needed
    Her mom almost died during her first year in college  Question: Have you availed of any support from Access, and if so how has that impacted your college experience? (2:30) 
    • Worked as an Access Ambassador, which provided her a support network, friends, and fulfilling work to do 
    Question: What is your role in Access? (3:40) 
    • First started off as an Access Ambassador working on Outreach---travelled to schools in disadvantaged areas in North Dublin 
    • Now serves as an Access Coordinator and works with the Access staff on outreach programming
    Question: How did you find adapting to social life in college? (5:00) 
    • Made friends within her degree before college through Access, which helped with the transition and eased fears of a competitive and unfriendly academic environment 
    Question: Have you thought about your life after DCU yet? (6:15) 
    • Wants to get a masters and possibly pursue a Phd
    • Wants to make change with the law and sees herself doing that through Academia 
    • Seeing Access students who went on to do a Masters or Phd encouraged her to believe she could do the same despite financial barriers 
    Question: What advice would you give someone from your old school who is about to sit the Leaving Certificate and is considering going to college? (7:25)
    • Lectures are friendly and a good resource 
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