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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced further details of the cost of education measures under Budget 2024.

Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has confirmed that at least 1,622 students in Westmeath are to benefit from student maintenance grant increases thanks to measures recently announced in Budget 2024.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy Robert Troy has called for a framework for Technological Universities (TUs) to be urgently put in place to give them the authority to borrow in order to provide student accommodation amid the ongoing nationwide shortage.

The details of the tertiary education package for Budget 2024 has received a poor welcome from University of Galway students, with the Postgraduate Workers Organisation (PWO) calling it the ‘bare minimum’ and Student Union President, Dean Kenny, describing it as ‘welcome, but not enough’.

University of Galway and Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, have announced a five-year €5 million signature innovation partnership focused on three pillars: developing the MedTech ecosystem, STEM and research.

Guidance counsellor, Brian Mooney, sat down with Simon Harris in the lead up to the Galway Advertiser's Pathways Education & Career Guidance Conference, to discuss a variety of topics surrounding further education; including reducing leaving cert student stress, analysing prospective further education options, and overcoming the student accommodation crisis.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris is encouraging students to take advantage of new student supports as it emerged only one in four of those eligible has applied for a €500 grant towards their contribution fee.

Galway and Roscommon Education Training Board welcomed Senator Seán Kyne, on behalf of Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, who unveiled the allocation of funding for two vital projects managed by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Petersburg Outdoor Education and Training Centre in Clonbur and the GRETB Training Centre in Mervue, Galway, are set to benefit from the latest wave of capital investment under the Further Education and Training (FET) Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund.

Education expert and former President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors in Ireland, Brian Mooney will be one of the guest speakers at this years Pathways 2023, the West of Ireland’s largest colleges and careers event, taking place in The Galmont Hotel, Galway on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

Education Expert, and former President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors in Ireland, Brian Mooney will be one of the guest speakers at this years Pathways 2023, the West of Ireland’s largest colleges and careers event, to be held in The Galmont Hotel, Galway on September 26, 2023.