[…]to launch Mental Health Awareness Week 2012. This national campaign will be launched in the National College of Ireland (NCI), St Angela’s College Sligo and Institute of Technology Tralee on Monday November 12th at 12pm and will be run in colleges across the country. The theme for the campaign this year is positive mental health and the promotion of support services available to students and young people. The tagline of the campaign is ‘What Makes You Smile?’ The campaign aims to tackle the increasingly negative outlook that many students have, due to financial stress and other factors, by asking them […]
[…]level education is such a trying time between college deadlines, study, part-time work and maintaining family and friend relationships.” Once a student texts USI to 086 1800 280, a trained volunteer will introduce themselves, reflect on what the student has said, and invite them to share at their own pace. They will text back and forth, only sharing what they feel comfortable with. By asking questions, listening to them and responding with support, the volunteers will help students sort through their feelings until they feel they are now in a calm, safe place. Students may be provided with some […]
[…]and speakers, the conference will highlight how to remove barriers and increase opportunities in the student and life experience of people living with disabilities. The event begins at 10 AM on Thursday 29 March 2018 at the Gibson Hotel, The Point, Dublin. Sessions will include: What an Inclusive Classroom Should Like; Supports & Opportunities; Erasmus & Work Placement; Social Inclusion: Barriers & Opportunities; Keynote Speaker; Panel Discussion (covering topics on Disclosure, Mental Heath, & Activism); Peer Network & Activism. What the Students’ Union Can Do For You Please find below a poster for use to publicise the event: Students living with […]
[…]will provide ongoing advice and support to students via energy-efficiency and bill management training, peer-to-peer advice sharing via video blogs and regular e-mail and social media communications. DCU, Maynooth University, NUI Galway and UCC are the four Irish universities taking part in the first year of the campaign. Hoey continued, “By identifying and training student ambassadors in each dormitory, and by motivating the ambassadors to encourage their peers to save energy, we will create a race between students in dormitories, each competing to save the most energy and win prizes. We will tap into online student communities through social media, […]
“We get the chance to elect our representatives in the European Parliament and at Local Councils once every 5 years and the next one is on Friday May 24th, to make the change you must be registered to vote.” – USI President Síona Cahill With just one month left to register to vote ahead of the EU and Local Elections, the Union of Students in Ireland, along with Spunout and the National Youth Council of Ireland are urging students to ensure their names are on the register of electors using the Supplementary Registration form; RFA2. With the hard […]
