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Young Economist of the Year 2015

Well done to our Junior Category Winners in the Young Economist of the Year 2015 National Finals which were recently held in NUI Maynooth. 

1st Prize for Young Economist of the Year Best Video went to Tara Daly and Lydia Coyne. 
1st Prize Best Presentation went to Dylan Boland, Jade McCoy and Tyler Quinn. 
2nd Prize for Best Mindmap went to Tomas Griffin, Josh O' Donoghue, James Dunne and Nathan Gragnic. 
2nd Prize for Best Powerpoint went to Cian O' Mahoney. Well done to the whole team and thanks to their teachers Ms. Griffin and Mr. Lowndes.

Click here to view each of the projects.                                           (March 2015)

Students through to national finals of Business Quiz

Congratulations to Jordan Murphy, Jack Harvey, Andrew Meehan and Paul Scally who were successfully placed 3rd in the Regional Final of the Business Studies Quiz in A.I.T. They will go on to represent Tullamore College in the National Final in L.I.T., Thurles on the 22nd of April 2015. Thanks to Ms. Griffin for mentoring the team.

CIMA Business Studies Quiz 2013

Congratulations to Jake McKenna, William Walsh, Conor Dunne and Andrew Healion, who took part in the CIMA Business Studies Quiz in A.I.T. on the 24th of October 2013. Well done to all involved.

5th Year LCVP trip to the Chocolate Warehouse

2. The 5th Year LCVP class went to the Chocolate Warehouse in Dublin on the 10th of October 2013. This was a great experience for all involved. Students learned about the history of chocolate, what's involved in setting up a business and also decorated and packaged their own chocolate. At the end each student received a Certificate of Participation. This visit out will also be part of the student's portfolio as they were required to prepare an Action Plan on it. Also thank you to Ms. Griffin and Mr. Moran for organising the trip.

School Business Partnership Programme:

Tullamore College was proud to be involved in the School Business Partnership Programme 2012/2013.

This programme involves the partnership of Tullamore College and local business Covidien.

This year the Fifth Year Link Modules class was involved in this unique and exciting partnership.

Students were involved in a Skills @ Work Programme, which provides students with a unique insight into the world of work. Over five sessions, students are provided with the opportunity to learn about the partnering company and its business and to consider career and further study options available to them when they finish school.

Sessions in the Skills @ Work programme involve site visits, mock interviews, Day in the Life insights, group discussion sessions with employees and CV writing skills.

In Covidien, it was the H.R. department who conducted the mock interviews and the students found this to be an invaluable experience as many of them have never had the experience of preparing for and performing in a professional business interview.

At the end of the year, students were involved in a wrap up session, where they had to do a presentation to staff members at Covidien about what they had learned over the course of the programme. This proved very beneficial in developing their teamwork skills, communication skills and confidence. Each student was awarded a Certificate of Merit on completion of the programme.

We look forward to continuing this school business partnership with Covidien.

Click here to read more about Covidien on their webiste.