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…
Employee welfare is an important aspect of Donegal ETB’s staff support mechanisms and this is provided through our Employee Welfare Officer Marie Donnelly. But what exactly does this entail? In this blog Marie tells us more about it. Donegal ETB…
This month (September 2023) our Further Education and Training (FET) Service launched a new student counselling support service provided by Spectrum Life and managed by our Adult Guidance and Information Service. But what does this service look like and how…
Each year we provide induction training for new post-primary teachers, but what does that process involve? Our Director of Schools, Dr Martin Gormley, tells us more about it in this blog. The induction process for new post-primary teachers in Donegal…
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) marked its tenth anniversary on 1 July and in this blog, Chief Executive (CE) Anne McHugh reflects over the first decade of this new organisation and some of the many highlights. 01 July 2013…
Did you know that Physical Education (PE) is a Leaving Certificate exam subject? We deliver it in nine* of our fifteen schools including Mulroy College in Milford and in this blog, PE teacher Ciaran Mc Elwaine tells us more about…
Our Further Education and Training (FET) Service creates, collects and utilises a lot of data. But what does that involve and why does it do that? In this blog, FET Systems and Data Reporting Officer Anne Barron tells us more…