[…]Services that there should be one counsellor for every 1,000 to 1,500 students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has increased student mental health funding from €3 million to €5 million, but that figure has only been allocated on an annual basis, leaving these services unable to plan for the future. Ahead of Budget 2024, USI is calling for Government to immediately commit to multi-annual funding of €6 million a year to maintain core counselling services and to implement the National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework. However, USI says Government needs a plan to increase this funding by €11.5 million in order to reach […]
[…]we study through the lens of female rugby. Why Research Matters Video Competition 2022 – David Nolan Ailbhe McGurrin, a PhD researcher at the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin, has been awarded the ‘Most Informative’ prize. This prize is awarded to a researcher who has communicated the nature and aim of their research project in a clear and engaging manner. Ailbhe’s project focuses on the medicinal properties of Irish seaweeds. Ailbhe’s research is important to protect against a future where ‘superbugs’ (bacteria which have evolved to survive all antibiotic medicines) will be a huge danger […]
[…]the Knightsbrook Hotel in county Meath for the first in-person USI Congress since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Beth was elected Vice President for Campaigns at USI in 2021, having previously served as Commercial and Fundraising Officer in UCC SU – Beth graduated from UCC with a BA in Politics and History. USI Vice President for the Southern Region and former WITSU student, John Fortune was elected Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, while the rest of the Coiste Gnó next year will be new to the USI team. Waqar Ahmed, Sarah Behan, Ross Boyd, Hannah Brennan, Clodagh McGivern, Sierra Müller-Owens, […]
[…]the challenges of society opening up post-pandemic and acknowledges of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student mental health.” USI will travel to colleges and universities around the country with an Open Up roadshow, as well as running an online campaign through social media and the union’s website at USI.ie. Over the past number of years, USI has identified encouraging and helping students to be more open about their mental health, and to seek help when needed, as a vital part of its work, as the USI Student Mental Health Report 2019 showed how not talking about problems makes […]
21/03/2022 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Open Up Mental Health Campaign Launch Sugar Club, Dublin […]
