‘You’re the people the world’s been waiting for’

Students with entrepreneurial flair have been firmly assured by Oscar-winning producer-turned-educationalist David Puttnam: “You are the people the world has been waiting for.”

‘You’re the people the world’s been waiting for’

His inspirational message was delivered to more than 300 senior second-level students in West Cork taking part in a programme where they are encouraged to set up and run their own mini-enterprises.

Mr Puttnam, who sits in Britain’s House of Lords, was the keynote speaker for a conference ‘Leaders on Our Level’ organised for fourth and fifth-year students preparing for the West Cork Schools Enterprise Programme.

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