The importance of early intervention for children with learning difficulties

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

The beginning of a new school year is an exciting time for many children. However, for children who face learning difficulties, this time of year can present a unique set of challenges that may overshadow that excitement.

Unlock hidden potential and discover a world of fun, fitness, and friendship with Galway Community Circus

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

Galway Community Circus offers a wide range of classes tailored to all ages and abilities across Galway’s Westside, east side, and Tuam. Classes begin on September 23, 2024.

Build a career in pre-hospital and emergency care

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

Lifeline Ambulance Service Education (LASE) is a specialised educational body delivering education in the prehospital environment. As Lifeline is a fully operational ambulance service it offers students a holistic approach to their development with the educational syllabus as only one element of the journey. The other elements are in relation to personnel development and knowledge of the system required to ensure that the patient gets an appropriate response and the safe treatment they need.

LASE is the leading provider of the emergency medical technician course in Ireland with over 16 years’ experience delivering the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology (NQEMT) course to members of the public and private organisations.

Coláiste an Eachréidh, Athenry celebrates outstanding Leaving Cert results

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

Coláiste an Eachréidh is brimming with pride as students have achieved remarkable results in this year’s Leaving Certificate examinations. Over 40 per cent of students received more than 500 points, placing them among the top-performing students in the country. Among them, Theo Mac an Ghearr achieved the top marks of 625 points.

Step into a rewarding career as a beauty therapist

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

This September, GRETB's Beauty Therapist Traineeship will be starting in Tuam, offering you the chance to turn your passion into a professional qualification.

This course has been running very successfully in Tuam since 1998. Over the years the course has evolved and changed based on the needs of the sector. A very sizeable number of past students are working in salons all over Ireland and abroad and many have opened their own salons and are running very successful businesses. A number of past students have also won prestigious national awards.

CPR awards for five Galway schools

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

A number of Galway schools are beginning the new academic year with an Irish Heart Foundation award for training their students in the lifesaving skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Learn the thrilling game of Bridge this autumn

Thu, Aug 29, 2024

Now that the final whistle has blown in Croke Park and the Olympics are over, it’s time to get out and take up a new hobby, such as Bridge.

Bridge is the Rolls-Royce of card games, offering the suspense of poker and the excitement of athletic sports in a social setting. It is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world due to its unending variety. It is the most stimulating, most intriguing, most fascinating and most challenging of all card games. Each deal has some quality of strangeness, providing enjoyment, laughter and sheer entertainment.

Galway primary school teachers reminded to register for the Blue Star Programme

Thu, Aug 22, 2024

Primary school teachers in Galway are being invited this week to register for the Blue Star Programme. In its 14th year, the award-winning programme teaches children about the European Union. To date, more than 1,200 schools and an estimated 200,000 pupils have completed the programme, with 18 schools in Galway participating last year.

Accessing alternative routes into higher education

Thu, Aug 22, 2024

As the Leaving Certificate results are released, many students across Ireland feel a familiar tension. The pressure is intense, as these results often seem like the be-all and end-all, determining future success.

Údarás launches pilot scheme on marine renewable energy and sustainability for transition year students

Thu, Aug 22, 2024

MIDC Páirc na Mara is launching an innovative pilot programme for transition year in seven Gaeltacht secondary schools in Galway for the 2024-2025 school year. This programme will focus on marine renewable energy and sustainability, emphasising sustainable development goals.

Free schoolbooks ease back to school burden – Dolan

Thu, Aug 15, 2024

Free schoolbooks will ease the financial pressures on parents of primary and secondary school students, a Galway Fine Gael Senator has said.

Discover your passion for baking: join the GRETB Bakery Traineeship course

Thu, Aug 15, 2024

Galway, a city known for its vibrant culture and warm hospitality, is now offering an enticing opportunity for aspiring bakers to turn their passion into a fulfilling career. Introducing the GRETB Bakery Traineeship Course – your gateway to a world of delectable pastries, aromatic bread, and sweet success.

GRETB presents a new and innovative bakery traineeship. Making baked goods is not just enjoyable and tasty, it can be a way to increase your employability while doing something you love.

New body established to oversee competitive research and innovation in Ireland

Thu, Aug 08, 2024

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan has welcomed the establishment of Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, Ireland’s new competitive research and innovation funding agency.

New student part-time fee scheme for specified undergraduate courses

Thu, Aug 08, 2024

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has announced details of a new Student Part-Time Fee Scheme for specified Undergraduate Courses.

Bursary students welcomed to Marine Institute

Thu, Aug 08, 2024

BY DECLAN VARLEY
The Marine Institute recently welcomed the 2024 cohort of Bursary Students to the Institute’s Headquarters in Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway. Presentation day is an important part of the Bursary Programme as it allows the Bursary Students to showcase their work over the course of their Bursary.

Research by Galway teacher published in collection of education papers

Thu, Aug 08, 2024

A dissertation by Rosaline Keane Kelly, a post-primary teacher at Galway Educate Together Secondary School, has been recognised amongst a collection of research papers on education chosen for publication by Hibernia College.

As part of an ongoing programme highlighting key research works undertaken by graduates from its Post-Primary and Primary Education programmes, Rosaline’s research examined ‘how the introduction of remote learning has affected student numeracy in the classroom’.

New research links youth theatre to personal growth

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB), together with Galway Youth Theatre, has launched new research into youth theatre as a means of achieving positive personal outcomes for young people.

Revolutionary new partnership on skills launched

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan has this week met with the chairperson of the newly reformed National Skills Council as a new strategic partnership on skills is forged between the Government, industry, and the social partners.

GRETB calls on Government to tackle inequalities in education sector

Thu, Jul 18, 2024

Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) is calling on the Government to commit to tackling inequalities in the education sector by supporting the priorities laid out in the #SupportYourLocalETB campaign. Representatives from Galway and Roscommon ETB met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, recently where they expressed their concerns.