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Congratulations to four of our music service students, Donegal Music Education Partnership, including the service manager (and well-known traditional musician) Martin McGinley, who have been invited to audition for a major classical music concert after earning distinctions in their examinations with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM). They’ve been asked to send video recordings […]
EU Code Week 2017 kicked off a week early for Donegal ETB today when staff from four of our schools, Abbey Vocational School, Coláiste na Carraige, Crana College and Errigal College, came together for a Coding Initiative cluster day for staff to support them in rolling out cutting edge teaching in the area of coding […]
During the week of 18-22 September staff and students from the Hannah Arendt Gymnasium School, Barsinghausen (near Hanover), Germany visited Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Arranmore Island and took part in activities organised by the school. The visiting students, aged 15 -17 years, attended class in the school and also participated in a range of activities and workshops […]
St. Catherine’s Vocational School Transition Year student Erin Gallagher was recently selected to attend the Irish Junior Science Olympiad being held in Dublin City University on 21 October. The Irish Junior Science Olympiad (IrJSO) is a science competition for students who are under sixteen on December 31st of the year of the competition. Finalists qualify through the […]
Donegal ETB teachers will showcase their innovative teaching practice at FÉILTE, the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, this Saturday 7 October 2017 in the RDS, Dublin. FÉILTE is organised by the Teaching Council and is a celebration of teaching which showcases the work of teachers who are leading innovative learning projects. Donegal ETB teachers will showcase […]
Next Wednesday, ahead of EU Code Week 2017, Donegal ETB will host a Coding Initiative cluster day for staff from four of its schools to support them in rolling out cutting edge teaching in the area of coding. In 2016, two of Donegal ETB’s schools, the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town and Crana College […]
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has approved the establishment of a once-off equipment scheme for local Youth Clubs/Groups. The scheme is an extension of the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme and has been established in recognition of the important role of volunteer-led youth clubs and groups in supporting young people and in respect […]
Donegal ETB has launched its fourth annual Enterprise Day for post-primary schools and Youthreach centres from across the county in Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The aim of the day is to introduce the concept of entrepreneurship in a fun way to young people with the support of Donegal entrepreneurs. This exciting event takes place on […]
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 […]
Donegal ETB was very pleased to welcome back the class of 1967 to mark their 50th reunion in our Adult Education and Training Centre in Milford recently. Over forty former students of ‘Milford Tech’ came back to school and had a lovely evening remembering their schooldays. They were joined by former members of the teaching staff […]