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AONTAS Launches the Adult Learner Journal 2021

On 8th December 2021, over 100 participants gathered online to celebrate the launch of the 35th issue of The Adult Learner Journal, the only peer-reviewed journal focused on adult, community and further education in Ireland.

Adult Education in Ulster – Reconnect, Reflect and Reimagine

On Tuesday, 30th November 2021, AONTAS hosted a meeting to bring together adult learning organisations from across the Ulster region. The goal of the meeting was to provide a space on how collectively we can improve the quality of learning experiences for all adult learners, and to build a supportive culture of lifelong learning.

Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund (MAEDF): €6.85m in additional funding announced

Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund (MAEDF): €6.85m in additional funding announced “This funding has made such a difference to how we can provide our service to the learners. No words can do it justice.” Community Education Organisation (MAEDF Review, 2021) AONTAS welcomes today’s announcement by Minister Simon Harris TD that the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage […]

AONTAS CEN Meeting – 16th November 2021

On Tuesday, 16th November, AONTAS held its final Community Education Network (CEN) meeting of 2021. The CEN brings together independent community education practitioners from across Ireland to collaborate, share knowledge and engage on key areas relating to community education. This particular CEN meeting was unique in the sense that it gave AONTAS the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the outstanding commitment of five women, who have retired recently from community education, who were instrumental to the establishment of the CEN and, ‘unsung heroes of their local communities’ according to Dr Niamh O’Reilly, AONTAS CEO.