TCAs? For me?
Mailiis Komissarov joined Léargas on a placement earlier this year. In this post she explains how Transnational Cooperation Activities (TCAs) can provide great opportunities for personal and professional development. Mailiis worked directly on...
European Vocational Skills Week PR Kit
A warm welcome to all of you who are taking part in European Vocational Skill Week 2019. We’re delighted that you’ve taken the opportunity to celebrate your project and share your experiences with the wider European community. To help promote the...
Erasmus+ VET Dissemination: Using Case Studies to Engage your Audience
Georgina Heffernan is Communications Manager with Capacity Ireland, a community-based vocational training organisation that provides work placements in Creative Industries, Digital Media and Community Development through Erasmus+ VET Mobility...
Using Erasmus+ for continuous professional development in Community Education
Jim Sheehan is Director of The Social and Health Education Project (SHEP). SHEP is a community education and development project founded in 1974 that is active in Cork, Kerry and Limerick. SHEP have used Erasmus+ Adult Education funding to...
Erasmus+ Schools Week PR Kit
A warm welcome to all those teachers whose schools are taking part in Eramus+ Schools Week. We’re delighted that you’ve taken the opportunity to celebrate your project and share your experiences with the wider community. To help promote the...
Erasmus+ Job Shadowing: Including Children with Special and Additional Needs in the Maltese Classroom
In June 2019, one teacher and two Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) from Claddagh National School in Galway City went on a one-week Job Shadowing period to Mellieha Primary School in Malta. It was part of an Erasmus+ Key Action 101 School Education...
Léargas tips to help you find an Erasmus+ project partner
One of the queries we receive most frequently in Léargas is “can you recommend a partner for my project?” Unfortunately, we don’t have the capacity to monitor and connect organisations in this way – but there are lots of tools and resources...
An Erasmus+ TCA Study Visit to Bergen, Norway: Libraries and Inclusion
Hayley Reynolds is a Library Assistant with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries in County Dublin. She is currently studying for a Masters in Library and Information Studies. Hayley recently took part in the Erasmus+ funded Transnational...
Erasmus+ Youth in Action Application Tips
The next deadline for Erasmus+ Youth project applications is 01 October 2020 at 11:00 am Irish time. It's a rule of Erasmus+ that late applications can't be accepted, and we know from experience that this applies to applications that are even...
How Erasmus+ can be a “Changemaker”
Liz Mulry teaches at Eglish National School in Co. Galway, where she is the Erasmus+ Partnership co-ordinator. Currently working as part of the SEN team in the school, Liz has taken many roles in the school, including principal from 2007 to 2012....