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CAO Special: curious about a career in agri-food? Get the inside view
Sarah McIntosh
Two students who are currently studying new agri-food related courses share their experiences, writes Sarah McIntosh.
15 January 2025 News
Mallow students win Teagasc special award at BT Young Scientist
The winning project was titled 'An Investigation into using Total Leaf-Area as a predictive tool for determining below-ground biomass at all stages in the growth of selected Root-Crop Plants'.
8 January 2025 Education
‘We're going to need a steady supply of educated young people’
Young Cavan farmer Barry Stratford won five awards, including the FBD Trust Overall Student of the Year, at University College Cork’s recent graduation ceremony. In conversation with Sarah McIntosh
Agri Aware’s farm walk and talk series returns this February
Just under 4,000 students took part in these farm walk events in 2024.
7 January 2025 News
Working away from home has many opportunities
In week two of our series on young people working abroad at Christmas, graduates in Canada and Vietnam share their experiences , writes Sarah McIntosh.
25 December 2024 Careers
Scope for ‘big gains’ by breeding TB resistance
The chief executive of AI Services spoke to the NI Institute of Agricultural Science before last week's RUAS Winter Fair.
18 December 2024 Northern Ireland
‘The Australian culture is similar to Ireland’s, but with more sunshine’
In the last of our ASA travel bursaries series, Emily Cosgrove from UCD talks about her time in Australia in conversation with Sarah McIntosh.
18 December 2024 Careers
Climbing the ladder during the early stages of your careers
With hundreds of graduates and young adults working across the agri-food industry, here’s how to maximise those first career steps, writes Sarah McIntosh.
4 December 2024 Careers
Careers: industry movers and shakers as senior changes made
Movement has picked up across the agri jobs sector this month with new appointments coming in senior positions in large organisations, writes Sarah McIntosh.
27 November 2024 Careers
Consumer education partnership on sustainable beef launched
The initiative will involve Certified Irish Angus cattle being reared on Airfield Estate’s city farm in south Dublin, accessible to all visitors.
13 November 2024 News
Careers: ‘the biggest barrier to STEM is lack of funding’
Ahead of Science Week, we take a look at some of the local initiatives that are emphasising the importance of STEM to people of all ages, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Education
Careers: calving over 1,000 cows on a grass-based system in England
As part of the ASA travel bursaries series, UCD student Shane O’Brien from Co Leitrim talks about his time on dairy farms in Saskatchewan, Canada and Sansaw Dairy, Shrewsbury.
23 October 2024 Education