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The European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. For the last five years, our Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC)…

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This year, during national ETB Week 2024 (11-15 March), we held our first-ever Debate Forum for our post-primary schools. This will now become an annual event on Donegal ETB’s event calendar but what does debating involve and what are its benefits to our students? In this blog, our Errigal College…

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Did you know that we provide a range of education and training courses in the field of alcohol and other drugs for professionals who come into contact with alcohol and other drug issues, as well as community and voluntary workers and people in recovery from addiction? In this blog our…

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In 2023, almost 16,000 people participated in a course with our Further Education and Training (FET) Service. They did so on a full-time, part-time, online, daytime, evening time, in centre and out in the community basis, ranging in ages from 16-86. But did you know that we provide a support…

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Our Further Education and Training (FET) Service supports thousands of people each year to achieve their career dreams and goals. In this blog, one of our former childcare students, Shannon Shelby Driscoll, who has recently qualified as a teacher, tells us more about her learning journey in this blog. Before…

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Last October fifteen pioneering parents in the Letterkenny and Finn Valley areas graduated from the pilot programme ‘My Child My Vision’ programme, a parent facilitation training programme to empower parents to guide their child through the school transfer process and to support their child’s progression from primary to post-primary education.…

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Supporting Donegal businesses to be more sustainable is an important aspect of our Enterprise Engagement work. We provide this support through a specially developed Environmental Sustainability in the Workplace course. But what does this involve?  One company that completed this course with us last year was award-winning Donegal Bees (Donegal Local…

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Outdoor Activity Instructor training is just one of the many specialised training courses provided by our Further Education and Training (FET) Service but what is an outdoor activity instructor and what does this course involve? In our first January blog, Course Coordinator John Boyce tells us more about it. What…

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Mentoring is a support provided to Youthreach students in twenty centres around the country, including our Ballyshannon Youthreach centre but what does this involve? In this blog, Ballyshannon Youthreach tutor and mentor Jo Boden tells us more about it. I have been a mentor with Ballyshannon Youthreach for the past…

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