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6 News April/May 2012 www.esb.ie/em North/South postgraduate Scholarships UniVersities ireLAnD, which promotes collaboration between universities in ni and roi, are offering five scholarships to students undertaking a recognised master’s or the first year of a PhD programme (taught or research) in the other irish jurisdiction. these scholarships are worth €15,000 (approx £12,500) each. this year three of the scholarships will be in the areas of energy and engineering and these scholarships will be co-sponsored by esB with Universities ireland. the aim of this scheme is to encourage outstanding students from the roi and ni to cross the border to undertake postgraduate study and experience life in the other irish jurisdiction. it is a scheme that has been conceived both to support the continuing peace process in ni and to train highly skilled postgraduates to contribute to a new phase of economic and environmental development for the island as a whole. the fundamental requirement for eligibility for this scheme is a willingness to relocate to the other irish jurisdiction for a whole year or a major part of a year in order to undertake a master’s or the first year of a PhD programme.n The closing date for applications for this scholarship is Friday, 25th May 2012. For further information, including an application form, contact: Patricia McAllister, Universities Ireland, The Centre for Cross Border Studies. Email: p.mcallister@ qub.ac.uk. Queries re eligibility to: a.pollak@qub. ac.uk EsB and Zahra Media Group wIN international awards for EsB 2010 annual report esB AnD ZAhrA media For generations ahead... annual reports in the world. group are delighted to anthe esB Annual report also nounce that esB’s 2011 received the top prize in the Annual report came in the Utility Category. 1% of annual reports in the 9 of the top 10 Fortune 2010/2011 Vision Awards 500 firms participate in the Annual report Competition awards. the 2010/11 Vision which is the world’s largest Awards Annual report ComAnnual report Competition. petition drew one of the largthe esB’s winning Annual est number of submissions report was designed by Zaever, representing a broad hra media group. range of industries and orrun by LACP (the League ganisational sizes. together of American Communicawith the 2010 Vision Awards, tions Professionals) the commore than 5,000 entries representing upwards petition received a staggering 5,000 entries of two-dozen countries were received, so comand with esB coming 47 overall, makes petition was exceptionally tough. n their annual report rank in the top 1% of www.esb.ie 00 Covers.indd 1 24/05/2011 13:04:52 apprentice campaign gets social on Facebook FoLLoWing its sUCCess in 2011, nie relaunched its Apprentice Facebook page in February this year to tie in with its annual apprentice recruitment campaign. the ‘pop-up’ social media site helped to attract around 2,000 applications for the apprenticeship. Case studies of current and former apprentices, as well as frequently asked questions, helped potential candidates understand the day-today work of nie apprentices and to create a forum for them to interact with the company. Although the deadline for apprentice applications was in early march, the Facebook page will remain live for a number of weeks to help candidates through the next stage of the application process. n For more information visit www.facebook.com/nieapprentices GaLway city counciL PLuGs into EsB Ecars triaL esB eCArs is proud to announce galway City Council as the latest participant in the nationwide electric car trial. galway City Council is one of a number of organisations participating in the national esB ecar trial to support the implementation of esB ecars nationwide charging infrastructure and to gain a greater understanding of eV driver’s behaviour and attitude to electric transport, as well as encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles into company fleets. galway energy Agency Director, Peter Keavney, has been driving an ecar for the past three-months. he commented, “the car is not much different to drive than a normal car of its size but you will definitely notice the difference in lower running costs”. the ecar being trialled by galway City Director Galway energy Agency Peter Keavney, James Lally of esB ecars and Jim Molloy of Galway City Council. Council is a mitsubishi i-mieV and a dedicated charge-point was installed within the staff car park. the trial will investigate the potential to reduce operational costs by incorporating electric vehicles into the council’s fleet. similar data from other county councils will be included in the overall results of the national esB ecar trial. the trial logistics are being co-ordinated by James Lally, from tuam, Co. galway. he is currently on a student placement in esB ecars as part of the masters in marketing Practice that he is undertaking in the national University galway. n STATISTICS TO DATE: ü 50,201 the total number of times fans and non-fans could view a news Feed story of which 52% were female and 48% were male ü 139 ‘fans’ of the page, 26% female and 74% male with the majority of fans between 18-24 years of age ü 85 ‘likes’ (of nie comments / photographs) ü 27 interactive comments (comments / questions posted by fans) http://www.esb.ie/em http://www.esb.ie http://www.facebook.com/nieapprentices http://www.facebook.com/nieapprentices

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