DC.title: Barriers and Enablers to Student Success in Higher Education
DC.date: 12/10/2026
DC.description: A short animation about barriers to student success in Irish higher education, including financial pressures, travel, workload, isolation, confidence and communication. It considers how these challenges can overlap, and how accessible support, approachable lecturers, counselling, careers guidance, financial assistance, student representation and flexible institutional practices can help.

Published by National Forum T&L.

Credits
Director — Dylan Drea
Producer — Ciara O’Brien
Animation — Robin Bennett, Jack Cahill, Talitha Cole, Dylan Drea, Lumiere Lomingo, Ciara O’Brien, Daniel Ofracio, Tobias Zhang
Compositing — Robin Bennett, Jack Cahill, Dylan Drea, Ciara O’Brien
Sound — Robin Bennett, Dylan Drea
Script — Jack Cahill, Ciara O’Brien, Daniel Ofracio
Voice acting — David Carter, Es McLean
Editing — Jack Cahill, Dylan Drea
Special thanks — Rachel Fitzgerald, Eimhin McNamara, Rebecca Roper, Laura Venables
DC.identifier: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/barriers-and-enablers-to-student-success-in-higher-education/
DC.publisher: National Resource Hub
DC.language: en-US
DC.format: text/html
DC.type: Article