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ATU and Chartered Accountants Ireland host Bootcamp Challenge for 200 secondary school students
Accounting lecturers in Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in conjunction with Chartered Accountants Ireland North West Society are holding an open competition for secondary school pupils on Thursday, 13 February (2025), titled “Be the Boss Bootcamp Challenge”.
Accounting lecturers in Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in conjunction with Chartered Accountants Ireland North West Society are holding an open competition for secondary school pupils on Thursday, 13 February (2025), titled “Be the Boss Bootcamp Challenge”.
Over 200 secondary school pupils will take part in the challenge which will be attended by the President of Chartered Accountants Ireland President Barry Doyle and representatives of accountancy and business firms in the north west.
Developed by Chartered Accountants Ireland Boot Camp is an online programme for Transition Year (TY) and Senior Cycle students who want to develop their accounting and business skills. The programme which is supported by Grid Finance includes a business leadership simulation called “The Boot Camp Challenge” where students take on the role of CEO and use critical thinking, logic and their own research to make business decisions. Students who attend ATU Sligo on 13 February will be invited to work in groups on a condensed version of this business strategy challenge.
Maria Scanlon, Lecturer in Accounting, ATU Sligo, says: “Chartered Accountants Ireland North West Society is a voluntary committee that represents over 850 Chartered Accountants Ireland members across the North West Region. Over the last number of years, a strong working relationship has developed between the Society and our Business Faculty as we work together on this regional outreach initiate which aims to raise the profile of accounting as a career choice and help develop accounting and business skills at second and third level education.” The “Be the Boss Bootcamp challenge”, designed and developed by Chartered Accountants Ireland, will run from 11.30am to 1.15pm in the AbbVie Auditorium, Sligo campus. The winning student will be presented with an iPad. Teachers and students who wish to attend this event on 13 February in Sligo, can register here.
From 3pm to 4.30pm there will be a business leadership panel discussion titled “Accounting – Careers Beyond the Balance Sheet” and members of the local business community are invited. Barry Doyle, President of Chartered Accountants Ireland, Margaret Sweeney, Company Director and experienced board member, and Gerard Sproule, Founder, Lotus Works will offer personal insights into how they created successful careers and businesses. This is a free event, but booking is essential: https://www.charteredaccountants.ie/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=54042
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