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The Mincéirs Whiden Society at NUI Galway has made its founding member Owen Patrick Ward an honorary life member.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor, Frankie Keena, who is a member of the Governing Body of Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has welcomed the joint signing of a memorandum of understanding between AIT and Dublin City University (DCU) confirming plans for a new four year undergraduate degree in teaching at the progressive third level institution.

A team of six transition year students from Holy Rosary College Mountbellew have qualified for the F1 in Schools national finals 2021.

St Angela’s College, Sligo, has offered a range of postgraduate and adult education programmes over the years and 2021 will be no exception. In fact, the college has further developed some programmes to be delivered completely online, opening them up to an international audience, while other programmes will continue to be delivered using a blended learning approach, allowing students to meet and work with their peers in a timetabled structure to suit everyone.

A new book which marries teaching drama to young people with the issues of sustainable development, environmentalism, and climate change, has been launched.

A €100 million ‘Catch-Up for Children’ fund to counter the “severe impact” of lost time at school, sports, and extra-curricular activities during the pandemic, must be introduced by the Government.

The new special needs school in Tuam, which is nearing completion, will be “a beacon of hope” for families throughout the north Galway region.

A year in the life - during the most challenging year of 2020 - of the sixth class pupils of Scoil Bhríde Primary School, Shantalla, is captured in a new film, Giant Steps.

Mayo TD Alan Dillon is calling on students, teachers, and parents, to complete an online survey outlining their views on Leaving Certificate 2021.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has said special funding for the Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board will help tackle educational disadvantage and equip adult learners will new skills during the present Covid-19 pandemic.