IT Sligo Hosts Local Final of NEWSTALK 106-108 fm Student Enterprise Competition
IT Sligo has selected the team to go forward to the National finals of the 2009/2010 Newstalk 106-108 fm Student Enterprise Competition. At the nail biting final, four teams battled it out over three hours, to come up with sound business strategies using a case study format. The competition encourages participants to devise solutions to ‘real life’ business scenarios.
Each team then presented their findings to an expert panel of local judges. The winning team members were Philomena Sharkey, Thomas Connolly, Michael Rogers and Liam Maguire, who are fourth year Bachelor of Business (Hons) Level 8 Students. Their team mentor is Stacey Gurrie. Ann Higgins, Head of Department of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure, was a judge at the final and said on behalf of the judges ‘We were very impressed with participants ability to critically evaluate the case study under tight time constraints and defend their recommendations to our panel of judges.’
The winners and judges of the Sligo final of the 2009/2010 Newstalk 106-108 fm Student Enterprise Competition. L-R Janette Gillen, Manager, Business Innovation Centre, IT Sligo ,Thomas Connolly, Liam Maguire, Mark Walton, Voya Products and Services, Philomena Sharkey, Michael Rogers and Ann Higgins, Head of Department of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure.
The winning team will now go through to represent IT Sligo at the national finals being held in the National College of Ireland in January. Now in its fourth year, the competition is designed to foster a spirit of enterprise among third level students and develop their understanding of business management, with a view to cultivating early-stage entrepreneurship.
The overall prize for the winning team and its team mentor is a study trip to the Caribbean where they will shadow ‘senior executives’ in the Digicel Group.
The IT Sligo team are hoping to bring the title back to Sligo after having won it two years ago.
For further information please contact:
Orla Mongey
SIF ACE Student Intern
IT Sligo
Mobile: 086-151-3669
Email: S00065485@nullitsligo.ie