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According to this article, " Ireland's government has announced the creation of a new group, chaired by the Union of Students in Ireland, to examine how student wellbeing and engagement can be enhanced at the country's higher education institutions." It's designed to address "the additional challenges faced by all students as a result of Covid-19." Ensuring well-being is definitely on the list of priorities, and I understand why the groups involved would limit their focus to students, but it seems to me that there is a significant role to be played by the education system in the well-being of people, whether or not they are students, and that if the organizations involved cast their gaze more widely, they'd find new ways to improve the outlook for students and non-students alike.

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