Category: Student Spotlight & News

Università del Piemonte Orientale: HR Staff on their Erasmus+ Experience in Galway Sabrina Giubellina and Maria Elena Galbiati work in Human Resources at Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale. They spent a week in Galway on an Erasmus Plus programme improving their English and expanding their personal and professional horizons. During our conversation, they emphasised… Continue reading Università del Piemonte Orientale HR Staff on their Erasmus+ Experience in Galway

Ingunn Elvekrok – Building Fluency in the Classroom and Beyond Head of the Department of Marketing at the School of  Communication, Leadership and Marketing at Kristiania University in Oslo, Ingunn Elvekrok spent a week with us refining her English. Although highly proficient, she stressed the importance of conversing with native speakers when building fluency. She spoke… Continue reading Ingunn Elvekrok – Building Fluency in the Classroom and Beyond

From Graz to Galway – An Erasmus+ Journey Ulrike Werzer from the University of Graz spent a week with us to refine her English skills. In her job at the university alumni department, she helps Graz alumni stay connected and thrive within a worldwide Graz graduate network. We were delighted to welcome her last week… Continue reading From Graz to Galway – An Erasmus Plus Journey

Expanding Language & Bridging Cultures: Olga Segura and Bélinda Fundaro Navigate an Intensive English Course at Atlantic Expanding language reaches beyond becoming a fluent speaker. During our conversation, course participants Bélinda Fundaro and Olga Segura spoke of the richness of merging cultures and the joy of making personal connections. Olga who lives and runs a… Continue reading Expanding Language & Bridging Cultures: Olga Segura and Bélinda Fundaro Navigate an Intensive English Course at Atlantic

Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences’ Urszula Czerska Shares Her Insights Originally from Poland, Urszula Czerska now teaches German at Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg. She spent two weeks at Atlantic to improve her English. It was a privilege to speak to Urszula and learn about her crucial work not only in teaching a… Continue reading Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences’ Urszula Czerska Shares Her Insights

Hungarian University Staff Team Spirit Soars We were thrilled to welcome nine higher education staff members from the Faculty of Economics at Gál Ferenc University last week. They were at Atlantic Centre of Education to participate in our Team Building Skills Course. For some participants, this wasn’t the first visit and by all accounts won’t… Continue reading Hungarian University Staff Team Spirit Soars

Erasmus KA2 Teachers Observation Pedagogy Has Officially Started We are thrilled to announce the TOP programme, a joint KA2 two-year Erasmus+ project, has officially started. It sees four institutions collaborating in a job shadowing project, including EOI Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, CPIA, Milan, Univerzum Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Atlantic Centre of Education. The core organiser of the… Continue reading Erasmus KA2 Teachers Observation Pedagogy Has Officially Started

Luis’ Sixth Visit: A Higher Ed Journey Through Erasmus+ in Galway When you ask Luis Romero why he keeps returning to Galway to participate in Erasmus+ programmes, his answer is simple: I feel at home when I come here. Luis has joined our “English for the Educational Workplace” course this time around. I caught up… Continue reading Luis’ Sixth Visit: A Higher Ed Journey Through Erasmus+ in Galway

Understanding OCD We were proud to host a talk about OCD on our premises on Friday. A big thank you to Andrew Groftworth, one of our former students, for organising this event. An equally big thank you to the other speakers Martin Atkinson, Aibheann McCann, and Lauren Gottworth for sharing their stories and their powerful… Continue reading Understanding OCD

German PhD Students Join Erasmus Programme at Atlantic and Share Fascinating Insights into Biodiversity in Farming Earlier this month, Sanja Osieja and Deborah Schneider from the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science and the University of Hohenheim joined the Presentation Skills for Academics Erasmus+ programme. The two women are researching the business aspects of biodiversity farming… Continue reading German PhD Students Join Erasmus Programme and Share Fascinating Insights into Biodiversity in Farming