Supporting Third Level Access and Engagement 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!
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!
Adult Education Tutors’ Protest: Better pay and Conditions needed
AONTAS supports the adult education tutors’ in their current campaign for improved pay and conditions
Reach Fund open for applications for Community Education Providers
Funding for community education providers is available through the 16 Education and Training Boards across the country.
Alternative pathways from further to higher education welcome, but more financial supports needed for a truly equal education system in Ireland
AONTAS considers the announcement from Minister Simon Harris TD about an expansion of alternative pathways from further education into higher education, in ongoing efforts to move away from the Leaving Certificate and the “points race” as the focus of education in Ireland.