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A new networking forum for unemployed professionals and entrepreneurs has been launched by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton.

NUI Galway has announced the establishment of a rugby youth academy to cater for teenagers in Galway.

A lecturer at NUI Galway’s School of Medicine has been awarded a €3 million grant to head up a major research project into migrant health.

RECENTLY INSIDER spent a morning in Galway’s dole office. It was a fruitless stay in the financial sense, but it proved to be beneficial in a contemplative way.

A Galway-based medical device company, focused on developing new products which reduce the risk of catheter related infections, began its First in Man clinical study of its NexSite vascular access catheter at University Hospital Galway recently.

The recently launched National Strategy for Higher Education will “undermine the Irish education system” and make third level available to those who can afford it, says a spokesperson for NUI Galway Students’ Union.

Following the unprecedented success of the Galway Science and Technoloogy Festival, where over 20,000 attended the festival exhibition held at NUI Galway, the festival committee are now considering expanding the exhibition to a two-day event.

A major new collaboration that will see NUI, Galway assist Druid’s next major production, and Druid develop workshops and seminars for the university, was launched this week.

Without Mick Lally’s input and support, Druid Theatre Company might “never have existed”. So said Druid artistic director Garry Hynes, who paid tribute to the much loved actor who died this week.

Irish universities have a pivotal role to play in shaping a knowledge society and smart economy that can confidently face the challenges that lie ahead, according to NUI Galway which has recently launched its Strategic Plan 2009 to 2014.