Each year Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) procures around €32 million worth of business across a wide range of goods and services. But what does our procurement process look like? In this blog, our Head of Procurement, Dana McMahon…
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, thousands of Ukrainians sought safety in Ireland. In response, the Department of Education set up Regional Education and Language Teams (REALTs) around the country, hosted by Education and Training Boards. But what exactly…
Providing meaningful programmes for our Transition Year (TY) students is an important aspect of programme provision in our schools. Learning new skills is one way to achieve this and a fantastic example of this has been taking place in Moville…
Did you know that it is possible to gain a qualification based on your work and life experiences through our Further Education and Training (FET) Service? It’s called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and we were one of the first…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Enterprise education is an important part of the curriculum in our post-primary schools but what does this involve? In this blog, our Errigal College (Letterkenny) teacher Evan Gorrell tells us about the enterprise education programmes and activities in his school.…
Did you know that we operate an outdoor education and training centre (OETC) on an 87-acre estate at Gartan? Originally bought in 1969 for £10,595, it only received official sanction to operate as an outdoor education centre in 1988. But…