Closing the Digital Divide: “Later Life Online” event in Dublin this May

Announcing a new event upcoming with AONTAS, on closing the Digital Divide. The event, “Later Life Online”, will take place in Dublin on May 11th.
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.
GATHER: Discovering Assistive Technology Together Free online event this May

AHEAD are calling for submissions to present at this upcoming three-day conference on assistive technology in May.
New funding announced: Adult Literacy for Life Collaboration and Innovation Fund open for applications

There is new funding available through SOLAS to support public, community, voluntary, and non-profit groups and organisations to help people with all forms of literacy. Deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 14th April 2023.
AONTAS STAR Awards 2023 – Friday 10th March

A review of the winners at the annual AONTAS STAR Awards, which took place on Friday 10th March 2023, recognising and celebrating adult learning in initiatives from across Ireland who make a positive impact on people’s lives and on communities.
“Stepping Stones and Stable Roots”: A Fascinating and Comprehensive Discussion of Community Education and its Relationship to Education Policy in Ireland

At “Stepping Stones and Stable Roots”, an event focusing on the role of community education in Government policy, educators, adult learners, and policymakers came together at the Richmond Education and Event Centre in Smithfield, Dublin on March 6th 2023, the first day of the AONTAS 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.
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.
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.
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.