My Job: Bringing innovation to adult education at UCC

The rising cost of living may mean a return to education for many people is at the bottom of their priority list, but Lyndsey El Amoud believes the range of courses offered by Adult Continuing Education (ACE) at University College Cork will be busy again this year

Lyndsey El Amoud, Deputy Director of Adult Continuing Education (ACE) at University College Cork. In 2022, Lyndsey was elected to the Steering Committee of European University Continuing Education Network.

When William Butler Yeats said “education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”, his words could well have been directed toward adult learners. 

With another academic year just around the corner, Lyndsey El Amoud is already deep in preparation for another busy time around the UCC campus. “2022/23 was a challenging year for us here in ACE, and for many of our colleagues in the sector across Europe.