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Pivot Acquisition Corp, one of North America's largest value-added IT solutions providers, has announced the opening of a Shared Services Centre to support the company’s rapid growth and expansion. Based at the Parkmore Technical Park, Pivot Shared Services will build a world-class Shared Services team, creating 25 jobs in 2011 with 75 additional jobs planned for 2012.

Several hundred students, graduates, and others are expected to attend the annual GMIT careers and recruitment fair, which will take place at the institute’s Dublin Road campus on Tuesday next.

Would you like to see the earliest computer ever made? Meet those who are at the forefront of internet development? Well you can because it is all part of the upcoming Galway Culture Night.

This year CAO applicants had their eyes firmly fixed on the job market as programmes in science and technology were among the most popular college choices at NUI Galway. Points for general science, information technology, and biomedical science all soared in the CAO first round offers from NUI Galway to prospective students hoping to start their third-level education this autumn.

Students coming to Galway for their third level education have made course choices which are in line with national trends with CAO points required for entry to courses in science, engineering, agriculture, technology, computer, and courses with languages increasing, while arts and business courses, which were so popular during the boom years, are experiencing a decline.

NUI Galway has announced an exciting initiative with the Ericsson R&D centre in Athlone. The discipline of information technology offers a one-year higher diploma and a two-year master’s in software design and development to graduates from diverse disciplines. In conjunction with these programmes, Ericsson will offer a number of scholarships to second year MSc students. The scholarships will comprise a contribution towards fees plus a paid internship during which students will work on a supervised research or development activity at the Ericsson R&D centre in Athlone.

The applications process for the Springboard initiative, offering free higher education and training for jobseekers, is now underway. In the month since it was launched, there were over 40,000 visitors to the Springboard web-page on www.bluebrick.ie/springboard and over 3,300 applications have been received.

Given the opportunity, what would you ask the Government to change? That was just one of the questions put to students in a research study released by the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Mayo students were amongst those from secondary schools throughout Ireland who took the opportunity to reflect on their education and hopes for their future.

The applications process for the Springboard initiative, offering free higher education and training for jobseekers, is now underway. In the month since it was launched, there were over 40,000 visitors to the Springboard web-page on www.bluebrick.ie/springboard and over 3,300 applications have been received.

Local business, Screenway Computers, has come up with a unique fundraising scheme for Cancer Care West. It is going to giveaway printer and photocopier toners for free on its website www.screenway.ie or from its showroom in Dangan and in exchange encourage people to make a donation to Cancer Care West.