Category: Student Spotlight & News

Making Mobility Happen – In Conversation with FH Salzburg’s Aleksandra Ortner With 3,400 students, four campus locations, and 33 bachelor’s and master’s programmes, the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg is one of the most notable European universities. Students can study full-time or part-time, with FH Salzburg specialising in social science, business and tourism, creative… Continue reading Making Mobility Happen – in conversation with FH Salzburg’s Aleksandra Ortner

From Czechia to Galway – Kamila Tachovska Ventures Forth Kamila Tachovska teaches at Kotlářská Primary and Nursery School in Brno, Czech Republic. She spent two weeks with us, participating in our Universal Design for Learning and CLIL courses. At the end of her stay in Galway, she sat down with us to talk about her… Continue reading From Czechia to Galway – Kamila Tachovska Ventures Forth

Mindfulness in Education Over the past few decades, mindfulness in education has been much more than a topic of conversation. Teachers and lecturers across Europe utilise mindfulness tools to deliver holistic learning rather than mere subject matter instruction. Dr. Antonio Romerosa, Professor (2009) at the University of Almería (Spain), Christiane Thomas and Lena Eisenmann, both… Continue reading Mindfulness in Education

Where Agriscience Meets Language Supagro Montpellier Profs at Atlantic Teacher of English and Head of Foreign Languages, Fabien Zecchino, and ESL teacher and language coordinator, David Attias, play a central role in fostering Supagro, Montpellier’s international efforts. The institution boasts a long tradition of international collaboration in research and education projects. Its growing international student… Continue reading Where Agriscience Meets Language Supagro Montpellier Profs at Atlantic

Stephan Pflaum, Guidance Counsellor and Artist, Thrives at Atlantic Stephan Pflaum is the Deputy Head of Career Services at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Day-to-day, he supports students during their career choice process, outlining options and providing guidance counselling. We spoke to him after his Erasmus+ course participation here at Atlantic, discovering more about his work and… Continue reading Stephan Pflaum, Guidance Counsellor and Artist Thrives at Atlantic

Internship at Atlantic Over the past few months, Jolien Wouters from the Thomas More University of Applied Science, Mechelen, Belgium has made the most of her internship at Atlantic. Not only did she make a very valuable contribution to the team but she also took a deep dive into life on the west coast of… Continue reading Internship at Atlantic

Engineering Apprentices Upskill in Galway For the past two weeks, we have had a 28-strong team from Johann Bierwirth Schule, Memmingen, Germany, participating in a tailored programme here at Atlantic. The group consists of engineering students, training to get qualified in various trades. Most of them work with employers for most of the week while… Continue reading Engineering Apprentices Upskill in Galway

Lecturing in English – Universidad de Almería Professor Powers On Located on the Mediterranean, the University of Almería was founded in the early 1990s and has since grown its student population and standing among European higher education institutions. Today, approximately 14,000 students participate in a wider range of BA, MA, and doctoral programmes. Full-time professor… Continue reading Lecturing in English – Universidad de Almería Professor Powers On

German Engineering Students on a company visit to McHale Ten days into their stay here at Atlantic, the group of budding engineers from the Johann Bierwirth Schule Memmingen travelled to Ballinrobe on a company visit to world-renowned farm machinery producer McHale. The students were given a comprehensive tour of the manufacturing area at the firm.… Continue reading German Engineering Students on a company visit to McHale