‘Share Something that you’ve Learned during COVID19’

The Ballymun Community and Social Development Team are excited to launch our creative learning initiative for Dublin learning City Festival March 22nd to 24th. We are inviting community members of all ages to ‘Share Something that you’ve Learned during Covid 19’. Submit a poster, short story, photograph, poem or anything else that creatively expresses something that you […]

Dublin Learning City Virtual Festival 2021

Dublin Learning City Festival will run virtually from the 22nd to 24th March 2021 to celebrate and promote learning for all, through fun and creative events. Dublin Learning City is led by the Institute of Art and Design (IADT) and Marino Institute of Education (MIE), as part of a cluster of six colleges including University […]

Dublin Learning City Festival 2020 Cancelled

We would like to inform you that following the latest expert advice on COVID-19 and in consultation with our stakeholders, the Dublin Learning City Festival – which was due to take place from 30th March to 3rd April – has been cancelled(with effect 12/03/20). Please click the link below to view the notice written by the […]

Dublin Hosts Meeting of Irish Network of Learning Cities

The initiative involves cities from across the island of Ireland and will see festivals take place in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Belfast & Derry. Dublin, 24th January 2019  Dublin Learning City, an initiative spearheaded by five universities and colleges across Dublin under the aegis of the Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH), today hosted the […]

All-Island Network of Learning Cities

Symbolic signing of All island Learning City Charter an act of solidarity and peace building at a time of political challenge  The Learning City Charter involves cities from across the island of Ireland in Dublin, Cork, Limerick & Derry Dublin, 13th May 2019  Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring, joined counterparts from Limerick, Cork and […]

Dublin Learning City Endorsed by Lord Mayor of Dublin

  Dublin City’s application for membership of the Global Network of Learning Cities has been endorsed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring. Letter of endorsement is below. Letter-of-Endorsement-part-1.PNG (size 429.4 KB) Letter-of-Endorsement-part-2.PNG (size 473.5 KB) The new initiative was launched during 1916 Leader and Learners bursaries in the Mansion House Dublin, 4th December:An […]

Fighting Words working with Dublin Learning City

   Creative writing gurus Fighting Words agreed to host a story writing workshop as part of the 2019 Dublin Learning City festival! The event was aimed at 9-11 year olds and was a great success. Learning is not just something that happens in school or in a formal setting. Sometimes the best way to learn […]

GAA taking part in Learning Festival

Is the GAA going WeLLin your club or school? As part of the Dublin Learning City festival 2019, Pat Daly, the Director of Games Development and Research for the GAA, arranged to put on 3 events focusing on Wellness and Lifelong Learning (WeLL) with regard to GAA games at Club, Primary School and Post-Primary School levels. […]