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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has this week launched Green Skills 2030, the first National Further Education and Training (FET) Strategy for the Green Transition.

Two Galway men, Joe Kelly and Keith Roberts, are part of a group of 18 young people travelling to Lyon, France this week to compete as Team Ireland at the 2024 World Skills event.

Galway and Roscommon Education Training Board welcomed Senator Seán Kyne, on behalf of Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, who unveiled the allocation of funding for two vital projects managed by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Petersburg Outdoor Education and Training Centre in Clonbur and the GRETB Training Centre in Mervue, Galway, are set to benefit from the latest wave of capital investment under the Further Education and Training (FET) Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund.

New access routes for four-degree courses in the West have been announced by Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris.

Galway Community College (GCC) has announced its involvement in the delivery of a four-year science degree programme in collaboration with Atlantic Technological University, as part of the new tertiary programme initiative announced by the Minister for Higher and Further Education, Simon Harris, earlier this year.

‘Energy & You: Reduce Your Use’ is a free 90-minute online course developed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in partnership with eCollege, the national online learning service for the further education and training (FET) sector, funded by SOLAS.

Karan Casey, one of Ireland’s finest singer-songwriters – and a leading advocate for gender balance in the Irish folk and traditional music scene – recently released her new album Nine Apples of Gold, and is currently touring it around the country. She will perform at the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday April 30.

Castlebar has moved a step closer this week to hosting a College of the Future. Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim Education and Training Board has been approved to press ahead with the next phase of proposal development for a state of the art further education campus in the town.

Galway’s reputation as a educational location par excellence received a €110m boost this week when funding commitments for the creation of a College of the Future and an expansion of ATU Galway were both announced.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced the introduction of an annual grant of €2,000 for employers who employ apprentices in one of the 37 apprenticeships which have been established since 2016.