As part of the Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Ciara Ní Fhloinn Flexible Learning Manager at SOLAS, a government agency tasked with funding, planning, and coordinating all adult further education and training programmes across Ireland, including apprenticeships, traineeships, upskilling and eCollege.

This month’s guest Phyllis Fagell is a clinical counsellor, school counsellor, journalist and author who, based on her many years working in schools, sees the transition from childhood to adolescence as a critical stage that parents can’t afford to ignore. Cormac Noonan of Wolf Academy also talks to us about his passion for helping teenagers to develop resilience and self belief.