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Léargas Annual Report 2019 forward
Programmes:
IAESTE IAESTE Ireland
IAESTE is an international exchange programme that runs in over 85 countries worldwide. Members of the network send and receive students for relevant work experience in technical fields like Science, Engineering, IT and Architecture. IAESTE was founded in 1948, just after the end of the Second World War, to help build bridges between nations. Ireland has been a member of the IAESTE Association since 1962.
IAESTE Ireland Highlights of 2019 In 2019, IAESTE Ireland forged new connections with several higher educational institutions resulting in more than 120 students signing up to take part in traineeships. We also engaged with organisations that work with third-level students and STEM employers, including Engineers Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the IDA. As a result of this engagement, we were delighted to have companies like Learnovate and DPS Group Global come on board to host international trainees. Given the high calibre of IAESTE trainees, Trinity College Dublin also offered a research position to an IAESTE student to take part in a biodiversity audit of Áras an Uachtaráin and its famous grounds. The summer of 2019 was a busy one, with our local committee organising five cultural weekends around the country for our trainees - who came from both sunny countries like Greece and Brazil and the polar ice caps of Sweden! IAESTE trainees from Northern Ireland also joined us on some of these cultural trips. Irish students participated in traineeships in Austria, Germany, Tunisia, Australia, Ghana and China to name a few countries. Happily, 80% of our students reported progressing into employment, with their IAESTE traineeship playing a distinguishing role in their careers. Our volunteer local committee was joined by four new members, and two of them took part in the IAESTE CONNECT Forum in Glasgow, Scotland. In September 2019, we also celebrated the IAESTE International Day by organising an event for prospective students, local committee, alumni and our international trainees.
