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This site hosts reports, research and campaigns relating to student mental health. It is presented as a mostly open resource for members. The USI Mental Health programme is proud to be supported and funded by the Health Service Executive National Office for Suicide Prevention.
Connecting Minds Podcast

We all have a mental health. We all need to take care of ourselves.
USI works with your SU to discover better ways of coping with the strain of student life.
Introducing the VP for Welfare 25/26 – Colette Murphy
Every year a new executive team/ coiste gnó is elected to work at a national level within USI. Candidates are elected at the annual national congress/ comhdail by representatives of all the member organisations across the country. The role is wide-ranging, and covers physical, mental and sexual wellbeing among others. The VP for Welfare raises […]
USI Becomes AMLÉ
The annual Comhdháil (Congress) is an important event in the student union calendar. For a week, representatives from all affiliated colleges gather together to debate motions and discuss important topics. At the 2025 Comhdháil held just before Easter, one motion in particular was passed. While USI has long been a bilingual organisation, and has always fought for […]
International Health Promoting Campuses Conference
Ireland is a signatory to the Okanagan Charter, which is and international charter for health promoting universities. The Okanagan charter is the basis upon which the Irish Healthy Campus Charter was written. The Okanagan Charter can be read in full here (and in Irish here); and the Irish Healthy Campus Charter can be found here. […]