UCC Students win Irish business challenge


A team of students from UCC have walked away with top prize in the Irish final of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Global Business Challenge.

The Challenge is an international business competition, with the UCC team now representing Ireland at the global final on August 5-6th at Taylors University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The UCC team will compete against other international teams including representatives from Australia, UK, Hong Kong and China in the world finals.

The competition tests the business, managerial, and creativity skills of the participants and is a prestigious global contest.

Professor Ciaran Murphy, Head, Department of Accounting, Finance & Information Systems in congratulating the students has affirmed how “the team’s success demonstrates the quality of management accounting programmes taught at UCC, reflective of the combination of technical financial management competences with the development of key presentation and communication skills required of business graduates today.”

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