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9 Colleges Battle To Represent Ireland In Inter-Colleges Challenge

9 Colleges Battle To Represent Ireland In Inter-Colleges Challenge

The revered Inter-Colleges Challenge will see nine colleges battle to represent Ireland in Canada.

Thirty-six students in total will participate in the fourth Inter-Colleges Challenge which 'offers engineering and finance students the opportunity to apply their knowledge to develop innovative, creative and commercially focused solutions to real life energy-focused challenges.'

The competition will kick off at the Irish Management Institute in Dublin on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd November.

Following their win at the event last year, The University of Limerick went on to represent Ireland and were crowned the ultimate winners at the Overall International Challenge in Montreal.

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The 9 colleges taking part this year are: UCD, DCU, DIT, TCD, WIT, UL, UCC, NUIG and ITS. On the event, Pat O’Doherty, Chief Executive of ESB, said:

By encouraging students from a range of disciplines to think critically about real life energy challenges in a competitive setting, we are hoping to spark a longer term interest in the energy sector.

Also Read: How DCU Helped Our Student Of The Week Overcome Great Personal Setbacks 

Niamh Burke

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