What a busy day we had at #Leap in the South East Technological University. 130 students attended and showcased their marketing plans and pitched their 24 business ideas to the FROGs Ciaran Cullen, Ronan Walsh, Ronan Cleary, Jimmy Kearns, Shóna … Read More
LEAP-ing into Entrepreneurship with South East Technological University!
A very excited 130 young entrepreneurs took part in #Leap at the South East Technological University recently. This programme is sponsored by Local Enterprise Office Waterford and run in partnership with Junior Achievement Ireland. The aim of LEAP is to … Read More
BNY Mellon ‘Choose to Challenge’ on International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 more than 1,200 students nationwide benefited from JA Inspires careers talks kindly supported by BNY Mellon. Embracing the ‘Choose to Challenge’ theme, 18 eager BNY Mellon volunteers from Cork, Dublin and Wexford stepped up … Read More
JA Volunteer Q&A: Sarah Walsh, Sanofi
Tell us a little about yourself? What did you want to be when you ‘grew up’ and how did you take the pathway that lead you to your current career? My name is Sarah Walsh. I graduated from WIT with … Read More
Wexford County Council open students’ eyes to career choices
86 Transition Year Students from Presentation Secondary School participated in the ‘Wexford County Council Careers Expo’ thanks to the team of seven staff members from Wexford County Council. The inspiring Careers Expo was an opportunity for the students to learn … Read More
New Supporting Organisations Making an Impact in the South East
JAI is delighted to welcome two new organisations who have joined our list of supporters in the South East for the 2019/20 school year. Since they kicked off their JAI partnership activities, EBS in Waterford have focused on financial literacy and … Read More
BNY Mellon mentors inspire girls in tech
As part of BNY Mellon’s celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, BNY Mellon staff mentored female second level students on ‘An Introduction to Data Analytics’ as part of the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) theme, ‘Balance for Better’. 38 volunteers worked … Read More
One Giant LEAP into Enterprise for Waterford Schools
Eight national schools from Waterford City and County recently took part in the LEAP programme, in conjunction with Local Enterprise Office Waterford. The programme saw 4th and 5th class students from Gael Scoil Philib Barún, Butlerstown NS, ChristChurch NS, Waterpark … Read More
Paying it Forward – JA Student becomes JA Volunteer
After 22 years working with schools and business partners throughout Ireland more and more JA student alumni are entering the workforce. Many are putting the skills they learned through their JA programmes into practice while others have been inspired to … Read More
Sanofi and JAI Celebrate Success
Sanofi and JAI recently hosted our annual recognition event to celebrate the fantastic contribution by Sanofi staff during the school year 17/18. 23 Sanofi volunteers inspired and motivated 683 students in 16 schools in the last school year. Sanofi have … Read More