On the Road with the Community Education Network: Henrietta Adult & Community Education Service (HACE)
In May, Lorraine O’Connor, our Community Education Officer, made a site visit to Henrietta Adult & Community Education Service (HACE) Henrietta Street in Dublin.
On the Road with the Community Education Network: Roscommon Women’s Network
Roscommon Women’s Network (RWN) is a local community project and charity dedicated to supporting women and families in County Roscommon. Recently, our Adult Learning Initiative Officer Leo Gilmartin and our Membership & Digital Engagement Officer Brian Desmond went along to their “Community Conversation” workshop.
On the Road with the Community Education Network: The Central Remedial Clinic (CRC)
Our Community Education Officer Lorraine O’Connor and our Adult Learning Officer Leo Gilmartin were on the road again today meeting the staff at the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf in Dublin.
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.