AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival 2022- Policy Event
Community Education – Working Together to Address Educational Inequality
About the Event:
This Policy Day event will mark the closing event of the 2022 AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival. It will bring policy makers, adult learning providers and learners together to demonstrate and discuss the importance of an interconnected and supportive tertiary education sector. The event will also showcase the unique role that community education can have in addressing educational inequality in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date: Friday, 11th March 2022 (Closing event of the AONTAS Adult Learner’s Festival 2022)
Time: 10.30am-1.00pm
Location: Online Via Zoom
AGENDA:
10.30am Welcome and Introduction
Message from John D’Arcy, AONTAS Chairperson and Niamh O’Reilly, AONTAS CEO
10.35am Learner Panel Discussion – Community Education Pathways
- Clara O’Connor, DALC
- Pamela Stokes, LCEN
- Deborah Oniah, Adult Learner
11.05am A Collective Vision for the Future of Community Education, Niamh O’Reilly, AONTAS CEO
11.20am Message from Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD
11.25am Provider Panel Discussion – Building Partnerships and Creating Opportunities for Collaborative Practice
- Jimmy Prior, Coordinator, Southill FRC
- Siobhan O’Dowd, Project Co-ordinator, Ballyphehane Togher CDP
- Tara Farrell, CEO, Longford Women’s Link
- Denis Leamy, CEO, Cork ETB
12.00pm Comfort Break (20 mins)
12.20pm Next Steps and Reflections
12.50pm Response from Andrew Brownlee, CEO of SOLAS
1.00pm Close
To learn more about the Adult Learners’ Festival and to get involved, click here.
