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Galway Community College (GCC) has announced its involvement in the delivery of a four-year science degree programme in collaboration with Atlantic Technological University, as part of the new tertiary programme initiative announced by the Minister for Higher and Further Education, Simon Harris, earlier this year.

Post Leaving Cert courses (PLCs) are specialised courses designed to equip students with practical industry specific skills. PLCs are usually one to two-year module based programmes provided by schools and further education colleges nationwide. Some PLCs offer a placement (work experience) in the specific industry relating to the course.

‘Energy & You: Reduce Your Use’ is a free 90-minute online course developed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in partnership with eCollege, the national online learning service for the further education and training (FET) sector, funded by SOLAS.

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed confirmation from her colleague, Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, that students in the west will be able to benefit from the introduction of new degrees which will be offered to students outside the traditional CAO system.

Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has welcomed the allocation of €435,000 to the Longford Westmeath Education Training Board.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has called on the Minister for Health to ensure a second 50 bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe is included in Government plans for 1,500 new hospital beds across the country.

BY MICHAELA MCGOUGH

A unique national skills platform — which will be the first of its kind in Ireland — is being developed by a partnership of public and private organisations to help close Ireland’s digital skills gap.

The organiser of Zero Day Con is advising third level institutions in Galway and across the country to urgently review their cybersecurity protocols, in the wake of a ransomware incident at one Irish university. It follows a message from Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris, who reiterated the support being offered by the authorities to MTU, where classes resumed on Tuesday.

The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) is to break ground on a new multi-million euro STEM facility at its campus in Athlone.