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Castlemine Farms food entrepreneurs

Local food entrepreneurs can benefit from GMIT project

Local food entrepreneurs have received a further boost, following the unveiling of the Castlerea Food Hub last November, with the recent announcement of a new GMIT project. GMIT has been awarded EU funding for a unique project called “Creating Entrepreneurs in Food (CEF)’, which aims to build food innovation and entrepreneurship-focused rural communities and economies …

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GMIT All Aboard 2017 Early Childhood Education

Increase in demand for Construction, Tech and Business Courses at GMIT

Demand for Engineering, Computing, Design, Agriculture and Business degree courses in GMIT is higher this year (2016) compared to last, new CAO figures show. There has been a 60% increase in offers for Agriculture programmes at the GMIT Mountbellew campus, partly due to the addition of two new honours offerings – Business in Rural Enterprise …

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Third Level

Local reaction to report on Third Level Fees and Funding

Local politicians and Third Level Institutes have reacted to the publication of the Review into how the Higher Education Authority funds Higher Education Institutions which could have serious financial implications for students. The Report found that current funding arrangements for Third Level are not sufficient and it calls for the articulation and implementation of a …

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GMIT All Aboard 2017 Early Childhood Education

GMIT offers 136 free places on five new Springboard courses

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to offer 136 free places on four new part-time courses and one full time course at two of its campuses from September. The places have been made available under the Government-funded Springboard Higher Education initiative, announced recently by the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, and the …

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Hand-Lettering

GMIT launch Part-Time Course inTraditional Signwriting and Hand-Lettering

One of the key cultural themes of the last few years has been the revival of ‘authenticity’, and the belief that where you see hand crafted lettering you see a human being. The craft of hand-painting signs has been undergoing a revival and as a result GMIT has developed a course to cater for students …

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GMIT Open Day

GMIT Open Morning to feature go-kart demo and range of interactive events

A go-kart demonstration, featuring electric cars built from scratch by third year Mechanical and Energy Engineering students in GMIT, is expected to be a major draw for secondary school pupils attending the Institute’s Open Morning on Saturday 23 April from 10am – 12.30pm. The Go-Kart Demo will take place in the visitor car park to …

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