7
SUMMER 2015
Growing the Economy and Skills
Sir Tom Hunter Challenge
CHAIRMAN WILLIE MACKIE
AND PRINCIPAL HEATHER
DUNK WERE DELIGHTED TO
BE ON THE PANEL OF
JUDGES FOR THE 2015 SIR
TOM HUNTER CHALLENGE
– WHERE YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS PITCHED
THEIR OWN BUSINESS
IDEAS IN A BID TO WIN
£3,000.
presenting their innovative
idea.
In joint-second place, Doon
Academy – last year’s winner
The team designed a lifestyle
product which included an
app, a wristband and a travel
plug with a warning light which
flashes when you are becoming
over exposed to UV radiation.
“Sir Tom Hunter has been
challenging local school pupils to
come up with ideas for new
businesses for the past three
years.”
Sir Tom Hunter has been
challenging local school pupils
to come up with new business
ideas for the past three years.
In East Ayrshire, St. Joseph’s
Academy students Kuda
Tapatapa, Tatenda Tapatapa,
Kieran Fenton, Becca Bunten
and Chloe Beveridge were
crowned the winners, after
David Ross, Keppie Design; Heather Dunk, Principal of Ayrshire College; Marie Macklin, Ayrshire
College Board of Management; Sir Tom Hunter; Willie Mackie, Chair of Ayrshire College