Gain knowledge and self-confidence with Galway City Community Training Centre

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

Galway City Community Training Centre provides early school leavers with the skills, knowledge and self-confidence to gain nationally recognised qualifications and progress to employment, further training and education.

The Training Centre, which is based in the Liosbán Industrial Estate, provides a two-year training course for early school leavers at level three on the National Qualifications Framework.

Loughrea students advance to World F1 in schools finals in Melbourne

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

Students from St. Brigid’s College in Loughrea have qualified for the F1 in Schools World Finals in Melbourne next year. Their team ‘Quintolux’ beat off stiff competition to be crowned National Champions in the national finals held earlier this year, as well as winning ‘Best Social Media’ in the competition.

Galway City Community Training Centre offers early school leavers a clear path to a career

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

Galway City Community Training Centre provides early school leavers with the skills, knowledge, and self-confidence to gain nationally recognised qualifications and progress to employment, further training, and education.

The training centre, which is based in the Liosbán Industrial Estate, provides a two-year training course for early school leavers at Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework. Its programmes focus on mechanics, catering, information technology, and horticulture. The programmes include a literacy intervention and a number of support measures. Previous learners gained employment in restaurants, coffee shops, kitchens, hotels, takeaways, retail stores, garages, market gardens, garden centres, and as landscapers, as well as progressing to apprenticeships.

Dive into the world of acting this September

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

Echo Acting will provide professional acting training for adults at the Connacht Hotel, starting in September. Created by the award winning Eva’s Echo Theatre Company, Echo Acting offers an informative and insightful view into the world of acting.

Calling all children and young people — a new music hub is coming to Wellpark

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Music Generation Galway City is a new music education service for the City of the Tribes. As part of the national Music Generation network, its aim is to offer all children and young people a chance to participate in music-making. Like Barack Obama’s “leave no child behind" message, Music Generation Galway City is there to help children, regardless of background or means, to enjoy music in their life.

Consultation process on a new action plan for apprenticeships

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science Simon Harris and Minister of State for Further Education and Skills Niall Collins have announced the launch of the consultation process to help develop a new action plan for apprenticeship.

Introducing healthy back to school eating habits

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Back to school is a busy and exciting time of the year for both children and parents. Traditionally it is a opportunity to reintroduce healthier eating habits and routine for children after the long summer break. With schools closing in March this year, however, the return to routine may be more daunting for parents and children.

One aspect of the school routine which can be challenging is the preparation of healthy school lunches every day. The National Dairy Council has asked the experts for tips and advice to ease us back into healthy habits.

Applications now open for NUI Galway University of Sanctuary scholarship programme

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

NUI Galway recently opened its University of Sanctuary scholarship programme to potential applicants. The scholarship programme is open to international protection applicants, refugees, Irish Travellers, and vulnerable immigrant groups, and is part of a broader effort by the university as a designated University of Sanctuary to widen participation among underrepresented groups.

GMIT's Galway International Hotel School among top 10 hospitality management institutes worldwide

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

GMIT has an international reputation for offering industry-relevant courses to the tourism industry since opening in 1972, so it may come as no surprise to hear that the institute's Galway International Hotel School has been listed by global publication The Education Magazine as one of the top 10 hospitality management institutes worldwide.

Intensive Junior Leaving Cert exam preparation with the French Institute Galway

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

The French Institute is Galway’s French language school located in the Bridge Mills since 2005. It has an excellent reputation thanks to the dedication of its teachers who are qualified native speakers with extensive teaching experience.

GMIT's Galway International Hotel School among top 10 hospitality management institutes worldwide

Wed, Jul 29, 2020

GMIT has an international reputation for offering industry-relevant courses to the tourism industry since opening in 1972, so it may come as no surprise to hear that the institute's Galway International Hotel School has been listed by global publication The Education Magazine as one of the top 10 hospitality management institutes worldwide.

