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Vacancy – Financial Accountant
19 Feb 2021
Junior Achievement Ireland (JA) is a member of one of the world’s largest educational non-profits, helping prepare young people for their futures by delivering hands-on, experiential learning in entrepreneurship, employability, financial literacy and the value of STEM. Reaching more than ... Read More -
Barclays MD Inspires Young Minds
10 Feb 2021
Helen Kelly, Managing Director, Country Manager and Head of Corporate Banking at Barclays Ireland, joined 5th year students in Our Lady of Mercy College for a JA Inspires career talk while the students were learning from home. JA Inspires is ... Read More -
JA Worldwide: Top NGO for Third Consecutive Year
04 Feb 2021
Geneva-based NGO Advisor has announced that JA Worldwide remains among the most impactful NGOs in the world, retaining JA Wordlwide’s number-seven ranking for the third year in a row. NGO Advisor began ranking NGOs in 2009 in an effort to showcase the best practices ... Read More
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Barclays MD Inspires Young Minds
10 Feb 2021
Helen Kelly, Managing Director, Country Manager and Head of Corporate Banking at Barclays Ireland, joined 5th year students in Our Lady of Mercy College for a JA Inspires career talk while the students were learning from home. JA Inspires is ... Read More -
Barclays Ensure Students are Work Ready
16 Dec 2020
In a year where employability skills are more important than ever, Barclays volunteers stepped up to the plate to ensure that students in O’Connell’s CBS in Dublin 1 still received their guidance and support through the Barclays Be Work Ready ... Read More -
Dublin Students Celebrate Being Career Ready
02 Dec 2020
Students from three Dublin schools have graduated from a unique work readiness programme for senior cycle students at a special online event attended by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu. Career Ready is managed by JAI to enable specially-selected senior cycle students ... Read More
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Pramerica/Prudential Virtual Exchange FinTech Programme
16 Apr 2018
25 Transition year students from Errigal College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal recently worked alongside 20 students from Fairchild Wheeler High School, Bridgeport, Connecticut to undertake a project guided by business mentors from Pramerica Systems Ireland and Prudential Financial USA. The students ... Read More -
Kingspan Inspire Local Students for over a Decade
25 Jul 2017
Ann Daly and Nigel Mc Givney pictured with students from Drumgossett National School For over ten years Kingspan have inspired and motivated thousands of students in the Monaghan, Cavan and Louth region to be the best that they can be ... Read More -
Drogheda Students Explore Cities
25 Jul 2017
Students from St. Paul’s S.N.S., Drogheda build a city! Louth County Council volunteer Elaine Daly visited Ms. O’Brien’s third class in St. Paul’s S.N.S., Drogheda to deliver the Core Media supported ‘Our City’ programme. Over the course of five weeks Elaine ... Read More
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Limerick’s Engineers and Scientists Energized by Online STEM Programme
11 Jan 2021
Twenty-six sixth class pupils from Scoil Iosagáin in Limerick were excited to be some of the first students in the country to be introduced to science through practical and engaging lessons as part of the online version of the Gas ... Read More -
The future looks bright for local students in the Mid West
12 May 2020
Zimmer Biomet staff being presented with Certificates of Achievement at the annual JAI Zimmer Biomet recognition event – pictured are Erma Kiely; Zimmer Biomet; Rob Geary, Zimmer Biomet; Teresa Leahy, Junior Achievement and Dermot Kelly, Zimmer Biomet 72 volunteers have reached over ... Read More -
Regeneron help Tipperary students see Smart Futures
07 Jan 2020
The future is looking bright for 2nd year students from Our Lady’s Secondary School in Templemore thanks to Catherine Larkin from Regeneron who delivered the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) supported Smart Futures workshop. Smart Futures is a collaborative industry-education programme ... Read More
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Cork students learn about climate change virtually thanks to online EPA workshops
19 Jan 2021
Students from 4 Cork primary schools joined 20 schools nationwide whose students had the opportunity to learn about climate change during Science Week thanks to expert volunteers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 28 EPA volunteers guided more than 800 ... Read More -
My Future My Business for Cork students
05 Feb 2020
28 companies will host over 850 Cork students across a wide variety of sectors including science, technology, engineering, hospitality and media thanks to the My Future My Business supported by Tomar Trust. My Future My Business offers 1st and 4th ... Read More -
Cork ETB Students Celebrated at the Enabling Entrepreneurship Showcase in Millennium Hall
30 Jan 2020
New business ideas by students from six Further Education Colleges in Cork City and County were celebrated at a showcase in Millenium Hall today. The showcase exhibition was the culmination of Enabling Entrepreneurship, a unique six week in-college programme run ... Read More
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Vacancy – Programme Coordinator in South East
04 Feb 2021
JOB SPEC Junior Achievement Ireland is part of a worldwide organisation, which seeks to highlight the importance of remaining in education to young people. We are seeking to recruit a Programme Coordinator for combined role working with volunteers from within ... Read More -
Wexford County Council open students’ eyes to career choices
20 Jan 2020
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
05 Dec 2019
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
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The gift of education: Fidelity Investments donates essential hardware to Galway schools
18 Dec 2020
Two schools in Galway have been gifted laptops and printers to improve their ICT (Information and Communication Technology) capabilities thanks to local fintech employer Fidelity Investments. Students from Coláiste Mhuirlinne, Doughiska are benefiting from having received a range of high-quality ... Read More -
Europe4U Empowers Galway and Mayo Students to Understand the Advantages of EU Membership
11 Dec 2020
More than 350 students from 12 Primary schools across Mayo, Galway and Roscommon had a unique chance to interact with their local MEPs during “Ask Me Anything” events as part of Europe4U 2020. MEPs Maria Walsh and Chris McManus from ... Read More -
Gaeltacht Students Win Regional Entrepreneurial Crown
28 Apr 2020
Students from Coinnle do Chromghlinn, Colaiste Ghobnatan, Ballymakeera, County Cork An Innovative Healthcare product and an Irish language Board Game are the winning projects in this year’s Munster Regional Final of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Clár na gComhlachtaí, an enterprise competition for ... Read More