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for the first time since the Covid-19 enforced shutdown, as the three institutes prepare to re-open all campuses for new and continuing students across the West and North West region later this month (September).

Ahead of the campus re-opening on September 28, the GMIT has published its Covid-19 repose plan to ensure the safe return of students and staff.

The president of GMIT, Dr Orla Flynn, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, of a grant of €1,067,000 for capital works and equipment in GMIT.

The refusal by NUI Galway to waive the student exam repeat fee of €295 has been branded as hypocritical by the vice-president of NUIG Students’ Union, Róisín Nic Lochlainn.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board are jointly offering a maths course to CAO applicants who do not achieve the required grade in maths in their Leaving Certificate, giving students a second chance to gain admission to some courses in GMIT.

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.

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.

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.

The heroic efforts of staff at GMIT have continued their work to help frontline heroes with the delivery of another batch of face visors to Galway University Hospitals this week.

The cancellation of the Leaving Cert exams, as announced by Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh last week, has provided some clarity for students and parents while facilitating the emergence of further uncertainties. The Department of Education has provided a guide to help explain why this decision was reached, what it means for students, parents, and teachers - and how it will happen.