by mentalhealth | Oct 29, 2025 | awareness days, events
AMLÉ were delighted to attend the recent event hosted by the National Suicide Research Foundation to mark World Mental Health Day. The event was held in Cork and is an annual seminar event. the day opened with an engaging keynote from Prof Barbara Dooley (lead...
by mentalhealth | Sep 26, 2025 | Research
Currently in Ireland we do not have good data on some things that impact hugely on the student experience. The most recent data we have on student drug use is from 2021, which means data was collected during lockdown and so might be impacted by that. The most recent...
by mentalhealth | Sep 10, 2025 | awareness days, campaigns, training
Wednesday 10th September 2025 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The aim of this day is to discourage people from attempting or completing suicide, and to encourage people to seek help if they are feeling suicidal. If you or someone you know is at risk of hurting...
by mentalhealth | Sep 8, 2025 | strategy
The student mental health and suicide prevention framework was first published in 2020, a result of a collective effort between stakeholders consisting of those working in higher education, those working in mental health, and student representatives. Two key elements...
by mentalhealth | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re a new student starting college for the first time, or a returning student, there are things that you can do now at the start of the year that can help your mental health now and for the rest of the year. If you are a new student, it might be that you...
by mentalhealth | Jul 29, 2025 | training
Every year in June/July, new officers take up their roles as student representatives. This includes a group of brand-new welfare officers. AMLÉ provides in-depth training on many topics to these new officers prior to the start of the new academic year, and this...
by mentalhealth | Jul 29, 2025 | strategy
In student mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention policy there are two main policy documents in operation since 2019. These are the Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework and the Healthy Campus Charter, and the implementation of both has been...
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...
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