The programme blends action learning, through a year-long, fully funded, foreign industry placement, with a block-release academic business education programme. The intensive 12-month action-learning fellowship gives successful candidates the combined opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with some of Ireland’s leading food companies and also gain a Masters degree from UCD’s Smurfit Business school.
The two key elements of the programme are outlined as follows:
In-market placement with Bord Bia clients (based overseas) early-August 2016 to June 2017.Block release academic programme (based in Ireland). Mid-June to early-August 2016; pre-Easter 2017.Applicants should have a minimum of two or three years’ work experience and some placements will require fluency in a second language. There are 20 to 25 places available on this programme and successful applicants will have 100% of tuition fees paid, as well as a €22,800 bursary.
More details are available on the Smurfit Business School’s website and the deadline for applications is 5 March 2016.
If you are interested in a career in the agri-industry, come along to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Agri Careers Fair, which takes place in the RDS on 3 March 2015. For more information, click here.
The programme blends action learning, through a year-long, fully funded, foreign industry placement, with a block-release academic business education programme. The intensive 12-month action-learning fellowship gives successful candidates the combined opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with some of Ireland’s leading food companies and also gain a Masters degree from UCD’s Smurfit Business school.
The two key elements of the programme are outlined as follows:
In-market placement with Bord Bia clients (based overseas) early-August 2016 to June 2017.Block release academic programme (based in Ireland). Mid-June to early-August 2016; pre-Easter 2017.Applicants should have a minimum of two or three years’ work experience and some placements will require fluency in a second language. There are 20 to 25 places available on this programme and successful applicants will have 100% of tuition fees paid, as well as a €22,800 bursary.
More details are available on the Smurfit Business School’s website and the deadline for applications is 5 March 2016.
If you are interested in a career in the agri-industry, come along to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Agri Careers Fair, which takes place in the RDS on 3 March 2015. For more information, click here.
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