We have another Practitioner Skills section:Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning. This section of the library website compiles a list of a wide variety of digital tools and resources to help teachers and other FET staff enhance their teaching. The resources listed in this section were initially compiled by Jennifer Ray and the Ó Fiaich Institute and updated by the library. If you work in the sector and want to suggest a tool, contact the library.
We have another new subject guide:Special Needs Assisting provides hopefully useful resources for the QQI Levels 5 (5N1786) and 6 (6N1957) Special Needs Assiting modules. As with other subject guides, if you work in the sector and have suggestions for resources to include, do let us know.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
Three new webinars organised by the ETBI PL&D unit have been uploaded to the Document Library:
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
Numeracy Meets is a series of organised, informal meetings for Irish adult numeracy practitioners to share best practice and personal insights into teaching adult numeracy. A page on the Numeracy Resources section hosts some outputs from these sessions
Our colleagues in the ETBI PL&D unit have been busy and three new webinars have been uploaded to the Document Library, inlcuding one by one of the library team:
We have another new subject guide: Information Technology Skills provides hopefully useful resources for the QQI Level 4 Information Technology Skills Module 4N1125. As with other subject guides, if you work in the sector and have suggestions for inclusion (or exclusion!), do let us know.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
We have a new subject guide: Communications provides hopefully useful resources for the QQI Levels 4, 5 and 6 Communications Modules. As with other subject guides, if you work in the sector and have suggestions for inclusion (or exclusion!), do let us know.
A new webinar, Targeting our Neurodiverse Population: A Positive Promotional Campaign for Apprentices WWETB, organised by the ETBI PL&D unit, has been uploaded to the Document Library.
A new webinar, The LGBTQ+ Quality Mark for Youthreach Centres, organised by the ETBI PL&D unit, has been uploaded to the Document Library.
The Full STEAM Ahead! partnership programme has developed learning resources for STEAM in a Youthreach specific setting, allowing learners to cut across STEAM disciplines through exploration of real-world situations with links to three or more disciplines from Science, Technology, Engineering Arts and Mathematics. Developed by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and DCU's Centre for Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL) and designed for use in Youthreach settings, these resources are now hosted on the Digital Library
We have a new subject guide: Work Experience provides hopefully useful resources for the QQI Levels 4, 5 and 6 Work Experience Modules. If you work in the sector and have suggestions for inclusion (or exclusion!), do let us know.
A new webinar, An Introduction to the Europass Platform, organised by the ETBI PL&D unit, has been uploaded to the Document Library.
Recordings, slides and photographs from the 2025 FET Conference have been added to the Document Library.
A new webinar recording, Moodle in Action delivered by ETBI's Sabrina Smart, has been added to the Document Library.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
A new webinar, organised by the FET PL&D Unit, has been added to the Document Library: Effective Transitions Fund: The Importance of Practitioner Integrity in Supporting Disadvantaged Students.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
ProQuest have joined the AI bandwagon and are introducing a generative AI-powered "research assistant" tool to some eBook Central books. This eBook Central user guide page has some information about this tool as well as a recommendation not to use it
A new webinar, organised by the FET PL&D Unit, has been added to the Document Library: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) as an Enabler to Lifelong Learning.
A new webinar, organised by the FET Inclusion Unit, has been added to the Document Library: FET Learner Mental Health Accreditation Awardees Webinar 2024-25.
A new webinar delivered by Caoimhe Kerins of CDETB, has been added to the Document Library: Climate Justice and Biodiversity.
The navigation on the Document Library has been reorganised to include a section for FET Learner Mental Health Framework and Accreditation. Pages related to this topic have been moved here.
A webinar covering research on the impact on guidance counsellors at times of critical incidence, delivered by Dr Clare Finegan, has also been uploaded to the Document Library.
We've put together a user guide for Theatre and Drama Premium
A webinar by Saolta, a Global Citizenship Education strategic partnership programme for the Adult and Community Education sector in Ireland between Irish Aid and a consortium of organisations, has also been uploaded to the Document Library.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
Leave No Trace is Ireland’s only Outdoor Ethics Education Programme designed to promote and inspire responsible outdoor recreation. A webinar recording and presentation slides introducing this programme is available in the Document Library
The FET Skills Box has been updated. This updated section now includes embeded PDFs and audio options.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
The book of abstracts of work carried for the National Sales Apprenticeship Showcase Project by MSLETB's 6th intake of Sales Apprentices is available on the Sales subject guide Showcase page
A newly updated version of the Migrant Eligibility for Further Education and Training Guidelines document has been added to the Document Library
A new blog post, Notice Regarding ProQuest eBook Central, has been added to our blog, Inside FET. This blog details changes coming into place with ProQuest eBook Central on the 31st October. If you are FET staff and use this platform, please give this a read.
The recording from the last TEL Webinar Series session, Explore the Power of Padlet for FET Educators, organised by the FET PL&D Unit have been added to the document library.
We've updated our remaining EBSCO resource user guides - UK & Ireland Reference Centre and Vocational Studies Complete to incorporate EBSCO's user interface changes.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
A new webinar from the TEL Webinar Series, Getting More Out of Google, organised by the FET PL&D Unit have been added to the document library.
Two new webinars from the TEL Webinar Series organised by the FET PL&D Unit have been added to the document library.
The latest webinar recording from the Research in Practice for FET Practitioners series, Working with Qualitative Data, has been uploaded to the Getting Started with Research section.
Resources from the recent An Introduction to Anti-bias Anti-racism (ABAR) has been added to the Document Library.
After our recent trial, we have subscribed to Theatre and Drama Premium. This resource requires a username and password, so do take a good look at the instructions for logging in. A user guide will follow.
We've updated the Communications and Mass Media Complete user guide to reflect EBSCO's new user interface
Some more eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
Another webinar recording has been added to the Document Library: The Education Experience of LGBTQ+ learners with Belong to
We have two new webinar recordings uploaded to the Document Library:
We've updated the GreenFile user guide to reflect EBSCO's new user interface
We have two new webinar recordings uploaded to the Document Library:
Some more new nursing and UDL eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
We've updated the EBSCO eBooks for FE Subscription Collection user guide to reflect EBSCO's user interface changes. Important to note
We've updated the Business Source Elite user guide to reflect the changes to EBSCO's user interface
A new page in the Information Sources section looks at the Library's Resources as information sources
EBSCO, who supply several resources to us, namely:
have seen fit to change their user interface. We'll update the user guides for these resources in the next week or two, but in the meantime here's a video introducing their new interface
The first new eBook Central titles of 2025 can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page: Anatomy & Physiology/Nursing and UDL are the topics
The user guide for British National Database is up and running
ETBI's PL&D Unit are running a webinar series introducing the research process to FET practitioners. Webinar recordings (when available) and presentations are available on this page.
Happy new year to all Digital Library users! After a successful trial, the Library has subscribed to the British Nursing Database, which provides access to nursing-related journals and magazines, including the Nursing Times. A user guide will follow shortly
