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CEN 10: Sustaining Community Education
Regional CEN Training - Longford
The Value of Europe in Adult Education
Closing Event of ‘Learning Today for a Better Tomorrow’
Community Education in a Time of COVID-19: responding and building back better together for community education
Cork Regional Meeting - 4th October
CEN Meeting - Dublin
National FET Learner Forum
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2019
Lifelong Learning for All Seminar
AONTAS Lifelong Learning Advocacy - Summer School
AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2019
AONTAS International Women’s Day Policy Event: The Impact of Community Education on the Lives of Women
CEN Meeting - Limerick
AONTAS Extraordinary General Meeting 2018
Galway Regional Meeting - 1st October
Dundalk Regional Meeting - 2nd October
CEN Meeting - 3rd October 2018
Self Care for Educators
Cultural Heritage: The Challenges of Diversity
Borders, Boundaries & Bridges: Learning with our Neighbours
AONTAS CEN - QQI Information Session
Adult Learner Journal Launch 2018
CEN Meeting - 6th February 2019
STAR Awards Ceremony 2019
AONTAS and NALA Critical Literacy Seminar
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) Meeting - Donegal
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Training Session
Adult Learner Journal Launch 2019
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) Meeting - Dublin
AONTAS Lifelong Learning Summit
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Workshop
AONTAS AGM
Adult Learners' Festival 2020
CEN Meeting - February 2020
CEN Meeting March 2020
Policy Day – Adult Learners’ Festival
STAR Awards Ceremony 2020
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement - Weekly Webinar
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 29th April
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 15th April
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar 8th April
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 22nd April
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 13th May
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 20th May
CEN Webinar Meeting May 2020
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement - Weekly Webinar - 27th May
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 3rd June
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 10th June
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 17th June
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2020
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 24th June
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 1st July
CEN Webinar Health and Safety Presentation - Wednesday, 8th July 2020
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 15th July
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 22nd July
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 5th August
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 12th August
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 19th August
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 26th August
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 2nd September
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 9th September
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 16th September
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 30th September
CEN QQI Programme Development Training (Session 1)
CEN QQI Programme Development Training (Session 2)
Community Education Network Meeting - September 2020
Community Education Network Meeting - November 2020
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 7th October
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 21st October
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 28th October
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 4th November
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 11th November
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2022
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2023
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2024
RPL Practitioner Network Ireland webinar: Moving Forward with RPL, Advancing the Conversation
Learning at Work Seminar
AONTAS hosts a Virtual National FET Learner Forum
AONTAS hosts a Virtual National FET Learner Forum - 13th May
AONTAS hosts a Virtual National FET Learner Forum - 28th May 2020
AONTAS hosts a Virtual National FET Learner Forum - 20th May
Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board- Virtual National FET Learner Forum
AONTAS hosts a Virtual Learner Forum for Community Education Learners
Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board- Virtual National FET Learner Forum
Have a cup of tea with AONTAS!
Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racism: What does it mean and what can I do?
Virtual Community Education Practitioner Focus Group
AONTAS Community Education Network - QA Community of Practice Meeting
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum - 23rd October, 11am
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum - 28th October, 11am
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum - 28th October, 7pm
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 25th November
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 9th December
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 2nd December
Later Life Online: Closing the Digital Divide
Laois and Offaly ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum – 8th-10th December
Laois and Offaly ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum – Tuesday, 8th December
Laois and Offaly ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum – Wednesday, 9th December
Laois and Offaly ETB Virtual FET Learner Forum – Thursday, 10th December
National FET Learner Forum for Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Learning - Thursday, 3rd December
National FET Learner Forum for Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Learning - Tuesday, 8th December
"I'm a FET Learner" Booklet Launch
STAR Awards Celebration
The AONTAS STAR Awards 2022
Adult Learners' Festival 2021
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 11am
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 3pm
#LearningForChange Part 1: Adult Learning and Global Citizenship: Sustaining European Cohesion and Challenging the Politics of Fear
#LearningForChange Part 2: Adult Learning and Global Citizenship: Sustaining European Cohesion and Challenging the Politics of Fear
Longford and Westmeath ETB National FET Learner Forum - Tuesday, 9th February
Longford and Westmeath ETB National FET Learner Forum - Wednesday, 10th February
Galway and Roscommon ETB National FET Learner Forum - Thursday, 25th February
Galway and Roscommon ETB National FET Learner Forum - Friday, 26th February
Kildare and Wicklow ETB National FET Learner Forum - Tuesday, 2nd March
Kildare and Wicklow ETB National FET Learner Forum - Wednesday, 3rd March
Cork ETB National FET Learner Forum - Tuesday, 9th March
Cork ETB National FET Learner Forum - Thursday, 11th March
AONTAS Northern Ireland Consortium Meeting (In person) September 2022
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Shane Dunphy, AMPM safety
AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting - Opportunities
AONTAS Community Education Network Quality Assurance Community of Practice Meeting
AONTAS Community Education Network - Quality Assurance Community of Practice
How to promote inclusion in adult education? - Combined Networking Event
AONTAS Community Education Network QQI Programme Development Training
AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting
AONTAS Community Education Network - Quality Assurance Community of Practice
(New Date) AONTAS Community Education Network - QQI Programme Development Training
AONTAS Community Education Network - QQI Programme Development Training
AONTAS Community Education Network - QQI Programme Development Training
AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting September 2021
Learning Across the Lifespan with Dr. Leo Casey
Adult Education for Democracy with Dr. Fergal Finnegan & Lisa Kilbride
AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting November 2021
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - QA Community of Practice
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - QA Community of Practice, February 2022
AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting March 2022
