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Junior Achievement is one of three local charities set to share £15,000
In her final engagement as Mayor of Douglas Mrs Hackman hosted a reception for representatives of her three chosen charities, Junior Achievement Isle of Man, Manx Breast Care Unit Appeal…
QEII success as team Opus named Student Company of the Year 2016
With their innovative take on how to increase the durability and life of cables for chargers and headphones, a team from Queen Elizabeth II High School has become the Junior…
‘Height of success’: Hilltop Hallucinations win People’s Choice award
Hilltop Hallucinations have been voted People’s Choice by the audience who attended Manx charity Junior Achievement’s The Next Big Thing talent contest in February. The band – Luke Campbell, rhythm…
Electrifying performance wins Next Big Thing 2016
Tabitha Templer has become the Next Big Thing 2016, after her virtuoso performance playing the electric violin to a packed house at the Gaiety Theatre thrilled the judges and audience…
Who’s going to be ‘The Next Big Thing?’
Manx charity Junior Achievement’s flagship event The Next Big Thing will be on Saturday February 20 when 15 young acts will go head to head in the live final of…
Two Winners Announced For Appleby Academy 2015
Two sixth-form students have been announced as winners of the fourth Appleby Academy, run by Appleby in partnership with Junior Achievement Isle of Man. For 2015, the Appleby Academy expanded…
Junior Achievement Global Entrepreneur Day inspires innovators of tomorrow
The next generation of entrepreneurs gained a unique insight into the world of business after Manx charity Junior Achievement, in association with Barclays, held a Global Entrepreneur Day at Ballakermeen…
Junior Achievement appoints primary programme manager
Junior Achievement Isle of Man has appointed Lisa Morris primary programme manager. ‘This is the job I’ve always wanted,’ said Lisa who will be working in all the island’s primary…
QEII High School student receives Junior Achievement Alumni Leadership Award in Berlin
Queen Elizabeth High School’s Rhian O’Leary has become one of only 11 European students to receive an Alumni Leadership Award in this year’s JA-YE Europe Company of the Year competition held…