Congratulations to the Mayo students that did so well at the National Student Enterprise Programme Awards earlier this week!
Mayo Success
Cattlestop a project by Conor O’Brien, Niall Walsh, Mark Walsh, Joseph Howley & Michael Kilcoyne from St Gerard's College, Castlebar received a Special Merit 2 and won 5 of 20 places at the Business Bootcamp
Barony Boxes won Best IP Awareness Award in the Junior Category: Representing Our Lady's Secondary School, Belmullet County Mayo were Cillian Reilly, Darcy Padden & Eoin Walsh
The Best IP Awareness Award in the Intermediate Category went to Lorna Dermody & Sinead Kearns from St Tiernan’s College, Crossmolina for their project "Insert Strainers".
The Most effective Social Media Campaign was awarded to FCDM busybees from St. Joseph’s Community College, Charlestown.
Student Enterprise Programme
The LEO-run Student Enterprise Programme started in 2003 and more than 150,000 secondary school students have taken part over the last fifteen years, researching and setting up their own businesses.
This year’s Student Enterprise Programme attracted 22,000 student participants from 620 secondary schools around the country. The year-long programme helps each student to gain the skills and practical knowledge of running a real-life business.
The LEO-run Student Enterprise Programme started in 2003 and more than 150,000 secondary school students have taken part over the last fifteen years, researching and setting up their own businesses.
This year’s Student Enterprise Programme attracted 22,000 student participants from 620 secondary schools around the country. The year-long programme helps each student to gain the skills and practical knowledge of running a real-life business.
Congratulating this year’s winners and their schools, Minister Breen said: “Entrepreneurship is the backbone of our economy, which is why this Student Enterprise Programme and Awards is so important. Getting students learning about enterprise and providing the opportunity for them to learn by doing, at an early age, lays the foundations for successful entrepreneurship in the future.
