Six third-level agricultural science students from University College Dublin (UCD) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have won the coveted ASA travel bursaries. The winning students will receive financial assistance to help fund their travel costs to carry out work placement in New Zealand, Chile and Europe this year.
The sought-after bursaries encourage students to expand their knowledge of the global agri food sector by gaining practical experience while travelling overseas.
2020 will mark the fifth year of this joint initiative from the ASA and Irish Farmers Journal. Students who express an interest in doing their work placement overseas are offered the chance to apply for a travel bursary. The WIT bursaries are also supported by Glanbia and Arvum.
The bursary winners will be writing about their travels in the Irish Farmers Journal and online.
Seamus O’Mahony, ASA; Odile Evans, Irish Farmers Journal; Aaron Kealy, UCD, Edel Cashman, UCD; Mark Shorten, UCD, Laura Molony, UCD; Dr Tommy Boland.
This year’s bursary
recipients are:
Aaron Kealy, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath
Third year Animal Science student at UCD. He will travel from July to December and spend time on farms across Bradenburg, Germany, and Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Laura Maloney, Birr, Co Offaly
Third year animal and crop production student at UCD. She will travel to Wales in February before moving on to Denmark in April and will work across dairy and sheep farms.
Edel Cashman,
Carrigtwohill, Co Cork
Third-year animal and crop production student at UCD. She will travel to Canterbury, New Zealand, in January where she will spend 16 weeks on a dairy farm and will be working on grass and fodder management for the winter period, along with animal health and body conditioning.
Sean Doyle, Portlaoise, Co Laois
Third-year agricultural science student at WIT. He will travel to Dorie in the South Island of New Zealand, in January where he will gain experience in the cultivation of 4,000ac of vegetables, root crops and cereals along with assisting in daily operations on an 800-cow dairy farm.
Sinead Conway, Westport, Co Mayo
Third-year ag science student at WIT. She will travel to the North Island of New Zealand and will work on two family-run dairy farms outside of Whangarei.
Mark Shorten, Bandon, Co Cork
Third-year UCD dairy business student. He will travel to New Zealand in July where he will spend five months on a dairy farm.
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Six third-level agricultural science students from University College Dublin (UCD) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have won the coveted ASA travel bursaries. The winning students will receive financial assistance to help fund their travel costs to carry out work placement in New Zealand, Chile and Europe this year.
The sought-after bursaries encourage students to expand their knowledge of the global agri food sector by gaining practical experience while travelling overseas.
2020 will mark the fifth year of this joint initiative from the ASA and Irish Farmers Journal. Students who express an interest in doing their work placement overseas are offered the chance to apply for a travel bursary. The WIT bursaries are also supported by Glanbia and Arvum.
The bursary winners will be writing about their travels in the Irish Farmers Journal and online.
Seamus O’Mahony, ASA; Odile Evans, Irish Farmers Journal; Aaron Kealy, UCD, Edel Cashman, UCD; Mark Shorten, UCD, Laura Molony, UCD; Dr Tommy Boland.
This year’s bursary
recipients are:
Aaron Kealy, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath
Third year Animal Science student at UCD. He will travel from July to December and spend time on farms across Bradenburg, Germany, and Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Laura Maloney, Birr, Co Offaly
Third year animal and crop production student at UCD. She will travel to Wales in February before moving on to Denmark in April and will work across dairy and sheep farms.
Edel Cashman,
Carrigtwohill, Co Cork
Third-year animal and crop production student at UCD. She will travel to Canterbury, New Zealand, in January where she will spend 16 weeks on a dairy farm and will be working on grass and fodder management for the winter period, along with animal health and body conditioning.
Sean Doyle, Portlaoise, Co Laois
Third-year agricultural science student at WIT. He will travel to Dorie in the South Island of New Zealand, in January where he will gain experience in the cultivation of 4,000ac of vegetables, root crops and cereals along with assisting in daily operations on an 800-cow dairy farm.
Sinead Conway, Westport, Co Mayo
Third-year ag science student at WIT. She will travel to the North Island of New Zealand and will work on two family-run dairy farms outside of Whangarei.
Mark Shorten, Bandon, Co Cork
Third-year UCD dairy business student. He will travel to New Zealand in July where he will spend five months on a dairy farm.
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