1. Community Liaison Officer Special Support Services
Director - Dr Bernadette Walsh
Administrator – Susan Niven
Student Development
Arts Officer
Patricia Moriarty
Community Liaison Officer
Gabriella Hanrahan
1st Year Experience &
Retention Coordinator
Sarah Gibbons
Student Supports
Student Counselling
Head – Dr Declan Aherne
Student Health Centre
Director – Vacant
Chaplaincy
Fr. John Campion
Sr. Sarah O’Rourke
Special Support Services
Access Manager
Pat Hoey
Mature Student &
Adult Learner Officer
Rhona McCormack
Disability Support
Services Officer
Brenda Shinners-Kennedy
Access Officer
Deirdre O’Connor

2. Director - Dr Bernadette Walsh
Administrator – Susan Niven
Student Development
Student Support
Special Support Services
Arts Officer – Patricia Moriarty
Community Liaison Officer – Gabriella Hanrahan
1st Year Experience & Retention Coordinator – Sarah Gibbons
Student Health Center Director – Vacant
Student Counselling Head – Dr. Declan Aherne
Chaplaincy – Fr. John Campion, Sr. Sarah O’Rourke
Access Manager – Pat Hoey
Mature Student & Adult Learner Officer – Rhona McCormack
Disability Support Services Officer – Brenda Shinners-Kennedy
Access Officer – Deirdre O’Connor

3. Student Affairs Priorities 2016/2017
Technology to Enhance Services
EATC
Cross Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
Civic Engagement
Access
Student Retention

4. Access Office – Leads Initiatives Aimed at Students from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged background in Primary & Secondary Schools

5. Disability Support Services
Guidance & Support
Career Guidance
Disability Awareness Training
Library Assistance
Ongoing advice, information & support
Provides Dyslexia tutor support; audio service, learning support.
Support Program Management
Administers ESF Funding
Manages EATC – Educational Assistive Technology Centre (Part of the overall Shannon Consortium and HEA Compact)
Manages CAO Supplementary Admissions System Process (DARE Scheme)
Advocacy
Directs Disability Resource Area/Assistive Technology Service
Students in wheelchairs, blind, partially sighted, dyslexia/dyspraxia/Asperger’s syndrome, specific learning disabilities, serious physical and medical conditions
Promotes & supports improved and equal access for students with disabilities
Provides transport services

6. Mature Student & Adult Learner

7. Student Health Centre – Provides comprehensive primary care for all students (not a GP service). Includes nurse clinic, physiotherapy, psychiatry & gp clinics
Staff:
3 Medical Practitioners
1 Nurse
1 Psychiatrist
1 Physiotherapist
1 Administrator
Sports Medicine Consultations
Dedicated Contraceptive Clinics
Student Sexual Health Clinics, including:
STI Screening & Follow-up
Support Role in other University Business:
I-Grade Facilitation
Policy and Health Promotion Initiatives
Unexpected Outbreaks (e.g., mumps)

8. Positive Mental Health
Student Counselling – Head, 5 Counsellors, 3 Interns, 3 Trainees, Asst. Psychologists, 1 Administrator
Positive Mental Health
Consultation Services for Critical Situations & Emergencies
Drop-in Services for Critical Situations & Emergencies
Student Peer Mentoring (CONNECT)
Health Promotions (ex. Sexual Health)
Student Placement
Para-counselling Courses (for Academic Staff)
Training for Academic Advisors
Supports the I-Grade System
Contributions to Research, Community & Professional Services
Supports Campus Alcohol Policy
Depression
Anxiety
Eating
Disorders
Bereavement
Personality Issues
Substance Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Social Skills

9. Chaplaincy – 2 Chaplains
Fosters student & staff relationships through ecumenical services
Provides and Coordinates Religious Services
Manages the Teach Failte Drop-in Centre
Student-oriented Liturgies
Administers the University’s Hardship Fund
Supports Student Clubs and Societies
Coordinates all necessary arrangements in the event of the loss of a student
Manages/Organises Activities that focus on the Contemplative Centre
Confidential one-to-One meetings with students in times of crisis (bereavement, financial difficulty, etc..)

10. Manages & Organises a Programme of Annual Activities:
Arts Office: Fosters diverse forms of creative expression for students and staff
Film
Festival & UL Drama Society Productions
Dance
Concerts
Comedy
Lectures
Outreach Activities, Alternative Events, and Workshops
Manages & Organises a Programme of Annual Activities:
Develops & Maintains the “Living Art Wall” in Eden Restaurant
Collaborates Closely with Student Clubs, Societies, and Student Union
Chairs the UL Arts & Sports Support Fund Committee and Liaises with Bank Enablement Fund

11. Community Liaison Office
Delivering on UL’s and HE Civic Engagement aims and objectives
Represents ULs on community/
voluntary boards across the city.
Fosters University/
Student/
Community/ Pathways & Partnerships
Supports students developing volunteer/
Social Entrepreneur initiatives
Supports UL and external community to identify/develop/create student focused volunteer initiatives
Collaborates with HE colleagues across the sector on civic engagement strategies, practices/policies.
Coordinates UL’s President’s Volunteer Award (PVA) Programme & Annual Ceremony

12. First Year Experience and Retention Officer
Delivering on UL’s Strategic Plan to ‘engage, retain and progress students through their chosen programme and address student needs’.
Use new technologies for student communication
Manage Orientation
Data analysis on student engagement
Develop new strategies for effective first year integration to UL
Develop new policies and strategies on improving student retention
Primary contact point for new entrants for advice, direction transfer – defer information

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