Big Pond is committed to enabling a fairer future through our programming and how we go about our work.
Our residence halls, Highfield House, are the only student accommodation in Dublin committed to Ireland’s Green Hospitality Programme and built to NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) standards.
Big Pond staff live in the same halls as your students. Our team are Dublin locals and their primary function is to build a sense of student community. They conduct regular check-ins and actively encourage engagement with the city of Dublin.
Our residences are based in a centrally-located, bustling, student neighborhood. All rooms are ensuite and single occupancy.
The ways in which our students are working, buying and engaging are constantly evolving. Our approach to internships and service learning address changing workplace norms.
Big Pond’s internship partners all have one thing in common - a real, shared, and lived sustainability mission. Whether working for an organization directly engaged in creating a more equitable society, or for one actively working towards carbon neutrality, Big Pond students will be engaged in a values-driven environment.
Service learning is included in all First Year programs and can be built into other custom offerings. Our service learning partners operate across a number of fields working towards social, environmental and economic justice.
The mental and physical health of our students is central to everything we do. Post-Covid, a responsible education abroad provider cannot meet students’ growth needs without taking into consideration their environmental, personal, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Given its complexity and importance, strategic health management is part of what we do throughout our programming.
