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skoool.ie would not be possible without the invaluable assistance and generosity of our supporters. Here, we are pleased to present some information about our Founders, our Subject Supporters and Associate Supporters, and about their commitment to and belief in skoool.ie as a valuable educational proposition.

AIB

AIB is Ireland’s market-leading banking and financial services company. It serves more than five million customers in the retail, commercial and corporate sectors and employs over 31,000 people worldwide.

AIB has focused on meeting the evolving needs and requirements of the youth of Ireland today in many contrasting areas.

To that end, AIB is proud to be a founding member of skoool.ie. As one of Ireland’s largest employers, AIB realises the importance of investing in Europe’s leading educational system.

skoool.ie offers secondary school students and teachers an opportunity to use this unique interactive teaching and learning tool as a platform to move into the new era of e-Learning. AIB’s role in skoool.ie is to enrich the educational experience of Irish school children by providing and promoting this unique learning opportunity.

Our involvement with skoool.ie complements our strong corporate donation programme called the ‘Better Ireland Programme’. The objective of this programme is to make a real and significant difference to the Irish community and in particular this year to the lives of children in Ireland. This programme had funnelled its energy and resources into dealing with three major issues that face many children of Ireland; the effects of drugs and alcohol abuse on children, education, and poverty and homelessness.

The Irish Times is Ireland’s leading quality national daily newspaper. It is primarily concerned with serious issues for the benefit of the whole of Ireland, free from any form of personal, party political, commercial, religious or other sectional control.

The Irish Times is delighted to bring its expertise and knowledge of Education in Ireland to skoool.ie.

Education and Parenting are the dedicated education pages, published in The Irish Times every Tuesday. Education and Parenting brings parents, students and teachers up to date with the latest developments in education, analyses policy changes and developments, has guest psychologists and child-care experts writing each week, provides the latest advice on careers and courses, reports on the news and controversies from college campuses and goes behind the scenes in schools and staff rooms to keep its readers up-to-date on the latest developments in this vibrant area.

The Higher Options conference, jointly organised by The Irish Times and the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, provides students with all relevant information relating to college entry procedures in Ireland and the UK as well as training opportunities and career options. This year’s conference will take place in the RDS, Dublin from September 24th – 26th.

ireland.com is Ireland's leading news and content website, with 16 million page impressions per month and over 115,000 readers. It is the definitive brand of quality information and services for Ireland. ireland.com moved to a subscription service in 2002, which applies to the premium news service, comprising The Irish Times, the Breaking News service, a searchable archive of newspaper articles since 1996 and micro-sites including sport, technology and business. ireland.com continues to provide a range of free content, such as a number of stories from The Irish Times everyday, newspaper article summaries and micro-sites such as Jobs, Property, Motors, Budget, opinion polls, St Patrick’s Day and Weather.

Irish Times Training, which is a division of The Irish Times Ltd, enjoys an excellent reputation as one of Ireland's leading training companies. For over twenty five years, they have provided expert tuition utilising state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. In an ever-changing and demanding work environment, they have tailored their courses to meet company requirements.

Our programme covers key areas including: Management; Sales & Marketing; Personal Development; Business; Computers/Internet Training.

The role of The Irish Times Ltd. as a founding partner of skoool.ie reinforces our commitment to Education and to supporting and encouraging learning and access to learning for all.

skoool.ie is the latest in a series of worldwide initiatives by Intel in the educational sector. The Intel^® Innovation In Education initiative is a global, multi-million dollar programme focusing on preparing today's students for tomorrow's challenges. In 2000, Intel Corporation contributed more than $107 million worldwide to primary, secondary and third level education programmes.

Education is a major focus area for Intel Ireland. Building on Intel’s mission of being a major force in improving science, maths and technology education, Intel Ireland have implemented a number of programs at both a local and national level. These include:

These are just two of the education initiatives being carried out by Intel Ireland. You can find out more about what Intel is doing in Ireland and worldwide by clicking here.

