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HealthSET is a healthcare training company offering specialised courses throughout the west of Ireland. Courses are targeted towards care workers (who are new to the sector or already working in the area) and who are looking to gain healthcare skills with recognised FETAC certification. All courses are delivered by qualified healthcare professionals using a variety of innovative and interactive training methods. See more details and courses on offer by using the following link.
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Atlantic College is a partnership between Dorset College Dublin and Atlantic Language Galway.

Established in 1993, Atlantic Language is a high quality school for English as a foreign language recognised by the Irish Department of Education through the Advisory Council for English Language Schools (ACELS).

Atlantic Language has worked vigorously for more than 15 years bringing English language students from across the globe to Galway and the west of Ireland. The school has built up significant educational experience in developing and delivering a range of high quality English language programmes for international students, graduates and professionals from all walks of life.

Located in the Fairgreen, at the heart of Galway city, Atlantic offers bright, modern and purpose designed school facilities which are unique among schools because of the truly international atmosphere. This central location is highly accessible by all modes of public transport and also offers access to ample car parking facilities both in the building and nearby.

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NUI Galway offers a wide range of part-time learning programmes for adult learners, covering many different subject areas. Many courses offer an opportunity for professional development while enrolment on other courses is motivated more by personal interest and a desire for self-development.

Evening courses cover a broad range of subjects such as Business/Management, Information Technology, Social Care, Archaeology, History, English Literature, Community Development, Languages, Science/Technology and many others. Most of these programmes lead to a recognised NUI award, a Certificate, a Diploma, a Degree or Masters. Certificate programmes usually last one year. A Diploma programme usually lasts two years, a Degree programme can take four years while a Masters programmes usually takes two years to complete. There are also a series of short liberal education courses extending across a wide range of disciplines, which do not lead to an award. To view more details view the following link; NUIG Adult Education – Findacourse.ei »

City of Galway Vocational Education Committee, (CGVEC), has engaged with a global elearning provider Learn Skills in a strategic partnership to create and implement a strategy to develop and establish a lifelong learning culture in Galway City. Learn Skills will provide its significant technical and pedagogical assets, with the CGVEC leading the engagement of the local education community, encouraging the embracing of the lifelong learning programme offering through its own teaching network and via its various involvements through the wider community.

Learn Skills is an innovative learning solutions provider, founded by an experienced group of on-line learning specialists, and driven by a mission to deliver the best technology-based solutions for learning. Learn Skills is headquartered in Ireland and is building on the experience and successes of the Irish e-learning industry to develop a commanding global presence.

It is a company founded on the belief that at the heart of any successful organization, you’ll find a unique combination of excellence, openness and innovation; and most importantly, people that are passionate about learning and delivering value to the end-user. At Learn Skills you will find dedicated and talented individuals that are steadfastly building a leading learning technology solutions provider.

Learn Skills was born out of the belief that in a Knowledge Society, organisational and individual effectiveness depends on the consistent application of learning and a committment to continuous personal development and lifelong learning. We believe our most valuable asset is our people and our goal is to help everyone learn better, faster and smarter through the use of technology enhanced learning tools and products.

The challenges presented by the Knowledge Society demand even greater collaboration between academia and industry. Consequently, Learn Skills is based at the National University of Ireland in Galway, at the heart of a technology innovation hub. There, the company benefits from the research & development capacity of a leading international University and research institution.

Perhaps because of its cosmopolitan nature, Galway attracts visitors hailing from the world over in their quest to learn the English language. In recent years, the demand has been enthusiastically met with a host of first-rate language schools offering a myriad of exams, certifications and good old-fashioned practice.

Students may choose to study at the Atlantic Language School, Galway Cultural Institute, Westlingua or Galway Language Centre. Each school has its own strengths. For instance, some of the institutions, such as the Atlantic Language school, reach beyond qualified language instruction to provide a host family program for students. Other schools, such as the Galway Language Centre require teaching candidates to be highly experienced and hold graduate degrees. Westlingua maintains a language and video lab for students to use in their free time. Likewise, each establishment offers a different combination of programs throughout the year aimed at either adults or juniors intending to learn language in Ireland. Combined, these fine schools help maintain the multicultural splendor of Galway City, and interested candidates would do well to learn English in the Capital of the West.

As one of the fastest growing cities in all of Europe, Galway has become an attraction for young people of all types. With such a burgeoning, vibrant crowd attending the National University and the many other institutions within the city, that trend is not likely to reverse itself. Remarkably, Galway has achieved that singularly extraordinary feat of gaining just as much from its students, and the students have gained from Galway: an achievement that deserves a hardy, ‘Bravo’.

Jeremy M. Usher
December 2000