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Donegal ETB launched its new employer training services online portal www.donegaletb.ie/employers on Friday 24 November, outlining the range of training opportunities it can provide employers across Co Donegal. This has been developed in line with government policy around engaging with local enterprise and other relevant stakeholders in order to formulate, co-ordinate and implement a coherent […]
Category Archives: Further Education & Training
Over two hundred people gathered in the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny on Wednesday 22 November to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training Services. Donegal ETB presented certificates to 230 adult learners who achieved certification in a range of programmes both on a full-time and a part-time basis over the […]
Around one hundred people gathered in Kees Hotel in Stranorlar on Tuesday 21 November to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training Services. Donegal ETB presented certificates to around one hundred adult learners who had achieved certification in a range of programmes both on a full-time and a part-time […]
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Donegal branch and Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service joined forces recently to further develop Donegal ETB’s ‘Construction Ground Work Skills’ training programme. This training programme offers learners the opportunity to gain work experience on construction sites in Donegal while also addressing the current skills needs of local employers. A […]
We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) to our offices last Friday for discussions on our QQI quality assurance system. QQI certification is one of the main certification awards we provide to learners in our Further Education and Training (FET) Service. QQI is an independent State agency, established in 2012, responsible for […]
Over one hundred of our Further Education and Training (FET) teaching staff gathered in Donegal Town today for a training day focusing on teaching and learning. The session was facilitated by Harry Freeman, an education consultant and Strand Leader of the Positive Behaviour Management strand of the MEd Programme in Trinity College. The day also explored transversal skills and […]
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) service will host leading international equality expert Professor Kathleen Lynch at an event organised for its staff this Friday. Professor Lynch, described by the Irish Times as “a doughty fighter, an influential voice and an Irish academic with an international reputation”, believes that the, “purpose of scholarship and […]
Twenty-one apprentices from Donegal were amongst a group of 160 apprentices from Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon who today received their QQI Advanced Certificates Craft. They completed their apprenticeships in a wide range of areas including carpentry and joinery, construction plant fitting, electrical, heavy mechanics, mechanical automation and maintenance fitting, metal fabrication, motor […]
On Tuesday evening, 12 September, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for adult literacy learners and some of their tutors for Literacy Awareness Week. Donegal ETB was represented by one of our Adult Literacy Organisers (ALO) Georgina Thompson (based in our Finn Valley Adult Education and Training Centre) […]
Last week over 1,000 adults and young people attended Donegal ETB’s annual Further Education and Training (FET) Fair in Letterkenny to find out about the many exciting educational opportunities are on offer in County Donegal. There was something for everyone, part-time and full-time options, including basic skills, training for employment, Apprenticeships, upskilling and third level […]