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MSLETB (Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board) celebrated its 10-year anniversary by partnering with Shannonside FM for an outdoor broadcast in Marketyard, Carrick-on-Shannon. The event was part of Education and Training Boards Ireland’s #ETBWeek and aimed to showcase the organisation and its achievements.  The broadcast featured interviews with members of the MSLETB team, who spoke about the organisation’s work in providing education and training opportunities to communities in Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim. The interviews were conducted by the hosts of the…

Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training (FET) Expo will take place from March 6th to 7th at the Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar. The event focuses solely on MSLETB’s extensive further education and training programs available in the Mayo area. The session on Monday 6 March from 7.00pm – 9.00pm aims to inform and educate parents, guardians, guidance counsellors, and school principals about the benefits of FET for school leavers and outline the various options available including…

Congratulations to Mick Kane and the team at Achill Outdoor Education and Training Centre who were nominated for two awards at the Outsider Awards 2022. The annual Outsider Awards event celebrates all of the amazing achievements, milestones and contributions that have taken place in the Irish outdoor community over the past year. The centre was nominated for the Best Outdoor Escape award. This award showcased and celebrated all the benefits of  the Irish adventure scene! This is a fantastic opportunity for both MSLETB…

We are absolutely thrilled to share the fantastic news that the Sales Apprenticeship consortium won the Exceptional Leadership Award 2022 at the Regional Skills West Awards. The award was in recognition of our contribution to the development of industry-relevant skills in the West region. The Sales Apprenticeship Consortium consists of a wonderful cohort of academic and business leaders who over the past 5 years collaborated to develop the Sales Apprenticeship programme. Ireland lacked an accredited entry pathway into sales, while #SMEs and large companies alike each had their own…

The Leitrim Adult Educational Guidance Service is delighted to announce the launch of the Leitrim Further Education & Training Course Prospectus for January to June 2023. We are so happy to be able to provide a prospectus that highlights all MSLETB course provision in Leitrim, along with information about our services and the supports available to the public. We have been very busy the last number of weeks working on the content and have begun advertising across all social media. The reception has…

Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) has launched a new Digital Training Centre in Ballina, a service to provide adult learners with accredited digital skills. The project gives adult learners the opportunity to learn or improve their existing digital skills. On offer are Computer Literacy courses at different levels, Microsoft Office Courses such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. IT Specialist courses such as Cybersecurity, HTML and CSS, and Databases are also on offer. Courses are mostly online and can vary…

  COMMUNITY EDUCATION SCHEME 2023 Applications are invited from Community and Voluntary Groups based in Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim who wish to avail of grants under the above scheme. Community Education refers to adult education and learning, generally outside the formal education sector. It aims to empower and support communities. It is firmly community-based, with local groups taking responsibility for, and playing a key role in organising courses and deciding on programme content. The scheme enables Community group and Organisations to provide community…

Graduation Day MSLETB Ballina, Hairdressing and Barbering Class of 2021-22.  Armed with their technical skills in hairdressing and barbering, customer service, personal skills and their International qualifications City & Guilds Level 2 in Women’s and Men’s Hairdressing and Barbering and QQI Level 5 in Hairdressing and Barbering, these newly qualified hairdressers and barbers are ready to take the industry by storm. We wish everyone of them the very best of luck in their future careers and look forward to seeing their achievements on…