DC.title: What Does Success Mean to You? Student Voices from Higher Education in Ireland
DC.creator: Alex
DC.creator: Arantxa Vara
DC.creator: Darragh Winters
DC.creator: Giada Randolfi
DC.creator: Zach Louis Ng Nocum
DC.date: 05/10/2026
DC.description: What does success look like as a student?

In this short film, students in higher education across Ireland reflect on confidence, perseverance, first-time experiences, learning, and the small moments that can make a big difference.

The student voices featured here were gathered through the HEA Student Success Survey and Focus Groups in 2025 and are shared in their own words.

The animations are creative interpretations of those reflections, imagined and produced by second-year Animation students at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).

From communicating in a second language to returning to education as a mature student, overcoming anxiety, and simply choosing not to quit, these stories explore the many ways success can be experienced.

Even small moments in college can be a success. What are yours?

Credits
Animation, Backgrounds & Compositing — Arantxa Vara
Animation & Backgrounds — Giada Randolfi
Animation — Zach Louis Ng Nocum
Animation & Backgrounds — Alex  
Music composition & production — Darragh Winters  

Special thanks
Karima Dillon
Eimhin Mc Namara
Rebecca Roper
The students who shared their experiences
DC.identifier: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/what-does-success-mean-to-you-student-voices-from-higher-education-in-ireland/
DC.publisher: National Resource Hub
DC.language: en-US
DC.format: text/html
DC.type: Article