The Healthy TUS initiative is supported by the HEA and operates within the national Healthy Campus Charter and Framework, which TUS signed in March 2025. Ireland’s Healthy Campus Framework is modelled on the foundational principles of the Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting University and Colleges, and the more recent Limerick Framework for Action.
Healthy TUS is a Healthy Campus initiative that promotes a whole‑of‑institution approach to health and wellbeing, supporting students, staff and the wider community across all campuses. A self‑evaluation, using the HEA’s Healthy Campus tool and informed by staff focus groups, identified six key thematic areas for health promotion. A Healthy TUS Action Plan is now being developed by a subcommittee and six dedicated working groups, which will deliver initiatives, actions and campaigns across the following areas:
