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Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) has appointed Mr Aiden Coll to the post of Assistant Training Centre Manager in its Further Education and Training (FET) Service at its Gaoth Dobhair Training Centre. Hailing from Falcarragh, Aidan has worked with Donegal ETB since 2017 as an Electrical Instructor in the Gaoth Dobhair Training Centre, delivering […]
Category Archives: Further Education & Training
Further Education & Training
2025 Further Education and Training Fair Takes Place from 4-5 March in Letterkenny
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Jan
Jan
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) will host its Further Education and Training (FET) Fair from 4-5 March in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Letterkenny, focusing on its wide range of further education and training options around the county. On Tuesday 4 March, from 7.00-9.00pm, the FET Fair is aimed at school leavers and their […]
Achievements, Further Education & Training
FET Centre Letterkenny Celebrates Student Success at Awards Event
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Dec
Dec
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 […]
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Sep
Sep
Donegal’s Regional Adult Literacy Coalition has launched its 2024 Action Plan today on International Literacy Day, 8 September. With one in five adults struggling to read and understand everyday text, one in four struggling to manage numbers in everyday situations and one in two who find digital tasks difficult, the Coalition has developed an action […]
Further Education & Training
Former Donegal ETB Student to Represent Ireland at Global WorldSkills Welding Competition in France
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Aug
Aug
Donegal welder Lee Davison, from Buncrana, is getting ready to represent Ireland at the 47th WorldSkills Competition in France in September. Lee won the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Welding competition in Dublin last September and has spent the last five months training full-time for the global competition under Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) Welding Instructor […]
Administrative Office, Further Education & Training
2024-2025 Further Education and Training Prospectus Published
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Aug
Aug
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service has published its new FET Prospectus for the incoming academic year, 2024-2025, which includes several exciting new courses starting across the county. The Prospectus provides detailed information on over 125 full and part-time courses in a diverse range of areas from Levels 1-6, many of which are […]
Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB’s 2024 Further Education and Training Fair Takes Place from 28-29 February in Letterkenny
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Feb
Feb
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) will host its Further Education and Training (FET) Fair from 28-29 February in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Letterkenny, focusing on its wide range of further education and training options around the county. On Wednesday 28 February, from 7.00-9.00pm, the FET Fair is aimed at school leavers and their […]
Further Education & Training
Employees from Leading National Retailers Graduate from Donegal ETB Course
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Nov
Nov
Fifty-three employees from over thirty of the country’s leading retailers received their Level 6 Special Purpose Award in Work-Based Learning Practices from Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) at an event in Dublin tonight. Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service and Programme Director for Apprenticeship in Retail Supervision, Ibec, Dr Oran Doherty, developed […]
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Oct
Oct
Leading future of work expert, Dr Oran Doherty was the keynote speaker at Donegal ETB’s professional development seminar for its Further Education and Training (FET) Service staff today. This was the first in-person professional learning and development event of this size for FET staff since 2019. Almost 170 FET staff were welcomed to the annual […]
Events, Further Education & Training
Student Welcome Day Held at Newest Further Education and Training (FET) Centre
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Oct
Oct
Over seventy-five students attended a student welcome day at Donegal Education and Training Board’s newest Further Education and Training (FET) Centre at Business Park Road in Letterkenny on Tuesday 10 October. The theme for the day was well-being and the importance of self-care, to coincide with World Mental Health Day. Students enjoyed talks on well-being […]