Category Archives: Further Education & Training

Donegal ETB’s Teacher Collaboration Initiative Supports Remote Teaching During COVID-19 Containment helped by DES Digital School Excellence Fund

A number of teachers in schools across Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) have been working on an innovative teaching and learning initiative titled ‘Teacher Collaboration – Junior Cycle Curriculum Planning, Content Creation and Resource Sharing’. The initiative has developed over the past five years and a short video has been developed that illustrates the […]

Donegal ETB Host First FET Service Student Voice Forum

Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service hosted its first ever independent Student Voice Forum on 11 February. The purpose of the Forum, which is set to become an annual event, is to collect feedback from students on the effectiveness of Donegal’s FET provision to ensure it is responsive to student needs. Student views […]

130 Adults and Young People Receive FET Awards in West Donegal

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 […]

Over 130 Adults Receive FET Awards in Inishowen

Over one hundred and thirty people from across Inishowen gathered in An Grianan Hotel, Burt on Thursday evening last, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. Certificates were presented by the ETB to over one hundred and thirty adult students who had achieved certification in a […]

150 Adults Receive FET Awards in the Finn Valley Area

Over one hundred and fifty people gathered in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey Thursday 23 January 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 programmes over the last year, completed in the Finn Valley area. Certificates were presented by Donegal […]

New Youthreach Coordinator Appointed to Ballyshannon Youthreach Centre

Donegal ETB has appointed a new Coordinator, Paula Burns, to its Ballyshannon Youthreach Centre. Ballyshannon Youthreach is based in Donegal ETB’s Ballyshannon Further Education and Training (FET) Centre. It is one of the many programmes provided by Donegal ETB’s FET Service. Before taking up this post, Paula worked as a full-time Resource Person in Navan […]

First Further Education & Training (FET) Service Student Voice Forum to Take Place Next Month

Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service will host its first ever independent Student Voice Forum next month. The purpose of the Forum is to collect feedback from FET students on the effectiveness of Donegal’s Further Education and Training provision to ensure that it is responsive to student needs. Donegal ETB’s FET Service aims […]

Further Education & Training (FET) Service Night Class Enrolments Start Next Week

Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service has a wide range of night classes on offer around the county this Spring with enrolment taking place next week in the schools and centres listed below. A wide range of subjects are on offer including beauty and makeup, computers (basic, intermediate), CPR and Defibrillator, crochet, decoupage, […]

Donegal Community Education Providers Hear from Leading Climate Scientist Professor Emeritus John Sweeney

Over one hundred participants attended the annual Community Education Seminar of Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service in Letterkenny today. This annual seminar offers those who are involved in the provision of Community Education, particularly those who use grant funding administered by Donegal ETB’s Community Education Support Programme, the opportunity to come together […]

300 Students Receive Further Education & Training (FET) Awards in Letterkenny

Three hundred Further Education and Training (FET) students, along with family, friends and staff, gathered in the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny on Thursday last to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s FET Service. Students achieved certification in a range of full-time and a part-time courses over the last year, completed in Donegal ETB’s […]