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Fine Gael Mayo TD for Mayo, Michelle Mulherin, has called for the introduction of an apprenticeship scheme to train people for the tourism industry in order to satisfy the demand for staff.

At Ability Enterprises they provide education and employment skills training.

Two National Learning Network centres in Mayo have been awarded an Excellence Through People award — Ireland's national standard for human resource development. The National Learning Network centres in Castlebar are two of the organisation’s 50 purpose-built training and employment centres across the country which train 13,000 people every year. This is the second time that National Learning Network, Rehab’s training and employment division has successfully attained the award, placing the organisation among the top 10 per cent of companies in the country that have achieved Excellence Through People to date.

Acquired Brain Injury Ireland is pleased to announce the launch of a new and unique vocational assessment service in Castlebar, to assist individuals with an acquired brain injury get back to work, training or education.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) and Institute of Technology, Sligo (IT Sligo) have formed a new strategic partnership, the Connacht-Ulster Alliance, with the aim of achieving Technological University status.

IT Sligo has launched new courses in Environmental Engineering and Electrical Installation and Maintenance that includes a new three year Ordinary Bachelor of Engineering degree programme in Environmental Engineering.

The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is holding an open evening this evening (Thursday) from 4pm to 8pm at the VTOS campus in Merchants Square, Merchants Road.

GMIT is one of five institutes of technology in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW) region currently at an advanced stage in discussions regarding the establishment of a technological university.

The co-ordinator of an education and training centre for early school leavers in the city is urging young people to view education as the key to surviving the recession.

The Athlone Institute of Technology can expect a third official title in its 40-year history - expected to be Technological University Athlone - if talks this week to amalgamate the five institutes in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW) region come to fruition.