A large number of secondary school students from Mayo and around the rest of the country will visit GMIT’s Galway city campuses next week for two Open Days, on Friday, October 18 (9.30am to 3pm ) and Saturday, October 19 (10am to 1pm ). A full programme of activities and events will take place in the two city campuses, at the Dublin Road campus and the nearby Centre for Creative Arts & Media (formerly called Cluain Mhuire ). Events include talks on the range of degree programmes on campus (and live online on www.gmit.ie on 18 October ), workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions of student work, a video showcase of graduates’ career paths, campus tours and a range of fun interactive learning activities. The full programme of events can be found at http://www.gmit.ie/slo/
GMIT Schools Liaison Officer, Dr Carina Ginty, says: “GMIT Open Days are excellent opportunities for teachers, students and their parents to talk to lecturers, meet current students and graduates, and explore the campus and GMIT facilities including the state of the art libraries and learning resource centre, hi-tech laboratories and workshops. There will be a range of exciting workshops on offer such as art and design portfolio clinics, enterprise development workshops, social media for business, build a bridge, robot wars, live culinary arts demonstrations, electric car, marine and freshwater displays, top tips to build an app and lots more. In addition, a number of specialist talks and clinics will be held on topics such as the CAO process, Finance and the grant applications system SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland ), Careers and job trends, the Students Union and its activities, and much more. Students across all five GMIT campuses get opportunities to lead groups, develop innovative products and services from Apps to bespoke furniture, design buildings, set up their own business, support communities, assist local companies with their development plans, learn new languages and lots more.
If you wish to attend one of the GMIT Open Days on October 18 and 19, please email [email protected] or tel. 091 742423. Visit www.gmit.ie/slo for further information on a range of services and activities available to secondary schools.
