Aontas are holding a free online session on how to work with adult learners to increase knowledge and awareness of democracy, voting, and the power of civic action – including the rights and duties of citizens.
Calling all current or recent FET learners! Join Aontas for the launch the Learner Voices Across Ireland Report 2023-24 on Thursday, 17th October from 11am-2pm in Athlone.
People are being forced to choose between heating their homes or staying in education, new research from AONTAS shows. New findings show that 41% of people participating in adult education are struggling to pay for household bills and meals. Almost one […]
Further Education and Training (FET) learners in Ireland experience a high rate of mental health problems, with more than one in three learners saying mental health problems affect their ability to learn or study
A Window to the World: AONTAS Adult Education Summit 2023 welcomes adult learners, educators, and anyone with an interest in adult learning in the island of Ireland and across Europe for new perspectives on adult and community education.
The AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival kicks off today and runs all week. AONTAS is the National Adult Learning Organisation of Ireland.
Aontas is launching the 2022 edition of The Adult Learner online on Monday, 21st November from 10am to 12.30pm. Founded in the 1980s, this highly-regarded journal is essential reading for anyone interested in or studying adult learning. It is the only […]
The AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival 2022 kicks off this week 7th – 11th March 2022.
Aontas invite you to the launch of ‘The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education: The Adult Learner.’
AONTAS STAR Awards acknowledge the fantastic work undertaken by adult learning projects throughout Ireland.
The Wheel, Ireland’s national association of community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises,is hosting a workshop Canva for Beginners on 5 Mar 2021 – 10:00am-11:00am as part of the Adult Learners‘ Festival 2021. You might not have much budget […]
In 2021 the 15th AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival will take place from Monday, 1st to Friday 5th March. This will be a nationwide celebration of adult learning coordinated by AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation in collaboration with other key national organisations and […]
AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation, has produced a booklet I’m a FET Learner, which captures the experiences of ten Further Education and Training (FET) learners who participated in the National FET Learner Forum over the course of its existence […]
AONTAS, Ireland’s National Adult Learning Organisation, has submitted its Public Consultation on the Statement of Strategy 2021 2023 to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Public Consultation on the Statement of Strategy 2021- 2023 A […]
AONTAS is currently hiring an EU Projects Officer. To be responsible for the project management, implementation and administration of the European Agenda for Adult Learning (EAAL) and other EU funded projects. This person will work from a social justice perspective […]
You are invited to the the Launch of the I’m a FET Learner Booklet – A Celebration of Learner Voice and the National FET Learner Forum. When: 16th December 2020 Time: 10.00am – 11.30am Location: online via Zoom”I’m a FET Learner” […]
STAR Awards 2021 Nominations Open: The STAR Awards are an awards initiative coordinated by AONTAS as part of the annual Adult Learners’ Festival to acknowledge the work undertaken by adult learning initiatives throughout Ireland. The STAR Awards will take on […]
Niamh O’Reilly, CEO of AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation in Ireland features on the panel at the upcoming Adult Learning Australia Virtual Event: Looking back, casting forward – 60 years of Adult Learning in Australia. Hear from Australian and […]
On the 14th October 2020 Aontas, Ireland’s National Adult Learning Organisation, held 2 community education practitioner focus groups. Community Education Practitioner Focus Group The Focus groups were held as part of a larger research piece on Community Education in a […]
AONTAS will hold this event, Community Education in a Time of COVID-19: responding and building back better together for community education, previously planned to take in place in Longford Women’s Link, online on Monday, 12th October, 11am- 1pm. The event […]
