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Do you want to create a portfolio to help you with your next step to getting into art college? Do you just want to spend a wonderful year in Galway studying and enjoying the life of an artist? Then Galway Community College of Further Education is the place for you.

Over €6.5 million in government funding has been allocated to the University of Galway and the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) for initiatives to support students with disabilities and invest in necessary upgrades. €4,043,043 has been allocated across the ATU campuses, with €2,489,624 being allocated to the University of Galway.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today announced that the green light has been given to the Mountbellew campus of the Atlantic Technological University to proceed to the next stage in its application for the delivery of veterinary education.

Galway Community College of Further Education (GCC) continues to offer full-time courses in a wide variety of career areas designed for entry to skilled employment, in preparation for starting an apprenticeship, or for progression to further and higher education. For some, these courses may be used as a transition year, an opportunity to sample new vocational areas before committing to a longer course of study in university. All GCC's one-year courses offer a mix of blended learning, with work experience and funded Erasmus placements. These courses are aimed at Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied graduates, mature learners and anyone finding themselves considering changing their career path.

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.

Over one hundred students (40 teams) across Atlantic Technological University (ATU) recently competed in the ATU Entrepreneur Awards of the 2023 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreur Awards competition. Eleven teams from a wide range of disciplines won awards in the ATU competition and three teams will now go on to compete in the next stage of the national competition.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed confirmation from her colleague, Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, that students in the west will be able to benefit from the introduction of new degrees which will be offered to students outside the traditional CAO system.

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