Further Education and Training (Policy)

The Further and Higher Education Roadmap provides an overview of the phased return of further and higher education.
The phases in the roadmap are derived from the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business.
While learning and assessment has continued through emergency remote learning for many, and research trainees began their onsite return on Phase 1, the academic year for most students and learners will commence in Phase 4.
All of further and higher education is planning, using public health advice as a guide, to maximise the provision of learning onsite and the resumption of normal schedules.

The phases in the Further and Higher Education Roadmap are set ou within the link below aligned to the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business.

Further and Higher Education Roadmap

Further information from the Department of Education regarding the Roadmap and COVID-19 Adaption Framework is available HERE

ETB Brief 19/2020 re FET Implementation Guidelines

These ETBI FET Implementation Guidelines sets out a range of such context-specific measures with practical guidance for FET Institutions to safely deliver teaching and learning activities in autumn 2020.
These features present very specific challenges and require bespoke solutions in the context of re-opening. Further information from ETBI are available HERE. 

Implementation Guidelines for Public Health Measures in ETB Further Education and Training Institutions (FET).

Further information and support regarding ETB delivery of ‘teaching and learning activities in autumn 2020’ in the provision of Guidance Counselling, Guidance Information and Guidance Services in FET is available from NCGE HERE

Adult Educational Guidance Services