Intel^®Performance Learning Solutions (PLS) is an innovative e-Learning solutions division within Intel that focuses on providing leading edge e-Learning and knowledge transfer products and services. PLS was responsible for the development of the award-winning ScoilNet education website, and has used its expertise in this area to develop the skoool.ie service. PLS also designs, develops and implements leading e-Learning products for internal customer groups.

AXA Insurance is one of Ireland’s leading insurers with some 500,000 customers, and 36 branches offering face-to-face advice. Alternatively, customers can call upon the national call centre or use www.axa.ie.

We also offer motor and home insurance though a network of independent, professional insurance brokers.

Internationally AXA is the largest Insurance group in the world employing over 130,000 people in 60 countries with a major presence in the European, North American and Australasian markets.

At AXA Insurance we seek to build a close and lasting relationship with our customers by offering expert advice and a full range of adapted solutions and by adhering to the highest standards of professional ethics.

AXA Insurance is delighted to be a supporter of skoool.ie and we see it as part of our continuing involvement in community initiatives.

We have an on-going commitment to road safety and reducing traffic related accidents through our sponsorship of a series of hard-hitting television advertisements. These highlight the dangers of irresponsible driving.

Every year, AXA volunteers take part in AXA Hearts In Action in countries where the Group operates. Our employees generously offer their time, energy and skills to serve local community organizations.

AXA supports its employees in their volunteer work by providing equipment, material, and logistical assistance as well as grants in the form of time off or funding.

AXA are also sponsors of the prestigious AXA Dublin International Piano Competition one of the worlds leading Piano Festivals held in Dublin every three years and televised live.

Forfás is the national board responsible for providing policy advice to the government on enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation in Ireland.

Forfás aims to lead the development of public policy for the promotion of enterprise and technological development in Ireland for the benefit of all by advising on policy to sustain competitiveness and growth and supporting and maintaining cohesion among the development agencies of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs is composed of representatives from the world of Business, Education, Training and Enterprise, the group was set up to develop national strategies to tackle the issue of skills needs, training for business and education in Ireland.

It aims to identify the skills needs of different sectors and to advise on the actions needed to address them by way of the promotion of education and continuous training links with business at national and local levels, and by improving job seekers’ awareness of career sectors where there are demands for skills, of the qualifications required, and of how they can be obtained.

To find out more about the activities of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, click here.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) actively represents and serves over 3,000 members covering businesses in all areas of the Irish construction industry through a network of 13 Branches in three regions throughout Ireland and through its 37 Sectoral Associations.

CIF was founded with only a small number of members in 1935 and has grown over the years to reflect the new business sectors which have developed in Ireland's construction industry.

CIF members now account for 85% of the output of the construction industry and in doing so play a key role in supporting Ireland's economic growth. Since 1995 the value of Ireland's construction industry output has more than doubled.

To assist members in this vital role, CIF has developed a comprehensive range of services for construction firms. They also monitor issues and trends, initiate proposals and act in our members' interests at local, national and EU level.

The Pettit Company was founded in 1954. It provided consultancy services to local authorities on public works, and continues to do so to this day. It expanded its consultancy profile in the early sixties into the industrial sector. At the same time the company expanded its range of consultancy services with the addition of Mechanical / Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Architecture to its Civil / Structural disciplines. It was the first multi-disciplined practice in Ireland.

In Ireland, E.G. Pettit & Company employs over 200 people. They have offices in Cork, Dublin, Killarney, Limerick, Waterford, Carlow and representation in the U.K., U.S. and Africa.

In addition to their traditional disciplines, Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying / Value Engineering and Environmental Management Services have been added to the range of services offered. Their clients include Government Departments, Local Authorities, Multi-national Pharmaceutical and Micro-electronics Blue-Chip Companies.

E.G. Pettit & Company provides all the necessary project disciplines from within its own resources. It serves its clients from the initial front end study through the planning & permitting phase, the detailed design, bidding, and contract recommendation phases, to final construction management on site and close-out of the projects.

If you are interested in becoming a supporter of skoool.ie, please contact us at supporters@skoool.ie.


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