Today we have a guest post from Caro Neville, Adult Literacy Organiser at the Adult Education Service (AES) in Loughlinstown, and Amanda Byrne, a learner who returned to education after working for thirty years. Amanda and Caro were recently featured at the National Book Awards. The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) approached Caro, asking if […]
Register now for the upcoming student conference, Power of Disability, taking place online on Wednesday and Thursday 25th and 26th of January 2023.The conference is led-by and aimed at students with disabilities at all levels, HE (postgraduate and undergraduate) and FET, and focuses on empowerment, building community, exploring allyship, and understanding how to be a constructive advocate. […]
24 teachers from 24 different DDLETB and non-DDLETB schools were trained in June 2022 and have just received their internationally recognised certification from Cambridge English. In keeping with our ethos, the certification of this new cohort of teachers continues DDLETB’s focus on quality and Excellence in Education in the area of EAL. Courses to train […]
Happy New Year to all of our students and staff in DDLETB. Let’s hope for a peaceful and healthy 2023 for everyone!
Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to all of our lovely students and staff. DDLETB Head Office will close on 23 December and re-open on 3 January 2023. See you in the New Year!
Dundrum College of Further Education has launched a beautiful, brand-new website. The site was launched at the college’s recent Winter Village event. Winter Village Event This fun and festive day, organised by the Student Society, included wreath making, raffles, and a food barter – all to raise money for local charities. Classrooms were filled with […]
An announcement on Friday, December 2nd by Minister Simon Harris TD, sees us one step closer to a College of The Future for Swords/Fingal. It was a wonderful afternoon proudly hosted by Youthreach Swords and attended by ETBI General Secretary Paddy Lavelle, DDLETB CE Caitríona Murphy, Director of FET Siobhan Lynch, Andrew Brownlee CEO at […]
QQI has recently completed an external review of DDLETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Quality Assurance (QA) systems. Preparation for this first (inaugural) review of the ETB’s QA system began in the late summer/autumn of 2021 and concluded in May 2021 with the week-long visit of an External Review Panel consisting of national and international […]
DDLETB is proud to support Active Consent Awareness Week, taking place from 28th November to 2nd December. What is consent? Consent is an ongoing, mutual and freely-given agreement to take part in sexual activity. It applies to all relationships, all genders, and all sexualities. You can find out tons of information about consent and why […]
The ETBI Patrons’ Framework on Ethos has been launched. You can download a PDF of the framework here. Below you can read the foreword to the document from ETBI General Secretary, Paddy Lavelle. I am delighted to introduce this publication, the ETBI Patrons’ Framework on Ethos. This document is central to the Education and Training […]
