[…]their education and prevention ‘Mind Your Head’ Christmas Campaign. Acquired Brain Injury Ireland and the USI are appealing to people to take precaution this year and reduce the number of brain injuries being suffered throughout the Christmas period. Approximately 13,000 people acquire a head injury in Ireland each year, drastically changing their life thereafter. With an increase in unprovoked assaults, alcohol related falls and road traffic accidents following increased speed, acquired brain injury is vastly becoming a growing epidemic. As the Christmas period appears in full swing Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Irelands leading provider in community based neuro-rehabilitation services, are appealing […]
[…]impact on their mental health and wellbeing. Alcohol is a factor in half of all suicides in Ireland and depression is on the rise in the student community, who have the highest rates of binge drinking in the country. “We believe that we can bring about a positive change in this harmful drinking culture among the current generation of third level students and that we can also lead by example and try to ensure that the next generation of young people – particularly our brothers and sisters – is not taken in by this culture, by helping them to see […]
[…]to revenue and are more likely to become employers. That is before we talk about the thousands of jobs third level education supports throughout the country, directly and indirectly. It comes before any of the multi million euro investments by multi-national companies and the examination of the millions of Euros that are generated every single week for local economies due to thousands of students living and spending in towns with third level institutions. With two hundred people leaving this country for work every day and over 30% of under 25s unemployed it is hard to believe that Fine Gael and […]
[…]on workers rights and the Irish language. Topics like sexual health from the HSE, alcohol, drugs and substances from Drugs.ie, accommodation rights from Threshold and student finances from Mabs were covered for Welfare Officers. To add, Jigsaw ran a session mental health followed by a session on boundaries by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Digital native Malachy Callan from Broadlake delivered a module on digital marketing and branding with Eric Fitzgerald handing over tips on booking acts and marketing events. The Director of Education at the European Institute of Communications, Eugene Grey, offered training on getting media for campaigns and […]
[…]Sciences, particularly nursing and midwifery is well recognised in many countries including the USA and Australia. Congress further notes That similar recognition does not exist in Ireland in spite of the detrimental effect on those training or employed in these areas. Congress therefore mandates The Vice President for AAQA and Vice President for Welfare to investigate the extent of the problem in Ireland and the subsequent consequences for those effected with a view to informing Member Organisations on the issue. 15 AAQA 10 Cross-border student mobility Congress believes: Currently there is very low cross-border student mobility between Northern […]
