General Resources and Information
Donegal ETB’s FET Student Handbook is an easy-to-reference PDF document containing all the information a prospective or current FET student might need before or during their course.
When you're doing coursework or an assignment, it can be tricky to plan how much time you need to spend on it. The assignment calculator is a scheduling tool that's aimed at helping you complete your assignment on time by:
providing guidance for each step of the process
outlining what you need to do
giving you an action plan with suggested deadline dates for finishing each step
Garda Vetting
Some Donegal ETB FET courses require students to undertake Garda vetting in order to commence work experience or work placement as part of their course. Any course that requires students to work with children and vulnerable adults must go through Garda vetting. This is a process to check whether you have a criminal record, or if there is any specific reason why you might pose a threat to vulnerable people. Garda vetting is conducted by the An Garda Siochána National Vetting Bureau.
You can find out more about the Garda vetting process here:
OMG! What a Complete Education! Podcast
Best-selling authors of the Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling book series Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen host a brand new podcast – OMG! What a Complete Education! Having first met at Ballyfermot College of Further Education, the pair will chat with learners from across Ireland and from every age and background, to understand how education has helped them get to where they want to be in life. With a focus on education for life, OMG! What a Complete Education! will explore the different options on offer through Further Education and Training across Ireland.
You can access the podcast here, through the ETBI website.
It is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major podcast-hosting services.
Knowledge and skills of sexual consent are a key component of positive sexual health and well-being.
What is consent?
Consent is an ongoing, mutual, and freely-given agreement to take part in sexual activity. It applies to all relationships, all genders, and all sexualities.
We can summarise this as consent is OMFG (ongoing, mutual and freely-given) for everyone!
When do you need consent?
You need consent for all types of sexual activity- including but not limited to kissing, touching, oral sex, intercourse and sexting/sending nudes.
You also need consent every time you engage in sexual activity with someone; even if you’re in a relationship. Just because you or your partner consents to one sexual act does not mean that they consent to other acts.
And, just because someone did something once doesn’t mean they consent to it again.
It’s always best to just ask for consent, for everything and every time.
If you have experienced sexual violence, harassment or assault, help is available:
National Rape Crisis Centre 24-hour Helpline: 1 800 77 8888
You can contact this helpline to speak with a trained telephone counsellor 24/7, 365 days a year.
You can contact Hotline.ie to confidentially and anonymously report suspected illegal content, such as an incident of image-based sexual abuse.
If it is an emergency or you are in immediate danger, call 999 or 112.
For more information on what consent is and why it's important, you can check the Active Consent website. This site provides information on the basics of consent, communicating with partners and sexual violence.
The information in this section comes from the Active Consent website.