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Plans for the amalgamation of Our Lady’s College and St Mary’s College are moving forward.

NUI Galway Students’ Union (SU) has today called on Galway landlords and student accommodation providers to provide refunds to students who no longer need to be in Galway due to the switch to online learning.

The Government has confirmed that, as a result of decisions taken in Budget 2021, the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools will be reduced to 25 – 1.

Budding third level students from Connemara are being invited to apply for the next round of education funding being made available under the annual Galway Wind Park Scholarship.

None of the PPE suppliers in the Government’s recently issued list of suppliers to schools are Galway based, while only one is located in Connacht.

The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has informed Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary that she has given the go-ahead for the appointment of a contractor for the brand new campus at St Mary's Secondary School Ballina. Construction should get under way in the coming weeks.

Some 420 parents and guardians have signed up for the Galway City Council ‘Park and Stride’ scheme, launched by the Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Mike Cubbard, as part of European Mobility Week 2020.

NUI Galway Students’ Union has launched the Walktober Step Challenge for NUI Galway students and staff.

Engage Art Studios in Lower Salthill is hosting a new Visual Arts Education programme for adults throughout October and November, with classes in portrait painting and etching.

Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the government to maintain the PUP payment for students as they return to college.