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.
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.
Free Adult Learners’ Festival Resources: Create Your World
The AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival 2023 will take place from March 6th to 10th, with the theme of Create Your World. We’ll be celebrating adult learning , with events taking place in Dublin and across the country. You can register events on www.adultlearnersfestival.ie
First Northern Ireland community education census aims to support learning providers
The AONTAS Northern Ireland Community Education census is a new research project that will provide evidence of the benefits of community education for communities and families. This can be used to help demonstrate the need for reliable, sustainable funding and political support for the sector.
Lack of childcare continues to be a barrier to accessing Further Education and Training
AONTAS’ research shows that a lack of childcare is a recurrent issue for parents who have returned or hope to return to education. Here, AONTAS Research Officer Dr Laura Lovejoy reflects on the urgent need for childcare to support parents in Further Education and Training.