Gaeilge
Forty Further Education and Training (FET) students who finished their studies in May this year, gathered in Letterkenny on Thursday last, 28 November, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB). They were joined by families, friends, educators, and invited guests at the FET Centre on Letterkenny’s Port Road […]
Category Archives: Achievements
Achievements, Deele College, Errigal College, Finn Valley College
Donegal Parents Graduate from ‘My Child My Vision’ Programme
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Nov
Nov
A graduation event was held on 26 November for seventeen parents in the Letterkenny and Finn Valley areas who graduated from the ‘My Child My Vision’ programme. The parents, who achieved a QQI Level 5 Working with Groups award, have children attending Errigal College in Letterkenny, Deele College in Raphoe, Finn Valley College in Stranorlar, […]
Achievements
Seven Donegal ETB School Projects Qualify for 2025 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
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Nov
Nov
Seven Donegal Education and Training Board school projects have qualified for the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 8-11 January 2025. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The seven projects […]
Achievements, Crana College
Donegal ETB PE Teacher Wins 2023 Donegal Sports Star Award for Best Sports Teacher
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Jan
Jan
The 2023 Donegal Sports Star Award for Best Sports Teacher (Secondary School) was won by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) Physical Education (PE) teacher Michelle McDaid at the awards event on Friday last, 24 January. A Crana College (Buncrana) teacher, Michelle received her award from the Donegal GAA Senior Football Team Manager Jim McGuiness, […]
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Oct
Oct
Twenty-four apprentices from Donegal were among a group of eighty-eight craft apprentices from across seventeen apprenticeship programmes who graduated at a ceremony today. An additional 124 apprentices, including twenty-four from Donegal who recently qualified, were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim […]
Achievements, Apprenticeships, Further Education & Training
Donegal FET Student and Apprentice Amongst WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Competition Winners
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Sep
Sep
There were two winners from Donegal amongst the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 competition winners announced in Dublin tonight. Lee Davison from Buncrana won the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Welding competition, while Martin Doherty from Cloghan won the Heavy Vehicle Maintenance competition. This follows three-day long competitions in the RDS, where they competed against some of the most […]
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Mar
Mar
Errigal College had reason to celebrate on Wednesday 8 March 2023 as three of their Transition Year mini companies were successful at the Donegal Local Enterprise Office Student Enterprise County Finals in the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny. The event was attended by a large number of mini companies from all over county Donegal, with each […]
Achievements, Events, Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB FET Students Participate in WorldSkills Ireland 2022
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Sep
Sep
A number of current and former Donegal ETB Further Education and Training (FET) students and apprentices participated in the 2022 WorldSkills Ireland event held at the RDS from 13-15 September. Lee Davison, a current Donegal ETB coded pipe welding student, competed in the welding competition. Having previously completed a basic welding course in Gaoth Dobhair […]
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Jan
Jan
Three Donegal ETB students were among the prize-winners at the 2022 BT Young Scientist Exhibition final held online on Friday 14 January: Abbey Vocational School student Ciara Cannon won second prize in her category, Intermediate Biological and Ecological, with her investigation into the optimum antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles. Abbey Vocational School student Hughie McShane was […]
Achievements, Further Education & Training
130 Adults and Young People Receive FET Awards in West Donegal
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Feb
Feb
One hundred and thirty people gathered in the Waterfront Hotel, Dungloe on Tuesday last to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The awards were achieved through various part-time and full-time programmes over the last year, completed across West Donegal in the ETB’s Further Education and Training […]