Our TUS Athlone Campus #ChangeMaker Sarah delivering powerful and motivational advice to anyone thinking of returning to education. We can't wait for AONTAS #StarAwards2025 to see all the brilliant adult and community initiatives across Ireland celebrated. Good luck to all!

If you or someone you know is a FET student thinking about attending college and want to know if Maynooth University is for you, Join Maynooth Access & College_Connect for the AONTAS STAR shortlisted #ChangeMakers mentoring Programme Register by March 18

We had a great time at the AONTAS #StarAWARDS25. we are extremely proud to have been a nominee. A massive congrats to our Technological University of the Shannon Midwest Access colleagues, whose 'Certificate in Transition to Higher Education' won our category and all the other fantastic programmes nominated!

College Connect is undergoing an external evaluation to improve higher education outreach and engagement with underrepresented groups in the MEND region. If you have engaged with College Connect since 2021, please contact us at [email protected] to register.

College Connect needs your input! We're evaluating our outreach & engagement with underrepresented communities. If you've been involved since 2021, register: [email protected]. #HigherEd #CommunityFeedback

Help us improve HEI outreach! College Connect evaluation, March 26th, 10am. We need your insights (students & community partners we have worked with across Dublin City University, DkIT, Maynooth University or TUS Athlone Campus since 2021. Travel/lunch provided. Register: [email protected]

Final Reminder! Today is the final day to register for our World Café at the Ashling Hotel. Students & Community Workers share your experience engaging with College Connect since 2021 to help us improve HEI outreach. Email [email protected] to register now!

We had a fantastic morning in the Ashling Hotel gathering the insights of community groups & students we have worked with for our external evaluation of the project. These insights will help our HEIs improve outreach and engagement with underrepresented groups in the future.

College Connect is launching 'A Community Needs Analysis with Traveller and Roma Students on Their Experiences of Higher Education' in partnership with National Traveller Women’s Forum & Pavee Point This report will provide recommendations for policy changes in higher education. Launch May 7

We wish all our Traveller and Roma students studying at Dublin City University, DkIT, Maynooth University and TUS Athlone Campus a very happy International Traveller and Roma Day.

“Throughout my educational journey, I hid my identity ... because it’s a defence mechanism to have equal treatment.” Thank you carlobrien from The Irish Times for reporting on our findings. 📰Read the full article here: bit.ly/3YE00tQ

📢New Resource! College Connect's How-To Guide to Group Mentoring is now available to download Packed with practical tips & real-world examples for access practitioners to build impactful, inclusive mentoring programs. Download: bit.ly/CCMentoringHtG #GroupMentoring

"I always have to hide my ethnicity. And I am so ashamed of this" Our CNA highlights barriers Traveller & Roma students face in higher education. 🔗: bit.ly/TandRCNA

The College Connect How-to-Guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to deliver Change Makers & College. What’s the story within your own institution/ organisation Download🔗 bit.ly/CCMentoringHtG

Delighted to present on our "CNA with Traveller and Roma Students on their experience of Higher Education" at #EAN2025 Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway ! The Conference theme 'Inclusion by Design' was central to our research with advocates for a coordinated sectoral approach to access & inclusion

Awesome Wednesday #EAN2025 session with DCU's Laurence Van der Haegen on Change Makers' impact in North Dublin. Our College Connect How-to-Guide to Group Mentoring (bit.ly/CCMentoringHtG) helps you deliver Change Makers & College What's the Story?!

Make #InclusiveEducation real! "A Community Needs Analysis with Traveller and Roma Students on their Experience of Higher Education" makes recommendations for clear policy & practice changes in higher education institutions. Report🔗: bit.ly/TandRCNA

Many thanks to our HEIs and Community partners who supported our project over the years. All our publications can be found on collegeconnect.ie incl. our CNA with Traveller and Roma HE students & PATH 2,3 & 5 Impact Report. #CollegeIsForAnyone