Job Shadowing for Learners and Staff in Adult and Community Education – Visiting Brussels in 2023
Since last year, we at AONTAS have been co-ordinating a mobility project for adult learners and staff in adult and community education. This gives people the opportunity to engage in job shadowing with the goal of helping people to progress in their work and in their own lives.
Supporting Social Inclusion at the AONTAS STAR Awards
The STAR Awards recognise the very best in adult learning in Ireland. We celebrate and acknowledge the incredible adult learning initiatives going on across the country, in support of learners, as part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.
This year, there are 24 fantastic shortlisted initiatives. We’ll announce the winners at a special ceremony in Dublin on Friday 8th March – an exciting event to finish our 2024 Adult Learners’ Festival!
Connecting People and Sharing Practice in Adult Learning: AONTAS’ collaboration with our colleagues in Northern Ireland
Over the last few years, we have been supporting adult learning colleagues in Northern Ireland to come together and share ideas, challenges, and solutions for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector. Within this sector, community education is a core support for people who want to return to learning, but who left school early or who had negative experiences of mainstream education. However, community education remains significantly under-funded and under-recognised in Northern Ireland.
Supporting Learner Voice at the AONTAS STAR Awards
The STAR Awards recognise the very best in adult learning in Ireland. We celebrate and acknowledge the incredible adult learning initiatives going on across the country, in support of learners, as part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.
This year, there are 24 fantastic shortlisted initiatives. We’ll announce the winners at a special ceremony in Dublin on Friday 8th March – an exciting event to finish our 2024 Adult Learners’ Festival!
Supporting Health and Wellbeing at the AONTAS STAR Awards
The STAR Awards recognise the very best in adult learning in Ireland. We celebrate and acknowledge the incredible adult learning initiatives going on across the country, in support of learners, as part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.
This year, there are 24 fantastic shortlisted initiatives. We’ll announce the winners at a special ceremony in Dublin on Friday 8th March – an exciting event to finish our 2024 Adult Learners’ Festival!
Supporting Global Citizenship Education at the AONTAS STAR Awards
The STAR Awards recognise the very best in adult learning in Ireland. We celebrate and acknowledge the incredible adult learning initiatives going on across the country, in support of learners, as part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.
This year, there are 24 fantastic shortlisted initiatives. We’ll announce the winners at a special ceremony in Dublin on Friday 8th March – an exciting event to finish our 2024 Adult Learners’ Festival!
AONTAS in Europe: RegALE comes to a close
Writing by Dr Kate Smyth, Strategic Comms Officer
The RegALE project has found that, despite improvements in recent years, there is still a need for greater parity of esteem between adult learning and higher education, and that a continued focus on regional and local structures is needed to combat this, while also working together at national and international levels.
AONTAS in Europe: EUCEN Autumn Conference and Smile Symposium
Writing by Ecem Akarca, EU Projects Coordinator.
We’re always working with our European colleagues to achieve our collective goals of making education more accessible for everyone.
AONTAS in Europe: AONTAS’ Educational Exchanges
Writing by Ecem Akarca, EU Projects Coordinator.
We’re always working with our European colleagues to achieve our collective goals of making education more accessible for everyone. We actively organise and host study visits and summits to foster meaningful exchanges with our colleagues from across the EU. Let’s look at some recent examples.
AONTAS in Europe: Adult Learning and Collaboration
Writing by Ecem Akarca, EU Projects Coordinator.
In the dynamic landscape of European adult education, it’s so important to collaborate with other organisations that do similar work to us at AONTAS. Knowledge-sharing events are central to this. We’re always active in this and looking for new opportunities. Let’s take a look at an example from last year.