A few years ago, we started running some gardening and sustainability courses with our ‘Green Queen’ tutor Eilish at the Clonakilty FET Centre. These groups were always busy planting seeds and digging plots and went from strength to strength each year, taking on modules in vegetable crop production, plant propagation and community participation. In 2019… Find out More Growing Together while Staying Apart
‘Believe In Yourself’ was created remotely over the past few months of lockdown by Athrú Collective, a group of musicians, producers and writers from Cork City, in collaboration with young musicians from a number of Music Generation Cork City programmes. Athrú Collective was founded in the early months of 2020 when core members Cillian McSweeney,… Find out More Athrú Collective and Music Generation Cork City release ‘Believe In Yourself’, a neo soul inspired message of hope
Cork ETB to open €10 million state-of-the-art extension at East Cork school Thursday February 25th 2021: Just as students and teachers all over the country are getting excited to return to their classrooms, the pupils of St. Colman’s Community College in Midleton, East Cork will be returning to a state-of-the-art extension and all new facilities… Find out More Back to School with a difference for the pupils of St. Colman’s Community College, Midleton
The students of Clonakilty Community College in West Cork are in for a big surprise when they return to school after months of lockdown. Governed by the Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), the West Cork school has recently undergone a state-of-the-art extension, made possible by a significant investment of €10.5 million. The extensive… Find out More Clonakilty Community College becomes ‘School of the Future’
Cork Education and Training Board is delighted to announce that it has secured over €946,669 in funding from SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, to assist it in supporting Community Education groups and participants across Cork City and County. This funding is provided under the Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage (MAED) Fund 2020, provides supports… Find out More Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage
A Terence MacSwiney Community College student has been awarded a bursary from Johnson & Johnson in recognition of his work and contribution to the school and community. Ciaran McCarthy, a graduate of the class of 2020 is now studying in CSN College of Further Education, under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board, and is planning to pursue his Honours Degree in UCC next year. Ciaran was presented with… Find out More Student delighted to be the recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Access to Education Bursary to further his education
Two schools under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board are to receive an investment of approximately €33 million to build, extend and refurbish these schools. Coachford College serves the second level education needs of the greater Coachford area. The 10,600m2 project will provide a new school building for the college which will cater… Find out More €33 MILLION INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP TWO CORK ETB SCHOOLS IN CORK COUNTY
Wednesday, 23rd of September saw the launch of Ireland’s first Sexual Health Hub, in Cork. This new initiative, spearheaded by the Sexual Health Centre, aims to make sexual health information more accessible to youth in communities across Cork City and County. The Sexual Health Hubs will be the first point of contact for many young… Find out More Cork’s Sexual Health Centre launches Ireland’s first community sexual health hub
Across the Distance: A CETB Celebration of Community and Culture Cork Education and Training Board is happy to present Across The Distance: an online performance, which includes various events from around the county incorporating music, heritage, poetry and song. The focus is both on the importance and collective response of the community in terms of… Find out More Culture Night 2020
Cork ETB is pleased to announce the winners of its Midsummer Verse competition: Haiku winner, Brigid O’Connell, Sherkin Island and Limerick winner, Sr. Alphonsus O’Brien, Bandon. This competition was organised by Lena Cronin, Community Education Facilitator, Cork ETB, in conjunction with CRY104FM radio in Youghal. The proposal was developed as a participative project in which… Find out More Midsummer Verse Competition