Category: Student Spotlight & News

Jolien’s Road Trip to the Kilkee Cliffs Belgium native, Jolien Wouters, has been on an Internship at Atlantic for the past few months. While here, she’s been making the most of her time off, exploring Galway City and County. Here’s how Jolien’s road trip to the Kilkee Cliffs went: During my internship, I had the… Continue reading Jolien’s Road Trip to the Kilkee Cliffs

Curio students bask in the Galway sunshine For the past few years, we have had the pleasure of hosting groups from Curio, a Dutch Vocational Education Centre. This year’s contingent was made up of students training for employment in various caring roles. The Curio students were in Galway to broaden their horizons, develop independence and… Continue reading Curio students bask in the Galway sunshine

CLIL Benefits Explored -Stefan Rooy, Artist and Applied Art & Design Teacher, Delves Deep Stefan Rooy is an artist and an applied art and design teacher. Based in France, he has been implementing CLIL methodologies in his classroom for many years. To delve deeper into CLIL benefits, he spent a week at Atlantic participating in… Continue reading CLIL Benefits Explored -Stefan Rooy Artist and Applied Art & Design Teacher Delves Deep

Understanding Students Better with SEL – A Finnish View Janna Kinnunen has been a teacher for many years, gaining experience working in all settings, from pre-school to higher ed. After the pandemic, she joined the team at Otavia, Mikkeli City, Finland, an institution offering online-only tuition to students who cannot or prefer not to attend… Continue reading Understanding Students better with SEL – A Finnish View

Beyond Fluency – Toulouse Capitole University’s Alice Jad Embraces Proficiency Alice Jad works in the Law Faculty at Université Toulouse Capitole. In her work, she often communicates in English with the many international students at home in Toulouse. Alice spent a week at Atlantic on an Erasmus+ programme. Moving beyond fluency, she participated in the… Continue reading Beyond Fluency – Toulouse Capitole University’s Alice Jad Embraces Proficiency

Bildungsurlaub in Galway – Annika Schindel Champions her Favourite City Annika Schindel from the Volkshochschule Ostkreis Hannover considers Galway her second home. She visited Galway as a student at Atlantic and went on to do a master’s and lecture at the University of Galway. Over the years, she’s made many lifelong connections. In her capacity… Continue reading Bildungsurlaub in Galway – Annika Schindel Champions her Favourite City

SEL Benefits Explained – A German & Belgian Perspective Sarah Schul and Tanja Goebel travelled to Galway to participate in our Social and Emotional Learning Erasmus Plus course. Tanja has years of teaching experience, while Sarah is at the beginning of her teaching career. Despite contrasting outsets, both women spoke passionately about Social and Emotional… Continue reading SEL Benefits Explained – A German & Belgian Perspective

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