Aontas

Education no longer ends with secondary school, college or even a postgraduate degree. Increasingly, people learn throughout their lives, both for p(...)

Adult and further education, for so long the neglected orphan of Ireland’s education system, was once higgledy-piggledy at best. There were 33 VECs, o(...)

The Leaving Cert is easy enough to follow. Most teens do it, although some opt for Youthreach or the Leaving Cert Applied programme. Third-level or fu(...)

What do learners in the adult and further education sector want? The sector is diverse, encompassing everything from local courses tailored to the (...)

A new tax relief should be introduced for part-time students as an equity measure and to help reverse the fall in postgraduate enrolments in higher (...)

For many adults, their last engagement with education was more than a generation ago and ended much to their relief when they walked out of the school(...)

The term “adult education” is something of a misnomer. It brings to mind an image of sitting awkwardly on tiny chairs in the local primary school and (...)

Access: Not everyone got the Leaving Cert they wanted. Mature students missed the chance to attend college. Students with disabilities and students fr(...)

Adults looking at a return to education are spoilt for choice.Here’s a sample of the many options for adult learners. Contact your local education and(...)

If I could change one thing it would be that policymakers would think of education and training as a coherent system with a range of choices designed (...)