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How to Use the One Step Up Events Calendar

25 Jan 2019
AONTAS provides a free Information Referral Service called One Step Up that supports thousands of people in Ireland every year to find out about education and training options available to them. The One Step Up website is also home an Events Calendar, where we promote open days and information sessions hosted by Education and Training Boards, further education and training colleges, community centres, third level institutes and other learning centres all over the country.

As part of the Increasing Pathways, Increasing Participation 2017-2019 project for the European Agenda for Adult Learning (EAAL), AONTAS provides a free Information Referral Service called One Step Up that supports thousands of people in Ireland every year to find out about education and training options available to them. For information, you can freephone the One Step Up Helpline on 1800 303 669 or visit the One Step Up website: www.onestepup.ie. The website is also home to the One Step Up Calendar.

On the One Step Up Calendar we promote open days and information sessions hosted by Education and Training Boards, further education and training colleges, community centres, third level institutes and other learning centres all over the country. In 2018 approximately 7,000 people used One Step Up to find out about nearly 600 events nationwide. These events were submitted by adult and community education providers across Ireland via the One Step Up Calendar

So if you are an education provider, why not put yourself on the One Step Up map and help us to promote lifelong learning opportunities for people in Ireland? AONTAS promotes your local events across our social media platforms which had a combined reach of over 1.7 million people in 2018. 

How to use the One Step Up Calendar:

 For adult and community education organisations One Step Up provides a unique national platform to inform thousands of people about your organisation’s work and to attract potential learners. Event details for open days, information sessions, promotional activities, registration days, and education & training fairs can be uploaded easily and quickly to the calendar.

All you have to do is go to Promote an Event on the website and enter basic information about your event:

 

Whether your organisation would like to promote an education expo as part of a national campaign or you want to highlight a weekly information session in your local area, use the One Step Up Calendar to let everyone know about it!

 

For More Information:

Click here or contact Sam O’Brien-Olinger, Information Officer via email: sobrienolinger@aontas.com