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Careers: Tyrone teens win ABP Challenge for passing on sustainable farming
Sarah McIntosh
The 2024 ABP Angus Youth Challenge final saw two students from Aughnacloy College, Co Tyrone taking home first prize, writes Sarah McIntosh.
6 November 2024 Education
Careers: ‘There are many opportunities and benefits within the sector’
As part of the ASA travel bursary series, Brona McCabe from the Dundalk Institute of Technology talks about her experience working on JF Cobb & Sons dairy farm in Dorset, England.
6 November 2024 Recruitment
Careers: Government needs to do more for dealerships
Ahead of this year’s FTMTA Farm Machinery Show, labour shortages and interest rates are two of the challenges facing the sector, writes Sarah McIntosh.
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: Movers and shakers
We take a look at some of the recent appointments across the agri jobs market, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Recruitment
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
Careers: new project pairs teenage girls with female mentors
A new mentorship programme aims to increase confidence and enhance resilience among teenage girls around the country, writes Sarah McIntosh
16 October 2024 Education
Careers: milking 1,600 cows on a dairy farm in New Zealand
As part of the ASA travel bursaries series, Etain Coughlan from SETU Waterford carried out her professional work experience in New Zealand. In conversation with Sarah McIntosh.
9 October 2024 Education
Careers: creatures great and small
A week-long TY programme in Tipperary is encouraging students interested in veterinary to gain more hands-on experience with large animals, writes Sarah McIntosh.
9 October 2024 Education
WorldSkills Ireland: talented students and apprentices
WorldSkills Ireland 2024 is aimed at showcasing the broad variety of career opportunities in the skills sector through practical demonstrations and competitions, writes Sarah McIntosh.
2 October 2024 Careers
‘Everyone deserves excellence in education and training’
Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have appealed to all political parties to tackle inequality in the next programme for government at their annual conference in Wexford, writes Sarah McIntosh.
27 September 2024 Education
Agri Careers: beefing up interest in Certified Irish Angus
The Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition, which educates students on beef production, is celebrating 10 years at the National Ploughing Championships, writes Sarah McIntosh.
18 September 2024 Education