Seeing stars: From left Darren Gallagher (Belleek), Caoimhe Cox (Enniskillen) and Lloyd Crawford (Enniskillen), have been selected to take part in the British Council’s prestigious Study USA programme
THREE Fermanagh students will soon be jetting off to study business at colleges in the USA where they will spend a year studying business.
The three – Darren Gallagher, Caoimhe Cox and Lloyd Crawford – are taking part in Study USA, a programme which is managed by the British Council.
They have been selected along with 53 other students from the north to take part in the British Council’s prestigious Study USA programme, having undergone a competitive selection process.
Darren (22), and Caoimhe (20), who are students at Queen’s University, will spend their year at King’s College, Pennsylvania and Saint Anselm’s College, New Hampshire, while Lloyd (22), a second year student at the University of Ulster, will be to heading to Pfeiffer University in North Carolina.
This prestigious scholarship programme enables students to study business and management for a year in American colleges across 34 States. Through the initiative, it is hoped they will gain valuable international experience and business knowledge, helping to develop their career prospects when they return to Northern Ireland.
The British Council, which is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, manages Study USA on behalf of the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL).
Since its formation in 1994, the initiative has sent over 1,800 students from Northern Ireland to all four corners of the US where they have successfully completed a year studying business at one of 140 institutions.
David Alderdice, the director of British Council Northern Ireland, said that, while in the US, the students will have the opportunity to learn from leading experts in their field.
“Their future employability will be enhanced through internships, ambassadorial presentations, and volunteer work in a really international context.
“Most importantly, our students will build links with counterparts in the US that will last a lifetime.”
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Posted: 1:00 pm July 19, 2015