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Uninsured students hit by school closure

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At least 13 students who had paid money to International House Galway were not covered by learner protection insurance, leaving them in limbo when the language school went into liquidation at the end of January, it has emerged. The post Uninsured students hit by school closure appeared first on The PIE News.

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Ireland: students relocated after college closure

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International House Galway, which is part of the International House group of 150 schools, shut down on January 26 after going into liquidation. Insurance payouts will also cover the new schools to hire more staff if needed to accommodate the extra students. “The

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Irish government to fund student housing

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Some 667 new beds will be delivered in the short-term via building projects in areas where planning permission has already been granted but development has been stalled by increasing construction costs. . Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway (@uniofgalway) November 30, 2022.

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Internationalisation at home: when study abroad isn’t an option

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Shazim Husayn, who heads up the Global Galway project at the University of Galway , has seen this development through years of recruitment experience. ” The post Internationalisation at home: when study abroad isn’t an option appeared first on The PIE News.

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Forum pictures US education abroad sector’s ‘new normal’

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It’s a wonderful change and made me proud of The Forum’s leadership in this area,” Torres told The PIE News. Terrins, head of global mobility at University of Galway told The PIE, “There was this paradigm shift — practically overnight we were all practiced at remotely teaching, learning, and working collaboratively.”

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QS Rankings “reset”; sees shift in results

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“The one exception to that is the University of Galway that had a stronger performance faculty-student ratio based on the data that we’ve been able to gather, and is the only Irish institution that finds itself in a lower position in the 2024 edition than in the 2023 edition.”

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Staff reductions and high turnover hitting US study abroad

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This is compounded by the fact that reductions and high turnover resulted in the loss of institutional knowledge in many departments, leading to a steep learning curve for new staff. That for me is really quite alarming,” said Deidre Sheridan, international manager for the school of medicine at University of Galway.