Advance in English or maths this summer with Kumon

Thu, May 05, 2022

The summer months offer a marvellous opportunity for students of all ages and abilities to consolidate and advance their academic skills with the Kumon maths or English programmes. A free diagnostic test establishes the “just right” start point for the student and an individualised study programme for just 20 minutes daily enables the student to develop at his/her own individual pace in the subject of choice.

Echo Acting returns with two summer courses

Thu, May 05, 2022

Echo Acting is back at the Connacht Hotel for a summer term of acting for adults. There are two exciting courses available, Acting and Reacting and Shaping the Actor. Both courses are run by founder Rena Bryson who has 10 years of teaching experience alongside her vast hands-on experiences as an actor.

Acting and Reacting focuses on learning acting skills through scene work. This class is a great way to grow confidence and creativity in a fun environment. Classes run from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday evenings from May 10 to June 28 and cost €240 for eight weeks.

NUI Galway to host MBA open evening

Thu, May 05, 2022

NUI Galway’s AMBA and AACSB accredited MBA programme, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, will host a virtual MBA open evening on May 11 at 6pm. The open evening is a great opportunity to learn about the programme and to meet MBA faculty, students, and graduates.

Summer courses at the French Institute for adults, secondary school students, and children

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

Would you like to make the most of the long summer days while learning, refreshing. or practising your French?

Bord Bia launches recruitment campaign for 2023 marketing fellowship programme

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

Bord Bia, through its Talent Academy, is now accepting applications for its 2023 postgraduate programme with up to 20 fully-funded places on offer. The programme includes a fully funded masters at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, a bursary, and a guaranteed work placement through the agency’s domestic and global network.

Trading Faces Film School

Thu, Apr 21, 2022

Students love this course! The programme is a practical, hands on course, that allows the actors the opportunity to experience the business of film making from both ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’ the camera.

Designed as an introductory course, suitable for beginners, the participants collaborate to create, film and produce a short film. Becoming the actors; directors; writers; camera and sound people – the short film is created! This course focuses upon acting and making a short film on a shoe string budget! AND it’s lots of fun! Highlighting techniques used, through a series of exercises and games. Establishing differences between SCREEN and STAGE and VOICE OVER.

Acting 4 stage 4 teens

Thu, Apr 21, 2022

Ever wanted to take to the stage, and perform to a live audience.

ICDL - digital skills for employability and productivity

Thu, Apr 14, 2022

GRETB Training Centre is offering a fully funded International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) course. This full-time online course starts on May 16 and runs for 20 weeks which includes four weeks’ work placement.

An overview of my transition year

Thu, Apr 14, 2022

When I started transition year in Presentation College Headford last September, I wasn’t sure what the year ahead would bring. I feared at the start it would be a year I regretted doing. However I am now in my final two months of transition year and I am mournful that it is coming to an end. On my very first day, my TY coordinator told us, “Your transition year is what you make of it.” I promised myself that I was going to make the most out of it and take every opportunity given to me, a few of which I will share in this article.

Galway Community College welcome Erasmus+ students to unveil outdoor classroom on the shores of Lough Atalia as part of climate change study in the EU

Thu, Apr 07, 2022

Galway Community College, (GCC), GRETB is welcoming an Erasmus+ delegation of 30 students and four teachers from a school in Croatia and a school in Spain, to Galway city this week. The students are here as part of the endangered species and biodiversity project, a climate change research study in the European Union, that all three schools have been working on.

Alternative route to education a hit with Galway teens

Thu, Apr 07, 2022

‘In your own time’ could be the motto at Galway Community Training Centre (CTC) where early school leavers who, for a variety of reasons, find mainstream education a less than perfect fit can access a practical creative two year accredited alternative.

At the heart of the CTC is a vision general manager Blaze Aylmer summed up as "providing an alternative route to sound education and training outcomes," where participants "are encouraged along a practical learning journey in a safe, supportive, space without the pressure to meet targets within rigid timeframes."

Galway’s Equal Ireland welcomes two new universities

Thu, Apr 07, 2022

Welcoming the establishment of two new universities, AUT and TUS, Eddie Higgins and Nuala Keher, EQUAL Ireland directors, stated: "We are happy to be education partners with these two major universities and we welcome their dedication to access, equality and inclusion."

New MSLETB Hospitality and Catering Training Centre opened by the Minister Simon Harris

Thu, Apr 07, 2022

Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) welcomed Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, on Monday where he performed the official opening of the new MSLETB Hospitality and Catering Training Centre at MSLETB Training Centre - Sligo.

HSE West hears of plan for mental and emotional health supports for Leaving Cert students

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

BY DECLAN VARLEY
A motion seeking to provide targeted mental and emotional health supports to students sitting the Leaving Cert and state exams was put to HSE West at this month's Regional Health Forum.

ICPPD to host information evenings

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

The International College for Personal and Professional Development, (ICPPD) based in Athlone with outreach centres in Galway and Dublin are preparing for the next intake of learners in September 2022.

Next cycle mechanics course to start in April

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

An Mheitheal Rothar has announced the next intake of its local training initiative in cycle mechanics will be in April 2022.

ICPPD announces 2022 information evenings

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

The International College for Personal and Professional Development (ICPPD), based in Athlone with outreach centres in Galway and Dublin, is preparing for the next intake of learners in September 2022.

Develop your passion for youth work at GCC

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

Do you have an interest in and an aptitude for working with young people? Would you like to learn about the challenges facing young people today? Then the Level 5 youth work course at Galway Community College is for you, as it will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to advance in the youth work field.

NUI Galway to welcome visitors to campus for open days this weekend

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

NUI Galway will welcome hundreds of prospective students, parents, guidance counsellors, and teachers back to campus for a weekend of undergraduate open days tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday.

University postgraduate and part-time programmes at St Angela’s

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

St Angela’s College, Sligo, once again invites applications for its range of postgraduate and part-time programmes starting in September 2022. The college has further developed some programmes to be delivered completely online, while other programmes will continue to be delivered using a blended learning approach, allowing students to meet and work with their peers.

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