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - QA Community of Practice, May 2022
Supporting Refugees to Access Adult Education - Webinar
AONTAS Northern Ireland Consortium Meeting - June 2022
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - Meeting June 2022
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - QA Community of Practice, June 2022
Member Engagement Webinar - July 2022
Member Engagement Webinar - August 2022
Transformative Learning Webinar - CEN Meeting with Dr. Francesca Lorenzi
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - Meeting September 2022
AONTAS Information Webinar - Reach Fund 2022
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) - QA Community of Practice, September 2022
Member Engagement Webinar - September 2022
Cultivating Learning Communities - Online Event
Information Webinar - STAR Awards 2022/23
AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) Meeting
NALAB Policy Day - Adult Learners' Festival 2021
Adult Learners' Festival 2022 - Policy Event
AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2022 - Information Session
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Adult Learners' Festival 2021 - Organising Your Virtual Event
Adult Learner Wellbeing Webinar - Facebook Live Event
Learners as Leaders Event, Adult Learners' Festival 2022
Paulo Freire Centenary - Celebration (1921 - 2021)
Adult and Community Education in Northern Ireland: An AONTAS Collaboration
Learners as Leaders: Developing Democracy through Change-Oriented Community Education in Ireland
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - MAEDF Survey - Preliminary Findings
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - STAR Award Winner My Blossom Channel
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - STAR Award Winner Irish Wheelchair Association
CEPRAH Virtual Café
CEN Census 2020 Launch - Community Education in a time of COVID-19
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Concern Worldwide
National Further Education and Training (FET) Learner Forum Annual Synthesis Report Launch
The Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshops - Style Guide and Theory Articles (W1)
The Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshops - Style Guide and Practice Articles (W2)
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Reopening during COVID-19
Adult Education for Tackling Social Exclusion Webinar
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Supporting Learners
AONTAS STAR Awards 2022 - Information Webinar
The Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshops - Style Guide and Developing Articles
Adult Education in Ulster - Reconnect, Reflect and Reimagine
The Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshops - Finalising Articles
Stakeholder Consultation on AONTAS Strategic Plan 2023-2026, Cork
Stakeholder Consultation on AONTAS Strategic Plan 2023-2026, Dublin
Supporting the Sector - AONTAS NI Community Education Census
Stakeholder Consultation on AONTAS Strategic Plan 2023-2026, Online
The AONTAS Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshop One: Style Guide and Developing Articles
The Adult Learner Journal 2023: Online Discussion
The AONTAS Adult Learner Journal Writers’ Workshop Two: Finalising Articles
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Member Spotlight - An Cosán
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Europass and supporting learners to build a CV online
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Johan Cruyff Institute
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Development Perspectives
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Membership Café
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Community Education in a Time of COVID-19: CEN Census 2020
Cork Education and Training Board FET Learners As Leaders Day 1
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board FET Learners As Leaders Day 1
Cork Education and Training Board FET Learners As Leaders Day 2
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board FET Learners As Leaders Day 2
National FET Learner Forum Report – Learners’ Voices Across Ireland
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 18th May 2021
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 20th May 2021
Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 8 February 2023
Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 21 February 2023
Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 22 February 2023
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 28 February 2023
Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 1 March 2023
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 22 March 2023
Tipperary Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 28 March 2023
Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 30 March 2023
Cork Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 26 April 2023
Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 3 May 2023
City of Dublin Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 9 November 2023
Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 24 January 2024
Donegal Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 28 November 2023
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 29 November 2023
Cork Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 1 February 2024
Kerry Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 20 February 2024
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 7 February 2024
Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 21 March 2024
Tipperary Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 10 April 2024
Elevate your Grant Writing Skills Community Education Network Workshop
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 19th May - AONTAS Consultation on National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education
Learners as Leaders Workshop: Understanding Development Education
Learners as Leaders Workshop: The Purpose of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Learners as Leaders Workshop: Reflections and Next Steps toward becoming Active Global Citizens
Learners as Leaders and AONTAS Member Collaborative Webinar – Sustainable Development
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - 18th August - Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund (MAEDF) Workshop
AONTAS Annual General Meeting 2021
AONTAS Membership Update and Engagement Webinar - Support and Ideas - Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund (MAEDF)
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 2nd November 2021
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board National FET Learner Forum - 3rd November 2021
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB National FET Learner Forum - 13th October 2021
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB National FET Learner Forum - 14th October 2021
Longford and Westmeath ETB National FET Learner Forum
AONTAS Lifelong Learning Conference
The Adult Learner 2021 – Launch Event
Stepping Stones and Stable Roots: The Versatile and Enduring Strength of Community Education
Fall in Love with Learning - Information Session on the 2023 AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival
"Who does it cost? How greater investment in adult learners will strengthen Irish society": Adult Learners' Festival 2024 Policy Discussion
Adult Learners' Festival 2024 Information Session (Online)
Connecting People and Sharing Practice in Adult Learning in Northern Ireland
AONTAS STAR Awards 2023
AONTAS STAR Awards 2024
A Window to the World: AONTAS Adult Education Summit 2023
Community Education Network September Coffee Morning
Community Education Network June Coffee Morning
Community Education Network July Coffee Morning
Community Education Network August Coffee Morning
AONTAS Support for CEN members on Validation of Programmes: Workshop Series
AONTAS NI Community Education Census (2021-2022) - Launch
Show Me the Money! AONTAS Community Education Network Meeting
Activating the SDGs in the Adult and Community Education Sector in Ireland
Political Participation and Community Education Workshop: November 2023
Use Your Voice: How to Engage with Local and EU Election Candidates - Webinar
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GATHER: Discovering Assistive Technology Together Free online event this May
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