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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 it. Allowing students the opportunity to study Physical Education as…

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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 about it.  Donegal ETB’s FET Service uses a national software…

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Is éard atá i gceist le Gnó sa Phobal in Éirinn () ná gluaiseacht le haghaidh athrú inbhuanaithe i gcúrsaí gnó. Tá clár iar-bhunoideachais ag an eagraíocht dar teideal Saothar an tSaoil agus tugann sé deis do dhaltaí iar-bhunoideachais sa Dara Bliain bualadh le fostaithe ó chomhlacht áitiúil le níos…

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Julia Meiner, who lives in Dresden in Germany, recently spent three weeks with the Donegal Music Education Partnership on an Erasmus+ work placement. The Erasmus+ programme helps students and recent graduates to develop work skills, improve their use of another language, and learn about another country and culture. Which is…

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Each year our Youth Services Development Section accepts grant applications from local volunteer-led youth clubs under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS). This funding can be used to enhance the experience of young people participating in the activities of youth clubs. What does this involve? In this blog our…

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Our Further Education and Training (FET) Service supports thousands of students each year on their learning journey (almost 14,500 in 2022). In order to improve this support, the Quality Assurance team developed an online Student Hub which was launched last year. How does this support students? In this blog, Quality…

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Enabling Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in our classrooms is an important aspect of how we support the learning of our students. But how do we do this? Holly Murray is a post-primary geography, history and ICT teacher in our Stranorlar school, Finn Valley College and a TEL advocate and practitioner.…

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Developing and redeveloping the courses (programmes) provided by our Further Education and Training (FET) Service is critical to ensuring we provide courses that meet the needs of students, communities and industry across the county. But what does this mean and what does it involve? In this blog our FET Programme…

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