EMPOWER is a HEA (Higher Education Authority) funded programme designed to support potential young innovators and entrepreneurs. EMPOWER will focus on helping young people to build a powerful toolkit that, through support, will enable them to build creative, innovative and entrepreneurial skills for life.
EMPOWER has been designed by The Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS) & Mary Immaculate College (MIC) together with advisors in business including young entrepreneurs, academia, national and global youth organisations, teachers, investors, incubation and acceleration teams and informed by some of the best models globally. This is our 9th year running this programme but we have been running entrepreneurship programmes for more than 15 years!
Importantly, the programme is designed to be fun and creatively challenging and will prepare young students for real world success, building their innovative, creative, design and entrepreneurial skills and mindset through activity based learning! Always a rewarding week for the students and all involved.
We are delighted to welcome collaboration with The Learning Hub in Limerick again this year.
Run for 1 week in June in Limerick and 1 week in June in Clonmel, Tipperary in 2024
It will run Tuesday to Friday from 9:30am to 3:30pm each day in a split venue between MIC and TUS. Max 25 students. You must be a current secondary school student (senior cycle TY, 5th, 6th). 6th years just finishing this year can also apply.
Schedule Over The Four Days
- 09:30 – 10:00 Welcome & Breakfast
Please note that there will be field trips during the week also and we will take everyone on a bus for those and bring you back to base before the end of the day (3.30).
