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The Department of Education’s new National Induction Programme for Teachers will be taking place in The Galway Education Centre.

Bord Gáis Energy has launched an online book club, www.bordgaisenergybookclub.ie, to provide an invaluable free resource for the hundreds of thousands of people who enjoy reading in Ireland and particularly those in book clubs. There are an estimated 55 book clubs in Mayo.

For the third consecutive year, NUI Galway has increased its position in the QS World University Rankings. Rising 11 places to 232nd in this year’s ranking, NUI Galway is one of only two Irish universities to move up the league table.

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has been presented with an award by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Conor Lenihan, for being among the top five knowledge providers (out of 41 on the island) for completion of Enterprise Ireland innovation voucher projects.

You can study for a BA (ordinary) in Montessori education with St Nicholas’ Montessori College in Galway. This part-time evening course (Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications) is validated by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council.

The Learning Curve Institute has announced that its highly popular FETAC accredited courses in addiction studies and French and Spanish language will be coming to Castlebar, Galway, Sligo, and Limerick in September this year.

As next Monday’s deadline for acceptance of CAO offers looms closer, Athlone Institute of Technology has announced there are still places available on six full-time undergraduate courses.

With points for most college courses set to increase this year because of a surge in demand for third-level places, the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is reminding Leaving Cert students of the many craft-related career options available to them.

“Back to school time” is just days away and parents are busy organising uniforms, books and lunchboxes. Soon, children will be getting used to getting up earlier as the start of the new school year beckons.

More than 57,000 young people received their Leaving Certificate results across the country yesterday and emotions were running high in Galway as anxious students collected their results in schools across the city and county.