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By Conor Brummell NUI Galway has informed its students and staff that it has begun planning for the 2020/2021 academic year, in an email sent out this morning. The email comes just as the 2019/2020 exam period has started, and begins by thanking students for their “considerable forbearance in challenging times” and that as “this academic year draws to a close, it is time to … [Read more...] about NUI Galway has begun plans for the 2020/2021 Academic Year

By Paddy Henry   With the COVID-19 pandemic to the fore of the global psyche and the public hanging on to every word the media utter on the crisis, social media has become a breeding ground for people spreading false information, intended to frighten the most vulnerable and to spread hysteria. WhatsApp groups have become COVID-19’s personal propaganda department over recent … [Read more...] about COVID-19 and the students of NUI Galway: SIN separates the fact from the fiction

By Paddy Henry   Padraic Toomey, Róisín Nic Lochlainn and Emma Sweeney have been elected into the full-time roles of SU President, Vice President, Welfare and Equality Officer and Vice President Education Officer respectively.   The elections saw a turnout of 2,700, almost 14% of the college electorate, an increase of 1,000 votes on the previous year and proved … [Read more...] about NUI Galway Students’ Union Elections 2020: Toomey, Nic Lochlainn and Sweeney elected into full-time roles

By Mark Lynch  NUI Galway is under lockdown as measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19 come into effect all over Ireland.  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made a statement from his state visit to Washington, in which he addressed the necessity of taking drastic action immediately to reduce the impact that the virus will have on the country’s population, as well as the health … [Read more...] about NUI Galway closes as part of historic move to combat COVID-19

By Paddy Henry (Deputy.sined@gmail.com)  The cost of on-campus accommodation in NUI Galway is set to increase by around 4%, ahead of the next academic year.  The hikes will see the cost of a single bedroom in the recently opened Goldcrest Village rise to €6760 for the academic year, while in neighbouring Corrib Village, the price of a similar room will be set at … [Read more...] about Fury as University implements 4% hike on student accommodation