Post Tagged with: "Kerry ETB"

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí were delighted to welcome the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, TD, to turn the sod for the construction of a new school building for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí on Friday. The new 75,000 sq. ft. building with a capacity to cater for […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership is calling on experts in creativity and facilitation to join an online listing. It is envisaged that listing creatives online will help communities to engage creative skillsets to help child and youth participation in creative activities. Established in May 2019 the LCYP has been working […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership (Kerry LCYP) at Kerry Education and Training Board has announced two strands of funding available to community based organisations, youth service providers, preschools & early years settings, youth groups and creative practitioners who wish to develop creativity projects for children and/or young people in their […]

THE Government has announced funding of €507,500 for Kerry Education and Training Board (KETB) under the Devolved Capital Allocations for 2021. The funding forms part of Project Ireland 2040 and will be provided via SOLAS for the delivery of small-scale and necessary infrastructure and improvement works, and for the purchase […]

KERRY ETB is to receive €37,278 in funding under the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund. The fund was secured as part of Budget 2021 to support community education for adult learners, who have the highest level of need. It aims to increase the participation of disadvantaged learners, particularly with the digital […]

COVID-19 did not stop Kerry Education and Training Board’s (Kerry ETB) annual Christmas Card Competition from taking place with over 200 entries received from their eight Post Primary Schools throughout Kerry. However, there can only be one overall winner, and a “merit winner” from each school who will each receive […]

KERRY Education and Training Board has announced two new strands of funding available to organisations, communities, youth groups, and after-school groups who wish to enhance the range and impact that creative people such as artists/designers/craft-makers/creative industry professionals can make in working with young people. Applications are being sought for youth […]

KERRY College will host a one-hour virtual information session for parents, school leavers, and those considering a return to further education and training. Taking place on Monday, September 14 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, there are just 100 places available for the webinar. You can find out about the range of […]

A NEW strategy aims to expand the role of Further Education and Training in Kerry and all across Ireland. That’s according to Andrew Brownlee, CEO of SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, who was speaking at the launch of a new five-year strategy for FET. The strategy, ‘Future FET: […]

KERRY  Local Creative Youth Partnership is running a free live stream eight-part summer series of workshops for young people of all ages. The live stream workshops will commence at 12pm each working day and run for two weeks from Monday, July 6th to Wednesday, July 15th. They will live stream […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership has announced that ‘Windows On Our Lives’ is now live on www.kerryetb.ie and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via @kerrylcyp and @kerryetb. This is a video slideshow which features youth creativity in sound, song, words and images and offers up an emotional roller coaster reflecting […]

THE annual Kerry ETB Student Award ceremony took place on Friday last at IT Tralee. It is an event when Kerry ETB celebrates the achievements of students and learners from their Post Primary Schools and Youthreach centres. Sixty-four student awards were presented with awards at the ceremony, which is a […]

THE annual Kerry Education & Training Board Christmas Card Art Competition saw over 200 entries from their eight Post Primary Schools throughout Kerry. As always the standard was very high, but there can be only one overall winner with three runners up selected and they were invited to Kerry ETB Head […]

KERRY ETB schools in Tralee and their staff members at the Centrepoint building showed support for the LGBT+ community in the county by raising the pride flag yesterday. They showed their support as ‘Visible in Kerry: An LGBT+ Perspective’, a major new survey of attitudes of LGBT people living in Kerry […]

KERRY ETB’s Kerry College and the Kerry County GAA Board have combined to ensure a steady provision of professionally trained referees. They are offering students studying on the QQI GAA Coaching & Sports Development course an opportunity to undertake training and attain the GAA Refereeing certification as an integral part […]

GRADUATES from a software development course are currently engaging with potential employers at a Careers Week in Kerry College Monavalley Campus. With a worldwide shortage of STEM talent, companies in Kerry are constantly looking for initiatives to ensure a strong pipeline of software developers and engineers who can meet the […]

ANYONE interested in a career in accountancy is advised to head along to the Kerry ETB Training Centre at Monavalley this afternoon (Wednesday). An information day will take place from 12noon and 4.30pm where those visiting will learn about an Accounting Technicians Ireland Certificate for Accounting Technicians course which begins […]

IF you have a passion for news, sports, research and production, presenting music shows, podcasting or mobile journalism then you may be interested in two courses which are currently recruiting. Radio Kerry and Kerry ETB will be running an 8 week introduction to Radio Broadcasting Course starting on September 9th […]

IT has been announced that from September 1, 2019,  further education and training provision in Kerry will be offered by one fully integrated college. Kerry College of Further Education and Training will be the new name for KCFE, North Kerry College and the Kerry ETB Training Centre. Kerry College of […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) and University College Cork (UCC) signed an agreement that will see both institutions working together to enhance opportunities for and engagement in outdoor education and training at Cappanalea, The National Centre for Outdoor Education and Training (NCOET), which is based at Oulagh West, […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre has collaborated with Code Insitute to offer an intensive classroom-based delivery of their online coding boot camp to train 14 local candidates to become junior software developers in just 15 weeks. The class of fourteen adults, selected from over 100 applicants, consists of diverse age ranges […]

AH the outdoors! With this weather it’s tempting to look at a career where you spend your time out in the fresh air. Well Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre (OETC) are now recruiting for their highly rated Level 5 and Level 6 (Advanced) programmes which start in mid/late July. […]

IT has been another busy year for Kerry ETB Training Centre in Monavalley. Their first graduation event of 2019 – ‘Presentation of Certificates Ceremony’ took place on Thursday night at The Rose Hotel, Tralee where over 500 learners graduated with new qualifications.  On the night, certificates were issued to graduates […]

IF a career as an Computer Systems Technician or IT Support Specialist is something you have ever considered, an upcoming traineeship at Kerry ETB Training Centre is something you should look at. Boasting 80%+ job placement rate, 12 weeks industry work placement and a range newly updated professional certifications from […]

THE talent of those who took evening art classes over the past eight months was plain to see at an exhibition in Coláiste Gleann Lí on Tuesday night. Two sets of courses — one in the autumn and again in spring — saw a great attendance of men and women […]

TO address the skills gap and staff shortage in hospitality and tourism sectors in County Kerry, a new fully funded course in Tralee may be of interest. Applicants are open for the upcoming Certificate in Culinary Arts (Food Preparation and Cooking) at Kerry ETB Training Centre at Monavalley. This is […]

A TEAM of Kerry ETB apprentices have been recognised for their innovative problem solving skills at a National Award ceremony. The 2019 Generation A Competition Awards event was organised by SOLAS, the National Further Education and Training Authority and took place in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road on Thursday last […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre and Code Institute are offering 14 fully-funded places on their upcoming Software Development Diploma (Full Stack) qualification which starts on May 27 in Tralee. In a first for Kerry, this accelerated bootcamp programme is the only classroom version of this highly acclaimed course run outside of […]

TRALEE is getting a sprinkling of movie magic this week as Brian Nolan and his team of Broadcast Production trainees begin work with an impressive group of industry professionals to make their first ever ‘Mentored Movie’ in Kerry’s ETB’s National Digital Skills Centre in the Monavalley Campus. It all takes […]

THE Kerry Short Film Bursary for 2019 is now open for submissions. A fund of €10,000 is available to the successful applicant towards the cost of their production of a 10-12min short film. The Bursary is funded through Kerry County Council with support from the Arts Council and is intended […]