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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Accessibility & LanguageYOULEAD Projects
What is the research that YOULEAD is carrying out?
The YouLEAD consortium will carry out five four-year research projects from September 2018-2022, focused around three broad research themes or ‘pillars’:
The five projects are as follows:
1. Early Adversity and Later outcomes (based at RCSI, supervised by Prof. Mary Cannon & Prof. David Cotter). This project will focus on the analysis of large (already collected) national and international epidemiological datasets. Read more: Adversity and psychological symptoms in young people
2. Understanding Barriers to Treatment (based at UCD, supervised by Prof. Eilis Hennesey & Dr. Caroline Heary). This project will focus on the attitudes and experiences of families’ in seeking access to mental health services for young people. Read more: Parental help seeking outline
3. Improving youth participation in mental health service development & delivery (based at NUI Galway, supervised by Dr. Padraig MacNeela). This project will develop and implement a participatory model for engaging young people in the planning and delivery of youth mental health services.
4. Evaluating community based interventions for youth mental health (based at UCD, supervised by Prof. Barbara Dooley, & Dr. Aileen O’Reilly). This project will focus on evaluating community based mental health interventions delivered through JIGSAW, the national center for youth mental health. Read more: YouLead Programme Project 4 (UCD)Evaluating Online Interventions for Improving Social Cognition & function in Psy
5. Evaluating novel community based and online strategies for youth mental health (based at NUI Galway, supervised by Prof. Gary Donohoe). This project will focus on adapting and evaluating novel online cognitive and social interventions for use with young people experiencing psychosis. Read more: Evaluating Online Interventions for Improving Social Cognition & function in Psy
