What Is The Student Enterprise Programme?
- Enterprise education programme run by the Network of Local Enterprise Office of Ireland (LEOs)
- LARGEST & MOST SUCCESSFUL student enterprise programme with over 30,000 STUDENTS taking part each year
- Over 1,000 Waterford students take part every year
- Runs from September to May each year
- Students get to set up their own business and do everything a real life entrepreneur would do….. from coming up with the business idea to marketing & writing a business plan
- The County Final take place in March each year in Waterford
- One student team goes forward to take part in the National Final in May to be named Student Enterprise of the Year
What are the benefits of the Student Enterprise Programme?
- Enhances creativity
- Improves communication skills
- Provides practical uses for business studies topics
- Encourages students to consider self-employment as a career choice
- Equips students with the skills to set up and run their own business
- Combines classroom learning with real life experiences
- Opportunity to meet and learn from entrepreneurs in the local community
- Excellent PR opportunities for schools
- Excellent support tools for teachers, students and schools
- On-going support from local Schools Co-ordinator
LEO Waterford’s Student Enterprise Coordinator is Jonathan Earl.
He can be contacted via email on jonathan@b2bcommunications.ie
