Gaeilge
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Fair takes place from 23-24 November in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Letterkenny. The Fair, which focuses exclusively on Donegal ETB’s extensive FET provision across the county, makes a welcome, in person, return after a three year absence, having attracted around a thousand young people and adults annually, […]
Category Archives: Further Education & Training
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Sep
Sep
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service has launched its FET Student Hub, a one-stop shop containing all the information a prospective or current FET student might need before or during their course. It was developed by the FET Quality Assurance staff as a direct response to feedback from FET students who had requested […]
Achievements, Events, Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB FET Students Participate in WorldSkills Ireland 2022
26
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 […]
Adult Guidance, Further Education & Training
New Coordinator Appointed to Manage Donegal ETB’s Adult Guidance Service
23
Sep
Sep
A new Coordinator, Eileen Patton, has been appointed to manage the Adult Guidance and Information Service provided by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) through its Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The Adult Guidance and Information Service offers adults impartial and confidential information, advice, guidance and counselling on the educational options that are available […]
08
Sep
Sep
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) has appointed Adele McElhinney as an Adult Literacy Organiser (with Initial Responsibility for Coordinating Regional Literacy) to its Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The new post has been created by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in response to the launch earlier this […]
Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB Publishes 2022-2023 Further Education and Training Prospectus
25
Aug
Aug
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service has published its new FET Prospectus for the incoming academic year, 2022-2023, which includes several exciting new courses starting across the county in September. The Prospectus provides detailed information on over 120 full and part-time courses in a diverse range of areas from Levels 1-6, many of […]
Administrative Office, Further Education & Training
New Basic Education Coordinator Appointed by Donegal ETB
06
Jul
Jul
A new Basic Education Coordinator, Ms Teresa Kealy, has been appointed by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB). Teresa joins a team of five Adult Literacy Organisers (ALOs) across the county under its Further Education and Training (FET) Service, delivering tuition to adults in literacy, numeracy, digital skills, family learning and English for Speakers of […]
Administrative Office, Further Education & Training
New Senior Management Appointments to Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service
01
Jul
Jul
Donegal ETB has made two senior management appointments to its Further Education and Training (FET) Service. Ms Deirdre McColgan has been appointed to a new post of Assistant Training Centre Manager with primary responsibility for quality assurance, while Mr Aidan McCloskey has been appointed Adult Education Officer, replacing Ms Martina Needham who retired in June. […]
Further Education & Training
ETB and County Council Launch New Public Works Operations and Maintenance Course
15
Jun
Jun
A new training course to provide work ready operatives for entry level operations and maintenance positions for the construction or local authority sectors has been launched. The Public Works Operations and Maintenance traineeship has been developed by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) through its Further Education and Training (FET) Service in partnership with Donegal […]
Further Education & Training
Successful Recognition of Prior Learning Initiative Concludes with Launch of Toolkit for the Sector
03
Jun
Jun
An initiative which enabled over two hundred people in Donegal and Limerick and Clare working in the healthcare and financial sectors to have their experience recognised, validated and certified, has concluded. For the last two years staff from the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in both regions have been working on a project to develop […]