New Study Looking for Participants

New Study Looking for Participants

**content warning** this study related to the experiences of those who have experienced sexual violence or harrassment You are invited to take part in a research interview about experiences of institutional responses to sexual harassment and violence in higher...
AMLÉ Student Achievement Awards 2025

AMLÉ Student Achievement Awards 2025

One of the highlights of the year in AMLÉ is the annual student achievement awards. Students and student unions around the country to celebrate the changemakers, the campaigns and the unions making the biggest differences on campuses and for the student body. This was...
Healthy Campus Seminar 2025

Healthy Campus Seminar 2025

AMLÉ recently attended the annual Healthy Campus Health and Wellbeing Seminar, which was held in TUD Grangegorman. There was some important updates provided on areas such as the revisions to the Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework, and the revisions...
HSE Launch Balancing Stress Programme

HSE Launch Balancing Stress Programme

Earlier this month AMLÉ attended the launch event of a new training programme aimed at helping people to understand and reduce their stress. This programme was developed by the HSE Health and Wellbeing and HSE Psychology, and is called the ‘Balancing Stress...
New Campaign Materials

New Campaign Materials

We in USI are always trying to find ways to better reach and engage with students and to spread our message about the importance of talking about mental health, as well as providing information on ways to do that. We’ve recently created a specific online space...
Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

This week is international Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The aim of this week is to raise awareness and reduce misunderstandings about eating disorders. In 2024, 503 people were diagnosed with eating disorders, which was an increase of 118 on the previous year....
Launch of NSRF Strategic Plan

Launch of NSRF Strategic Plan

We were delighted to be able to attend the recent launch of the National Suicide Research Foundation’s (NSRF) new strategic plan for 2025- 2030 in UCC. The NSRF conduct research into suicide, suicidal behaviour and self-harm across Ireland. They are based in...
What Makes Good Mental Health Help?

What Makes Good Mental Health Help?

Experiencing mental health difficulties is a very individual, subjective experience. While there may be common symptoms or particular mental illness, or common causes of mental health struggles, everyone can still experience mental health struggles in a very different...
Green Ribbon Campaign 2024

Green Ribbon Campaign 2024

September in Ireland sees the return of the annual Green Ribbon Campaign run by Shine. This is a campaign that aims to combat and reduce stigma around mental health, and is a campaign that USI are proud to be part of again this year. Is mental health stigma still a...