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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 9 JULY 2017 Events 41 This year's edition of the JA Euro- pean Enterprise Challenge has gath- ered 19 startups from 15 countries in Helsinki. University students who took part in the 'Start Up Pro- gramme' were competing and pre- senting their startups to a selected jury. The main award was presented to the Maltese student team from Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education. They impressed the jury with their INTACT system, a tech- nology enhancing safety for motor- cyclists. Impact sensors installed in the rider's helmet are connected to a smartphone app that automatically alerts emergency services and rela- tives, providing the location once a collision is detected. "Winning the award is over- whelming, it happens once in a lifetime. From the beginning, we wanted to have a positive impact on society and our focus was to im- prove safety for motorcyclists on the road," said INTACT member Ka- tryna Briffa. "Participating in the JA Startup programme was a practical experience of our studies in entre- preneurship. We learned teamwork, how the real business works and how to present our company. We're going to keep on working on our system for further success." Every year across Europe, the Startup programme engages over 14,000 students from 300 centres of higher learning, giving them the opportunity to experience running a business from top to bottom. Sup- porting European goals of improv- ing youth employability and the start-up ecosystem, the programme fosters key competences to ensure that students are prepared for suc- cess after university. They gain key understanding in self-employment, business creation, risk-taking and coping with adver- sity, all with the support of experi- enced business volunteers. "The strong passion, determina- tion, creativity and professionalism demonstrated by our young and motivated team members, have tru- ly left an impact on this year's jury members." said JAYE Malta CEO Julian Azzopardi After announcing the winners, Hans Daems, Head of Public Affairs at Hitachi Europe, who chaired this year's Jury, in a tweet said "#INTACT is very de- served winner of #jaEEC17. Great talent and very strong business plan. Well done to the youth of #Malta". INTACT was also awarded the Ro- schier Client in Focus Award, which recognises the JA Startup company which excels at creating value for their clients, listening to their clients and walking in their shoes to under- stand their world, anticipating and serving their changing needs. The INTACT team, composed of Katryna Briffa, Nicole Marie Cassar, Stephen Mintoff and Sam Hoiles, was accompanied in Helsinki by JAYE Malta CEO Julian Azzopardi and Programme Coordinator So- phie Back as well as the Principal of Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education Charles Theuma. The Startup Programme is offered to students aged 18 to 30 attend- ing tertiary education institutions, including University of Malta and Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education. The 2017/2018 edition of the Startup Programme, which shall coincide with the 30th anniversary celebrations from the setting up of JAYE Malta, shall kick off at the start of the next scholastic year. Any interested students or institu- tions who wish to participate in such edition are kindly requested to con- tact JAYE Malta by email on info@ jayemalta.org or call 2124 5054. Startup from Malta wins European Challenge in Helsinki INTACT is an innovative system to increase safety for motorcyclists The team from Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education celebrates winning the European Challenge Pursue a career in the tourism and hospitality industry – choose the institute of tourism studies The Institute of Tourism Studies offers a wide range of courses to ac- commodate individuals, aimed at meeting the changing needs of the travel, hospitality and tourism in- dustry. Students may now also fur- ther their studies with three newly launched degree programmes. The Institute of Tourism Stud- ies offers programmes of study at Certificate, Diploma, Higher Lev- els, and Degree Programmes for careers in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Hotel Operations, Accommodation Operations, Travel Agency Operations, Travel and Tourism, Tour Guiding and programmes of studies for cruise liners. Programmes of study are also offered in Food Preparation & Production and Food and Beverage Service. The Institute of Tourism Stud- ies (ITS) has announced that the registrations for the scholastic year 2017-2018 will be open between Monday 17 July to Friday 4 August for new applicants. Current ITS students, who intend to pursue their studies further, may apply between Monday 7 and Friday 11 August. For assistance during registration period with the application process and information about the courses, prospective applicants may contact the ITS Career Guidance Officer on +356 23793141 or guidance@its. edu.mt. Students are able to make use of student support services through- out the year, directing them to ser- vices including but not limited to Counselling and Career Guidance. Students can contact the Student Support on +356 23793210 or stu- dentsupport@its.edu.mt. 25 July 2017 9.30am Foundation in Hospitality and Tourism 26 July 2017 9.30am Travel and Tourism Programme (Certificate, Diploma and Higher National Diploma) 11.30am Rooms Division Programme (Certificate, Diploma and Higher National Diploma) 27 July 2017 9.30am Events and Leisure Programme (Certificate, Diploma and Higher National Diploma) 11.30am Food Preparation and Production Programme (Certificate, Diploma and Higher National Diploma) 28 July 2017 9.30am Higher National Diploma in Tour Guiding 31 July 2017 9.30am Higher National Diploma in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts for Cruise Liners; Higher National Diploma in Guest Service Operations for Cruise Liners; Higher National Diploma in Hotel Management Operations for Cruise Liners 1 August 2017 9.30am Bachelor in Culinary Arts (hons); Bachelor in Gastronomy (hons); Bachelor in International Hospitality Management (hons) Information sessions regarding the various programmes of study will be held at the Institute of Tourism Studies campus, St George's Bay, St Julians. Dates of sessions will be as follows: Malta represented at the Children's Olympics for the first time A team of seven swimmers from Verdala International Swimming Club are representing Malta for the first time at the 51st edition of the International Children's Games which are taking place in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. The seven swimmers are rep- resenting the town of Pembroke, home of Verdala International School, where the coach Galya Umnova and her swimmers are based. The team is truly interna- tional, with swimmers from six different countries – Malta, UK, Australia, USA, Czech Republic and Germany. The Children's Olympics, of- ficially known as the Interna- tional Children's Games (ICG), are an important annual global sporting event counting half a century of history, with tens of thousands of young athletes from more than 500 cities from around the world having taken part in its different disciplines. It is recognised by the Interna- tional Olympics Committee. Last year it took place at the New Taipei and the 2018 edition will be hosted by Jerusalem. The International Children's Games started as a vision of a physical education teacher in Slovenia and have since turned into a tremendous international movement. The 2017 games host 90 partic- ipating cities from 35 countries, including Australia, China, Ger- many, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand and the USA. There are 1,500 children aged 12 to 15 competing in eight sports: ath- letics, sailing, swimming, table tennis, beach volleyball, judo, basketball and football. The seven swimmers from Verdala International Swimming Club representing Pembroke at the ICG

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