by mentalhealth | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by mentalhealth | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by mentalhealth | Jul 4, 2025 | events
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...
by mentalhealth | Jul 4, 2025 | Research
The National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) is working on a project and needs input from students. The Minding Your Wellbeing Programme is an evidence-based programme developed by HSE Health and Wellbeing and is being further developed for third level students. It...
by mentalhealth | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
**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...
by mentalhealth | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by mentalhealth | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by mentalhealth | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by mentalhealth | Apr 30, 2025 | campaigns
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...
by mentalhealth | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
USI recently got the chance to sit down for a chat with Ailish O’Neill, National Education and Training Manager with the National Office for Suicide Prevention. Ailish oversees the rollout of, among other things, suicide prevention training across the country....
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