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Allowing sole traders to take on interns under the JobBridge National Internship Scheme will give “the maximum number of people the training and skills necessary to succeed in the workplace”.

Successful students usually have parents who are involved in school programmes and carefully monitor their child's progress. Children who read well in the early grades are more successful in later years; those who fall behind rarely catch up with their classmates.

National Adult Literacy Awareness Week takes place next week from September 19 to 23. South Westmeath Literacy Scheme offers help to adults who have difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, or maths. Students can take part in a group or have one-to-one help from a volunteer tutor. The centre is open 60 hours every week with classes arranged at times to suit tutors and students. All learning is student driven, and all tuition is provided free of charge.

Students who enrol on the postgraduate diploma in management in Galway Business School can choose to progress to an MBA programme with one of its partner universities and complete the MBA within two years. This provides students with a cost effective route towards executive education.

Brendan Hopkins, who was a director of Castlebar Credit Union for 18 years, died tragically in a car accident in 2002. As a mark of appreciation of his dedicated work and in order to perpetuate his memory, the board of directors approached his family and GMIT Castlebar with a view to setting up a scholarship scheme.

As the children return to school, many parents start thinking about new clothes and supplies, but what about tutoring?

The Mayo College of Hairdressing is the first purpose built state of the art hairdressing college accredited by City and Guilds running full and part time courses in Mayo. This is an independently run college under the personal supervision of Angela Chambers.

Better Grades Grinds School commences evening and weekend classes in Tuam and Castlebar on Saturday September 24 for Junior and Leaving Certificate students. There are a wide variety of classes on offer covering all subjects and levels, including English, Irish and Mathematics, French, Biology and Agri-Science.

Garry Hynes, the internationally acclaimed theatre director and Druid co-founder, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from UCD.

An innovative, practical based enterprise training and mentoring programme for people who plan to start up their own businesses or develop their existing one is to commence in the GMIT Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) in Castlebar in October following the success of the two previous programmes. South West Mayo Development Company will be providing support with the development of the programme.