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The Bishop of Elphin, Kevin Doran, this week announced that St Joseph’s College and St Aloysius College will amalgamate in September 2017 to form a new Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys and girls.

To coincide with World Suicide Prevention Week, Cycle against Suicide honoured the efforts and achievements of 45 secondary schools from all over Ireland recently, including St Joseph’s, Castlebar, in promoting positive mental health awareness and their dedication to spreading the message that ‘it’s OK not to feel OK; and it’s absolutely OK to ask for help’.

Anne Tobin Beauty College is Mayo's renowned beauty college. Accredited by ITEC this college offers international qualifications to its discerning students. This year the college attained 100 per cent pass rate with many merits and distinctions. The college principal Anne Tobin, after eight years of running the college, has been appointed an assessor in education for ITEC International. The college is now teaching the ITEC level six award in education. This course is suitable for post graduates in hairdressing, nails, sports massage and beauty therapy. There are only six ITEC assessors in the country and Anne Tobin is pleased to add this modern up to date learning programme.

NUI Galway will host a conference on October 9-10 bringing together mindfulness visionaries, higher education leaders and University staff and students to share the evidence-based impact of mindfulness on performance, well-being, entrepreneurship and society.

students who sought counselling from the university’s student counselling service in the past year were from the Arts faculty.

Due to popular demand, the Galway Training Centre is running a number of practical skills courses for stress reduction in the coming months. These courses will be run at two different locations, the Galway Technology Centre, Mervue, and also in Naduir, Furbo.  

The Georgina Price College of Beauty, Galway is currently enrolling for its 2015/2016 schedule of classes. The college now has limited availability on this very prestigious course and is currently taking appointments for interviews. The full time CIDESCO course will run from September 2015 to May 2016.

Esther Merino has been running Sol y Luna Language School in Galway for the past number of years and the testimonials from both parents and students speak for themselves of how successful Spanish students with Sol y Luna are.

Pulse College has been based in Galway since 2013 and is currently offering a range of full, part-time, and six week introductory courses in games design and development from its modern and spacious city centre campus in Geata na Cathrach on the Fairgreen Road.

The Connacht College of Design is now offering a part-time evening diploma course in professional interior design. The course begins next week in the Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, and bookings are being taken now.