Introduction This report summarises the current status of the range of initiatives on-going in UCC to help address the issue of alcohol related harm. This is a follow–up report on the first report entitled Effective Management of Alcohol Issues in UCC3, which described the range of action areas for the year 2010 to 2011. The list of action areas were first identified following a seminar in NUIG in 2010, entitled Effective Management of Alcohol issues in Irish Universities. The initiatives first described in 2010 have been refined somewhat in the light of the experience of the first 12 months of effort and have been distilled into 5 distinct Strategy Areas (SA) with accompanying specific 20 Action Points (AP) as tasks to be undertaken to help reduce the alcohol related harm amongst our students. A set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is in development to monitor the implementation of the Action Points and these have been developed they are shown in the tables on pages 3 and 4 below, with current status of the KPI also shown. Some of the Action Points do not lend themselves to being assessed using a Key Performance Indicator tool. In these cases the status of the Action Point is reported in simple descriptive terms. It is proposed that these Strategy Areas and Action Points be reviewed at least annually with the addition of further Strategy Areas or Action Points as and when appropriate. Strategy Areas and Action Points may also be deleted if judged ineffective or unattainable. Monitoring of the implementation of Action Points is the responsibility of the Healthy Living Group, a sub-committee of the Academic Council Student Experience Committee. Anyone interested in helping in the effort to minimise alcohol related harm amongst our students is invited to contact the Chair of the Healthy Living Group. Dr Michael Byrne Chair Healthy Living Group UCC
Introduction This report summarises the current status of the range of initiatives on-going in UCC to help address the issue of alcohol related harm. This is a follow–up report on the first report entitled Effective Management of Alcohol Issues in UCC3, which described the range of action areas for the year 2010 to 2011. The list of action areas were first identified following a seminar in NUIG in 2010, entitled Effective Management of Alcohol issues in Irish Universities. The initiatives first described in 2010 have been refined somewhat in the light of the experience of the first 12 months of effort and have been distilled into 5 distinct Strategy Areas (SA) with accompanying specific 20 Action Points (AP) as tasks to be undertaken to help reduce the alcohol related harm amongst our students. A set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is in development to monitor the implementation of the Action Points and these have been developed they are shown in the tables on pages 3 and 4 below, with current status of the KPI also shown. Some of the Action Points do not lend themselves to being assessed using a Key Performance Indicator tool. In these cases the status of the Action Point is reported in simple descriptive terms. It is proposed that these Strategy Areas and Action Points be reviewed at least annually with the addition of further Strategy Areas or Action Points as and when appropriate. Strategy Areas and Action Points may also be deleted if judged ineffective or unattainable. Monitoring of the implementation of Action Points is the responsibility of the Healthy Living Group, a sub-committee of the Academic Council Student Experience Committee. Anyone interested in helping in the effort to minimise alcohol related harm amongst our students is invited to contact the Chair of the Healthy Living Group. Dr Michael Byrne Chair Healthy Living Group UCC
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