This week on Taking Stock Mandy explores the complexities of university life both inside and outside of the lecture hall by getting the perspective of those that run our third-level institutions, as well as those that study there. Mandy speaks with Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President of Galway University to get his insights into the Irish University landscape as a whole. Dr. Declan Raftery, Chief Operations Officer at Dublin City University, and Lewis Purser, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Academic Affairs from the Irish Universities Association, discuss the key issues facing universities going into the next academic year. Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich, who is graduating from UCD in September and studied law and Social Justice, as well as Aisling Maloney, who just finished her first year at UCD, join Mandy to give their perspective on what being a university student in Ireland is like in 2022.