Enterprising South Cork Students Compete for National Title

Students from all over the South Cork region gathered in the Devere Hall at UCC on Thursday 9^th to see who would represent the area at the national Student Enterprise Awards in Dublin on 3^rd May at Croke Park.

Their journey began in September when sixteen schools from South Cork came on board with the programme, which is one of the enterprise supports provided by the Local Enterprise Office. The process saw teams of students coming up with ideas from a space tourism business to storage solutions for lockers and beyond. Altogether the creativity and innovation has been off the scale and bodes well for the future of the region, as a hothouse for enterprise.

The field was whittled down to a cohort of twenty mini companies for this year’s competition, who brought their business, from idea to the market and presented their plans and products to a panel of judges, who had the unenviable job of picking the overall winner, as well as awarding prizes in special categories, such as “Best Innovation and Best Marketing”.

Students testified to the great learning and fun experience they had as they got a taste of what it is like to be a real entrepreneur. Now the final awaits.