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Nine enterprise hubs around Galway city and county, including two subsidiary companies of Galway Chamber - Galway City Innovation District and Galway Technology Centre - have received close to €150,000 each in Government funding.

An innovative GMIT-led project supporting the growth and sustainability of female food entrepreneurs in the European Union has been shortlisted in the Green Gown Awards 2020 (UK and Ireland).

The Castlebar campus of GMIT will play a leading role in the future of the institution as it moves towards university status - as part of the Connacht Ulster Alliance Technical University plan - according to GMIT president, Dr Orla Flynn.

GMIT Voices, a choir comprising staff and retired staff members from GMIT's Galway and Mayo campuses, have released their first virtual choir video of the academic term. The video and song, 'Hold Me, Rock Me', is now available on GMIT social media channels on Facebook and YouTube.

GMIT’s annual conferring ceremonies will be held fully online this year with 14 sessions taking place from Tuesday November 24 to Saturday November 28. The ceremonies, which will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube, will see some 1,800 students will receive higher certificate, degree, and postgraduate awards in more than 120 courses in business, engineering, creative arts and media, furniture design and technology, hotel, heritage and tourism studies, nursing, health sciences and social care, and science and computing.

NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have been awarded an additional €1.7 million for investment in campus upgrades, Covid-19 measures, and distance learning infrastructure.

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District have issued an invitation for the President of GMIT to come to one of their meetings to address concerns the councillors have about the future of the Mayo campus of the third level institution.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon is due to meet with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris, for a face-to-face briefing on the status of the GMIT Mayo campus.

The issue of protecting the future of the GMIT campus in Mayo has come to the fore in recent weeks, with Deputy Alan Dillon last week raising the issue of the closing of the business department on the Castlebar campus and calling on the Minister for Higher Education to explain such a decision.

Thirteen hubs across County Galway have received funding to support their reopening in compliance with public health guidelines as the economy recovers from the impact of Covid-19.