Horse Racing Ireland Launch Student Bursary Award at CAFRE
CAFRE Equine Management Degree Students with Elaine Hatton (ITM), Seamus McAlinney (CAFRE) and David Wright (HRI)
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) launched a bursary on November 6th, which will be awarded to a student studying Equine Management at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Enniskillen campus. The £1000 bursary, which will be linked to an assignment to produce a short video aimed at encouraging more young people to get involved in the racing industry, is open to second year students on the Honours Degree programme.
HRI was represented at the launch by Group Human Resource Manager David Wright and General Manager of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Elaine Hatton.
The bursary will be paid in two instalments: 50% in February and 50% following the successful completion of second year. The inaugural award will be presented to the successful student by HRI representatives at the Equine Careers Event to be held at CAFRE Enniskillen Campus on Wednesday February 11th 2015.
The short video assignment will involve the use of social media to find and engage potential customers, locally, nationally and globally. The video should embrace the theme “What the racing industry means to me” with the aim of encouraging more students to get involved in the racing industry. Horse Racing Ireland will make the final decision on the award of the bursary.
David Wright, HRI Group Human Resource Manager, commented: “Horse Racing Ireland is pleased to be associated with CAFRE, who have embraced in a special way the thoroughbred industry in all its facets and in doing so generated enthusiastic graduates for the industry. We are pleased that we can contribute to the College in a practical way, focusing on young people in the industry.”
Welcoming the launch of the HRI student bursary, HRI Chief Executive, Brian Kavanagh, said: “It’s important to encourage and support students with vision for the Irish racing industry, which is what this bursary aims to do. Those undertaking the Equine Management course hope to work in racing and inspiring students to think about what the racing industry means to them is beneficial both to those taking part and to the industry as a whole.”
Dr Sam Kennedy, Head of Education Service, CAFRE thanked HRI for their willingness to support young people participating in the equine degree programme at Enniskillen Campus. He stated: “We at CAFRE are delighted to welcome HRI here today and are extremely grateful for this fantastic opportunity which HRI is providing for our students. We hope to build on the links made with HRI and keep providing the racing industry with capable enthusiastic employees for the future.”
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