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Four Donegal ETB school projects have qualified for the 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 11-14 January 2024. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The four projects come from […]
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Nov
Nov
Three Donegal ETB Transition Year students from Errigal College in Letterkenny have been selected to represent Ireland at the third edition of the Women and Girls in STEM Forum, taking place in Brussels on 5 December 2023. This is an annual conference to celebrate the students who participated in the Girls Go Circular initiative which […]
Administrative Office, Finn Valley College
New Principal Appointed to Finn Valley College, Stranorlar
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Nov
Nov
Donegal ETB has announced the appointment of Mr Séan McFadden as the new Principal of Finn Valley College in Stranorlar, effective from the 1st January 2024. Séan replaces Mr Alan Thompson who is taking up the position of Principal of the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town, also in January 2024. Originally from Gaoth Dobhair, […]
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Oct
Oct
Twenty-four apprentices from Donegal were among a group of eighty-eight craft apprentices from across seventeen apprenticeship programmes who graduated at a ceremony today. An additional 124 apprentices, including twenty-four from Donegal who recently qualified, were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim […]
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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 […]
Administrative Office, Deele College, Errigal College, Finn Valley College, Further Education & Training
Pioneering Donegal Parents Graduate from My Child My Vision Programme
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Oct
Oct
A graduation event was held on 3 October for fifteen pioneering parents in the Letterkenny and Finn Valley areas who graduated from the pilot programme ‘My Child My Vision’ programme. The parents have children attending Errigal College in Letterkenny, Deele College in Raphoe, Finn Valley College in Stranorlar, Scoile Bhríde Primary School in Convoy and […]
Administrative Office
Minister for Further and Higher Education Opens Further Education and Training Centre in Letterkenny
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Oct
Oct
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, T.D., officially opened Donegal Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training (FET) Centre on the Port Road in Letterkenny today. The building underwent extensive refurbishment in 2022 to create a low carbon emissions state-of-the-art teaching and learning facility in the heart of […]
Achievements, Apprenticeships, Further Education & Training
Donegal FET Student and Apprentice Amongst WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Competition Winners
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Sep
Sep
There were two winners from Donegal amongst the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 competition winners announced in Dublin tonight. Lee Davison from Buncrana won the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Welding competition, while Martin Doherty from Cloghan won the Heavy Vehicle Maintenance competition. This follows three-day long competitions in the RDS, where they competed against some of the most […]
Administrative Office, Mulroy College, St.Catherine's VS
Two Donegal ETB Schools Participate in NFTE European Finals in Austria
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Sep
Sep
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) students from Mulroy College in Milford and St Catherine’s Vocational School in Killybegs travelled to Kitzbuhel in Austria last week to represent Ireland in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) European final (Youthstart European Awards 2023). Both teams won bronze awards in their respective categories. In 2022 Mulroy College […]