The AONTAS Adult Education Summit

Connecting Communities for Collective Action: The AONTAS Adult Education Summit

Join us for this landmark event bringing together communities, policymakers, and key stakeholders from across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

This year’s AONTAS Summit will:

• Create space for vital conversations around inequality, division, and the systems shaping our society
• Highlight the power and impact of adult and community education in building a fairer, more inclusive future
• Feature powerful contributions from learners, educators, researchers and thought-leaders tackling today's biggest social and educational challenges

Wednesday 19th November 2025 

Launch of Learner Voices Across Ireland – National FET Learner Forum Report 2024–25 

Panel Discussion: Learner Voice 

Creative contributions from learners - poetry, storytelling, and performances 

Interactive workshops, including: 

• Creating and Sustaining Adult Learner Councils
• Transformative Education in Action
• Pathways & Partnerships: Community Education and Higher Education 

Keynote address: Dr Sharon Clancy 

Panel Discussion: Adult Education Across Europe – Learning Beyond Borders 

 Thursday 20th November 2025  

Launch of 2025 special edition The Adult Learner Journal – Challenging Racism and Creating a More Inclusive Society

Keynote address: Dr Peter Mayo 

Creative contributions from learners - poetry, storytelling, and performances 

Interactive workshops, including: 

• Equality in Apprenticeships, Learning, and Work  

• Anti-racism 
• Storytelling for Connecting Communities

Panel Discussion: Strengthening Communities

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Host or Publisher AONTAS - The National Adult Learning Organisation