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Student Day Dublin 23 March

NALA student subcommittee

Join us at our Student Day in Dublin Saturday 23 March and Limerick Saturday 13 April - register here.

Up to €40,000 worth of grants available

Failte Isteach students on a day out funded by NALA's Student Development Fund

NALA members have until 10 April to apply for up to €650 from our Student Development Fund.

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"I have Roy Keane and Niall Quinn to thank for my reading bug."
7 Mar 2019
Adult literacy student Michael Duffy says he has Roy Keane and Niall Quinn to thank for h Read »
How numeracy can help save the world
6 Mar 2019
The real world implications of numeracy are more than you might think. Read »
RTÉ promotes ‘Take the first step’ campaign
4 Mar 2019
A new media partnership between NALA and RTÉ will see our 'Take the first step' campaign promoted Read »
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NALA Student Day Dublin 2019

23 Mar 2019
NALA Student Day DublinSaturday 23 March 2019 in the Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8Theme... Read »

Critical literacy? Where is it in teaching and learning? Seminar on Wednesday 27 March 2019

27 Mar 2019
NALA is hosting this event in partnership with AONTAS as part of the European Agenda for Adult... Read »

38th NALA Annual General Meeting, 6 April 2019

6 Apr 2019
We hope you can join us at our AGM on Saturday 6 April in the Ashling Hotel in Dublin. The AGM will... Read »
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Why with-teeth GDPR is a friend to Plain English
10 May 2018

There are four letters guaranteed to kill almost all conversations and make normally cheerful...

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Educating the media
11 Apr 2017

At our AGM John Walshe talked about how we need to change the way we look at further...

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'Old wine in new bottles?' New approaches to maths in prison
10 Jun 2015

by Catherine Byrne, City of Dublin Education Service to Prisons

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