Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Local Creative Youth Partnership is delighted to announce Scairt na hÓige, a new youth arts and culture festival taking place in locations around the Shannon Estuary at the end of August. This youth participation festival takes the Shannon waterway as its inspiration and will feature workshops in a…
Pictured from left: Paul Patton, Director of Further Education and Training; Bernadette Enright, Centre Manager; Michael Fitzgerald, and George Wilson, (EFQM Auditor), Senior Executive, Centre for Competitiveness
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board today announced its Hospitality Education and Training Centre, based at Limerick Enterprise Development Park, has become the first centre in the Republic of Ireland to be awarded with a consecutive European Framework for Quality Management (EFQM) Centre of Excellence Award. Operated by the ETB’s Further Education and Training…
Pictured: Julie O’Connor, Head Teacher; with Shelagh Graham, Director of Organisation Support and Development, George O'Callaghan, Chief Executive, and Donncha Ó Treasaigh, Director of Schools, from the school patron Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; and members of the local working group from Glenroe/Ballyorgan Community Council
The communities of Glenroe and Ballyorgan last week had their first opportunity to meet newly-appointed Glenroe School Head Teacher, Julie O’Connor, at the school’s registration evening. The socially-distanced event on Wednesday 24 June at the Community Hall was attended by parents/guardians of prospective new students, officials from the school’s patron Limerick and Clare Education and…
Pictured from left: Marty Mannering, Bicycle Engineering Academy; Eimear Brophy, FET Manager, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; Paul Patton, Director of FET, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; and Joe Leddin, Mid-West Regional Skills Forum
With renewed interest and increased growth in bicycle usage driven in part by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board in co-operation with the Mid West Regional Skills Forum has just launched Ireland’s first Bicycle Engineering Traineeship. The new traineeship will empower participants with knowledge and skills in foundation engineering, specifically…
Ms Julie O'Connor, Newly-appointed Head Teacher, Glenroe School
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Julie O’Connor as Head Teacher of Glenroe School, which is scheduled to open this September. The appointment follows confirmation in April by the Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, of the intention to establish Glenroe, as a satellite classroom…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Schools Division has marked the exciting launch of Ireland’s Google Educator Group website – www.geg.ie. The website was launched by Google for Education Ireland on Tuesday 16th at a webinar for educators throughout Ireland looking at Blended Learning for the new academic year. This is the first approved…
Chef Ireland 2020 ‘Chef of the Year’ Will King, Culinary Advisor and Instructor, along with learners Christina Solon and Christopher Griffin from the Professional Cookery QQI Level 5 course, who are part of the volunteer team for the operation.
Staff and volunteer trainees at Limerick’s Hospitality Education and Training Centre are stepping up to ‘Feed the Frontline’ this Easter and in the weeks ahead, as part of the centre’s efforts to support healthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus. The centre, managed by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, launched a new…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board established one of three, national Local Creative Youth Partnerships (LCYPs) in 2019, under the auspices of Creative Ireland’s Creative Youth initiative. Guided by the voice of the child and young person, the LCYP works in partnership with state and voluntary agencies to deliver creative programmes for young people,…