About Us
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service is the largest education and training provider in county Donegal. Donegal ETB’s mission is to offer education and training opportunities that help students to achieve their full potential and to contribute to the social, cultural and economic life of their communities.
We provide a wide range of full and part-time courses, with a variety of national and internationally recognised qualifications, ranging from QQI certification, City and Guilds and many more industry led qualifications.
Many of our courses are designed in conjunction with industry to ensure that our students can gain the most up to date and in demand skills to be able to meet the needs of the future.
Prospective students who choose to study with Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training Service will enjoy a student centre approach, with a variety of pathways to employment, further or higher education and/ or to Apprenticeship pathways.
Why Us?
Almost 95% of our course have no fees, with only a very small number of courses having some associated costs, for example there is a small cost for the purchase of makeup brushes, kits and uniforms with the Beauty Therapy Traineeship.
Students undertaking full-time programmes may be entitled to a training allowance weekly for the duration of their studies. In addition, for many of our courses you may be entitled to other financial supports such as accommodation or travel and meal allowances. While PLC students may be entitled to SUSI grant and/or Back to Education Allowance.
we pride ourselves on our ability to provide a student-centred approach, we achieve this by maintaining small class sizes where students and tutors can build rapport and benefit from a supportive learning environment. Continuous assessment is an integral part of the process that allows our students to reach their full potential.
We understand that the world of work is changing at a rapid pace and education and training must also respond in real time to meet the needs of the economy. We work closely with industry in the design of our courses to ensure they meet the needs of employers. Almost all our courses include work practice to prepare our students for the world of work by learn on the job in real time and assisting students to build skills and important working relationships and networks.
We have a proven track record in preparing our students for employment, further or higher education in third level institutions.