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AONTAS Welcomes Opportunity for Community Education Groups and Learners to Access Second Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund

AONTAS advocated for this fund in 2020 and again in 2021, as evidenced by the CEN Census 2020 research, the COVID-19 Community Education Support fund for 2020/2021 and the Pre-Budget submission 2021. AONTAS CEO Niamh O’Reilly recently published an update and reflection of AONTAS’ advocacy for a fairer distribution of funding for community education during […]

COVID-19 leads to huge increase in demand for community education courses

COVID-19 has led to an increase in demand for community education programmes and learners supports, and this type of provision is well equipped for adapting to future employment needs post pandemic. That’s according to AONTAS, the national adult learning organisation who launched a research report today (30.06.2021) documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 76 community […]