CORK LEARNING CITY
Cork Celebrates Lifelong Learning Awards
The Cork Celebrates Lifelong Learning Awards were established in 2020 to provide a platform to acknowledge all the wonderful and inspirational projects and individuals committed to lifelong learning across Cork. The awards provide an opportunity for the people of Cork to nominate individuals and projects that have inspired them by their innovation, endeavour, and resilience through their Lifelong Learning actions. The award categories are designed to highlight the wide range of lifelong learning initiatives and individuals across Cork. The award categories are as follows;
Early Years Award Active Retired Award Higher Education Award
Primary Level Award
Secondary School Award Further Education Award Adult Education: Community Exceptional Endeavour Award
Youth in Community Learning Education Award Adult Education: Workplace Learning Award
Congratulations to all our inspiring nominees over the years and we invite you to read some of their inspirational stories over the next few pages. We are delighted to announce that it’s open to anyone to nominate an exceptional Lifelong Learner or organisation for the 2023 Awards Series. Applications are now being accepted online; fill out a form by visiting corklearningcity.ie and the fourth Cork Celebrates Lifelong Learning Awards will take place in November 2023. @corklearning #corkcelebrateslearning #corkloveslearning EXCEPTIONAL LIFELONG LEARNER AWARD Brendan Goggin – Citizen Learner
Brendan Goggin has been a consistent and inspirational leader in Cork’s development as a Learning City, making a significant contribution in many roles over the course of his career and since his retirement. As Registrar in Cork Institute of Technology, he was a member of the Working Group that developed ‘Cork as a Learning City’ - a strategy in Imagine our Future 2002-2012 This provided the foundation for the Lifelong Learning Festival in 2004, the UNESCO Learning City Award achieved in 2015 and all of the initiatives and projects that seek to deliver on this vision ever since. Post retirement Brendan served a key member of the Cork Learning City Steering Group for the UNESCO International Conference in 2017 and continued as an active learner, mentor and teacher in his local Learning Neighbourhood in Mayfield. Brendan, through his consistent inspirational example, has provided us with the model of a ‘Citizen Learner’ and is richly deserving of this Award
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