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Nominations Sought for Adult Learning AONTAS STAR Awards

AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation is seeking nominations from adult learning projects in Antrim for the STAR Awards 2022. The STAR Awards recognise outstanding work in adult learning and give projects the opportunity to promote their excellent work and bring national recognition to learners, staff and organisations. To highlight the diverse range of quality […]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s Review of the Equality Acts.

AONTAS welcomes this opportunity to contribute to the consultation and review of the Equality Acts, mainly because AONTAS is concerned that current legislation fails to ensure that all adults can equally participate in all forms of education. Ireland has a number of laws that protect and promote everyone’s right to equality. However, we know that discrimination is routine and has a significant impact on adult learners.

AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2021

On Wednesday, 20th October, AONTAS held its 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) online via Zoom. Over 90 members were present, including community education organisations, adult learners, Education and Training Board (ETB) representatives and nominees for the AONTAS Board.

AONTAS Announces John D’Arcy as Newly Elected Chairperson at AGM

AONTAS is delighted to announce that John D’Arcy, Director of The Open University (OU) in Ireland, has been elected as Chairperson at the AONTAS Annual General Meeting (AGM) today (20th October 2021). John will succeed Tara Farrell, CEO of Longford Women’s Link (LWL) who completed her term of office. Tara received many words of thanks […]

Northern Ireland Faces Persistent Decline in Lifelong Learning Participation

Collective efforts are needed to tackle a predicted decline in lifelong participation in Northern Ireland (NI) by 2030. That’s according to AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation who launched a report today (01.10.2021) highlighting issues faced by community education providers in NI, and offering recommendations on how the sector can work together to support greater […]

AONTAS Pre-Budget Submission 2022

AONTAS has today published a Pre-Budget Submission 2022: An Inclusive Recovery for All. The submission focuses on lessons from the pandemic and how they can be used to create and equitable Tertiary education system (TES). Read the full submission here. As we now enter a new era recovering from COVID-19, it is vital that the lessons learned throughout […]