Hei Helsinki! From Ireland to Finland with the Erasmus+ VET programme
Melissa McAnapsie, a student of Bray Institute of Further Education, travelled to Finland through the Erasmus+ VET mobility programme. Here she discusses the time she spent in Helsinki, her experience of her work placement and the many reasons...
Green Entrepreneurship: What Role Does Erasmus+ Play in Environmental Matters?
Tomás O'Dowd is a teacher at St Tiernan’s Community School in Balally, Dublin 16. As part of a project funded by Erasmus+ School Education, his secondary school collaborated with a school in Portugal on a project which focused on environmental...
Junior Business Minds: How Erasmus+ Promotes Entrepreneurship and Environmental Awareness
Barry O’Leary is Principal of O’Brennan National School near Tralee, Co.Kerry. The school is currently involved in an Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership (KA 229) project with five other schools from Europe. Prior to his appointment to...
Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership: Promoting Inclusion by Celebrating Culture, Language and Heritage
Siobhán Sheerin is the Deputy Principal of Beech Hill College in Co. Monaghan. Last year, Erasmus+ awarded the school €65,000 to organise a 24-month Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership with a secondary school in Lithuania. Here Siobhan discusses...
STEM Learning from the Ground up with Erasmus+
Scoil an Athar Tadhg is a primary school in Carrignavar in north Cork. The school is currently involved in an Erasmus+ School Education project on STEM Learning, 'STEM from the ground up'. Teacher Edel Woulfe outlines their project aims, their...
The Impact and Experience of Foreign Languages in Erasmus+
Since it began in 2014, Erasmus+ has supported thousands of people around Ireland to train, exchange, study or get work experience in another European country. It’s difficult to encapsulate the breadth and diversity of experiences they’ve had....
From eTwinning to EPALE: How to Stay Connected During Covid-19
National Programmes and Digital Opportunities from Léargas The Covid-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges for all, including those working in the youth, education and training fields. People and organisations are moving activities...
Mindfulness, Meditation and Mental Health Support: How Erasmus+ Fosters Wellbeing in Schools
In the stressful time of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pia Janning and Tomás Bulnes from our Programme Support and Development Team explore the importance of mental health and wellbeing in education. They look at the support available for students and...
From Scratch to Makerspace: How the Digital Age is Impacting Youth Work
Robbie Matthews is an Advocate and Tutor with Donegal ETB on the Youthreach programme. In January of this year, he attended a conference in Luxembourg entitled ‘Youth work in the Digital Era’. Here he discusses the topics covered, the questions...
eTwinning during Lockdown: Partner Schools Introduce New Approach to Enviromental Project
Ciara Rock has been been teaching Spanish in Salesian Secondary College, Limerick since 2013. For more than ten years Ciara has used eTwinning to work in partnership with IES Cuatro Caminos school in Spain - but plans have suddenly changed due to...