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  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…

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris announced the Generation Apprenticeship Apprentice of the Year this week. The inaugural Apprentice of the Year Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday in the Round Room of the Mansion House, Dublin, where 500 guests from across the apprenticeship system, including employers, educators, apprentices and their families, gathered to celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements made by Ireland’s 25,000-strong apprentice community. 187 apprentices were nominated from around the country for these awards.…

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science, Simon Harris visited the Leitrim Youthreach base in Mohill on Monday 10th of October to announce a very significant funding under the FET Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund for the programme. The investment will see the development of the new MSLETB Further Education and Training Centre, Mohill, Co. Leitrim as part of Leitrim College of FET. The funding will see the redevelopment of the old vocational school in Mohill as the new FET Campus.…

Music Generation Sligo’s Sligo Youth Voices Choir performed at the national ‘Beyond Limits’ event on Saturday on the main stage in the Knocknarea arena at Sligo’s ATU. The aim of the ‘Beyond Limits’ event is to empower young people and children with disabilities by showing them the opportunities open to them, talking about the issues that they face and to highlight inclusiveness. Beyond Limits is a festival-style which included speakers, activities, workshops, and performances. The GAA, IRFU, FAI and Gymnastics Ireland were all…

MSLETB was delighted to be represented at the World Skills competition in RDS. Our apprentices battled it out against over 200 young people across the country with a broad range of skill-based trades including, culinary arts and construction skills. Our Vehicle Manufacturing Repair team, Sales Apprenticeship team, and Craft Butchery Apprenticeship team offered plenty of advice to students on the many different programmes available with MSLETB. Six of our National Craft Butchery Apprentices competed during the competition. We were also delighted that our…

Minister for Education Norma Foley visited St Tiernan’s College, Crossmolina and Davitt College, Castlebar, Co. Mayo on the 15th of September as part of her tour of 5 schools across Co. Mayo. Minister Foley was welcomed to St Tiernan’s College by MSLETB CE Tom Grady, Director of Schools Mary Madden, Principal, Brenda O’Malley and Deputy Principal Lorraine McHale for the launch of Phase 1 of their extension to the premises. Brenda O’ Malley, Principal, Lorraine Mc Hale Deputy Principal, Tom Grady CE of…

Craft Butchers Team Ireland takes to the sky today to defend their 2018 World Butchers Challenge Champion title in Sacramento, California. The concept of the World Butchers’ Challenge is to develop an environment where butchers strive to exceed current industry practice in the areas of general workmanship, meat cutting, displaying and the creative usage of beef, lamb and pork product. This is a huge recognition of their skills and talent in the area of craft butchery as well as the value of the…

The Reach Fund 2022 (Formerly the MAEDF – Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage Fund) MSLETB’s  Further Education and Training (FET) Service, in conjunction with SOLAS, invites local community education providers/groups to apply for funding under the REACH fund 2022. Overarching principles of the fund The purpose of the REACH fund is to increase capacity of community education providers to address the decline of participation of disadvantaged learners particularly those on basic skills programmes at NFQ levels 1-3.  There is a focus on ensuring that…

MSLETB is running a new range of Evening Courses starting in September 2022. These courses will be running in all three counties. Check out our Evening Course Prospects for a full list of Evening Programmes below: Evening Course Prospectus Find out more about the evening courses available by attending our Registration Nights in: Ballina Training Centre, F26 P278. Tuesday 30th 5:30pm-7:30pm Sligo Training Centre, F91 N284. Wednesday 30th 6:00pm-8:00pm  If you would like to register for one of our courses please register at…