Calling all children and young people — a new music hub is coming to Wellpark

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

Music Generation Galway City is a new music education service for the City of the Tribes. As part of the national Music Generation network, its aim is to offer all children and young people a chance to participate in music-making. Like Barack Obama’s “leave no child behind" message, Music Generation Galway City is there to help children, regardless of background or means, to enjoy music in their life.

Intensive Junior Leaving Cert exam preparation with the French Institute

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

The French Institute is Galway’s French language school located in the Bridge Mills since 2005. It has an excellent reputation thanks to the dedication of its teachers who are qualified native speakers with extensive teaching experience.

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre achieves QQI Quality Assurance accreditation

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education recognised training institute, now in its 33rd year of business, is a quality school with Cambridge Exams Centre recognition, EAQUALS, Quality English, ACELS/QQI, and FETAC accreditation. The school has just successfully completed re-engagement and accreditation with Quality and Qualifications Ireland as a higher education provider.

HRB health research award for NUI Galway researcher

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

Dr Emer McGrath of NUI Galway has been awarded a clinician scientist fellowship as part of the Health Research Board (HRB) €3.7 million investment in 12 new health research fellowships. Dr McGrath was awarded €655,524 for her research into blood-based biomarkers for early detection of preclinical neurocognitive disorders.

These fellowships are designed to support health and care practitioners as they transition towards research leadership, while balancing their clinical commitments. The award to Dr McGrath will fund a new academic consultant neurologist post based at NUI Galway and Galway University Hospital. Dr McGrath will lead a large, international, cross-collaborative, research study involving a team of investigators based at the HRB-CRFG, NUI Galway, the Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada, Trinity College Dublin, and the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of Texas San Antonio.

Australian Head of Mission to Ireland visits GMIT

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

GMIT president Dr Orla Flynn recently welcomed the Australian Head of Mission to Ireland, Mr Robert Owen-Jones, to GMIT. Mr Owen-Jones was on a two-day trip to Galway seeking to build cultural and business opportunities with organisations in the west.

Calling all children and young people - there's a NEW music hub coming to GALWAY!

Fri, Jul 10, 2020

Music Generation Galway City is a new music education service for the City of the Tribes. As part of the national networks of “Music Generations” all over Ireland, its aim is to offer all children and young people a chance to participate in music-making. Like Barack Obama’s “leave no child behind message”, Music Generation Galway City is here to help any child, regardless of their background or means, to enjoy music in their life.

Let’s sound it out

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

One of the most rewarding feelings a person can experience is that of knowing you are helping people to better themselves. This is exactly the feeling I myself experienced every Tuesday during the college year after completing my hour of reading with the children of fourth class at a primary school in Galway city. Being able to play a part in a child’s education, especially during his/her formative years, is a responsibility that I do not take lightly. Knowing that I am helping these children, many of whom do not receive reading support at home or have little access to resources such as books to develop their education and enhance their reading abilities, is definitely a privilege.

The programme I take part in is a university module I do as part of my second year studies in English at NUI Galway. ‘Service Learning-Literacy Lift Off! Reading with Children’ is a seminar course, where students such as myself support fourth class pupils with their reading in a supervised classroom setting. We also participate in a seminar class each week which allows us to reflect on our experiences in the school earlier that week. I decided to take this module because I have always considered primary teaching as a future career, and having worked with children before, I really enjoyed it. Each university student is assigned to a group of between one and three children to help with their reading. One of my personal aims as an educator in this setting was to instil as much confidence as I could in these children. Many of them come from socio-economically disadvantaged areas and because of their circumstances have fewer opportunities than their counterparts growing up in other areas.

Galway Recovery College – online recovery education sessions

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Galway Recovery College offers transformative learning in mental health and wellbeing. Recovery education is designed to enable people to grow within and beyond their life experiences and challenges. Based in the Institute for Life Course and Society building (ILAS), NUI Galway, the college is unlikely to be able to reopen before September. Since April it has been offering recovery education sessions online via Zoom.

Over the next few weeks it will be facilitating sessions on:

NUI Galway researcher elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has bestowed NUI Galway’s Professor Brian McStay with the lifetime honour of EMBO membership in recognition of his achievements in the life sciences.

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