On the Road with the Community Education Network: the Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (INOU) Learning Hub
Lorraine O’Connor, our Community Education Officer, was on the road recently to meet with the staff at the Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (INOU) Learning Hub.
On the Road with the Community Education Network: Women’s Collective Ireland
Our Community Education Officer Lorraine O’Connor was on the road recently to visit Women’s Collective Ireland (WCI). WCI are committed to working with grassroots women to address their diverse needs through the communities they work with using a community development model locally and nationally.
Budget 2024: Supporting adult learning will help Ireland become a more equal and just society for all
Earlier this summer, we made our pre-budget submission to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Later Life Online: Narrowing the Digital Divide for Older Adults in Ireland and Across Europe
Experience and learning from the Erasmus+ TO SWITCH project multiplier event, Later Life Online: Narrowing the Digital Divide for Older Adults in Ireland and Across Europe.
Removing barriers to learning for all: GATHER with AHEAD and NALA
GATHER was a free three-day online assistive technology event run by AHEAD in partnership with AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation, and the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA). It took place from 22nd to 24th May, 2023.
What is “Recognition of Prior Learning” or RPL?
People learn skills and expertise in their everyday life, communities and workplaces, and can be extremely knowledgeable in an area without having formal education and training in it. An example of this is someone in a caring role with children, older people, or people with disabilities.
Reflections on the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival 2023
At the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival, we celebrate learning. This week-long festival happens every year in March, and we bring people together from all over Ireland.
This year’s Adult Learners’ Festival took place from 6th to 10th March 2023. Let’s take a look at the highlights of the week.
Lack of childcare continues to be a barrier to accessing Further Education and Training
AONTAS’ research shows that a lack of childcare is a recurrent issue for parents who have returned or hope to return to education. Here, AONTAS Research Officer Dr Laura Lovejoy reflects on the urgent need for childcare to support parents in Further Education and Training.
Lack of childcare continues to be a barrier to accessing Further Education and Training
AONTAS met with representatives of more than 20 local community learning groups based around the Northwest, in a meeting at Northwest Regional College Strand Road campus in Derry/Londonderry on Thursday 26th January. Called ‘Supporting the Sector, Supporting the Learner’, the event focused on the crucial, person-centred support that community education offers.
Supporting the Community Learning Sector: Getting together in Derry
AONTAS met with representatives of more than 20 local community learning groups based around the Northwest, in a meeting at Northwest Regional College Strand Road campus in Derry/Londonderry on Thursday 26th January. Called ‘Supporting the Sector, Supporting the Learner’, the event focused on the crucial, person-centred support that community education offers.