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PDST YEOTY CPD November 2022 In case you missed the annual CPD event for teachers that are interested in entering students into the Young Economist of the Year Competition, you can find all the resources here! ​ Below you will find recordings from all the speakers from the day, and their various presentations. ​ We hope you find them useful in your preparations. If you have any questions regarding anything you see below or anything else relating to the competition, please email youngeconomist@pdst.ie and we will get back to you as soon as we can Click here for Information Flyer about YEOTY 2023 Recording Part 1 Dr Rachel Farrell and Prof Rowena Pecchenino Dr Rachel Farrell some stimulus to help inspire teachers and students along with some helpful resources. Rachel is a former deputy director of the PDST and co-founder of the Young Economist of the Year. Rachel supported schools in the areas of economics and the business subjects as well as the use of digital technologies while with the PDST. Prior to this Rachel was a teacher of economics for over 20 years. Currently Rachel is assistant professor of initial teacher education in the school of education in UCD. ​ Prof Rowena Pecchenino from Maynooth University presents information on how to conduct research, and cite sources correctly. Click here for the slides from Rachel's presentation Click here for the slides from Rowena's presentation Advice from the Judging Panel Dr Kevin Denny Kevin studied economics at University College Dublin and Oxford University. He was a senior researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London before returning to take up an academic post in UCD in 1992. He is now associate professor and Head of School in the UCD School of Economics. His research interests include labour markets, education and the economics of health. Click here for the slides from this presentation Recording Part 2 Enda Keenan, Central Bank of Ireland Enda Keenan is an Economist with the Central Bank of Ireland. Enda presented on the role of the Central Bank and discussed inflation in our economy. Click here for the slides from this presentation Other Resources The PDST Economics Team have created a useful Padlet of Resources, both from the CPD day and other links that may be helpful to teachers and students in their preparations. Below is a link to the Padlet Click here for the link to the Padlet

YEOTY 2022 Winners Here you will find the complete archive of YEOTY 2022, including the programme, highlights video and the winning projects! YEOTY Programme 2022 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2022 please click the button below Download YEOTY 2022 National Awards Ceremony See below a video showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the O'Reilly Hall in UCD on 28th April 2022. Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony Winning Projects Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2022. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more entries from 2022! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2022 Name of Student: Grace Keaveney Teacher: Caitriona Nagle School: Loreto College, St Stephen's Green Project Title: Is the Fair Deal Scheme actually fair? Cash Prize: €500 Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2022 Name of Students: David Oskwarek Teacher: Colette O'Callaghan School: Davis College, Mallow Project Title: Circular Economic Models: Assessing the Proposed Circular Economy Bill 2021 and the Validity of the Implication of Circular Economies Cash Prize: €200 Click here to view the project See More Entries from previous years

YEOTY 2024 Information on YEOTY 2024 is out now! Click the button below for more information about YEOTY 2024! ​ ​ ​ The 2024 Teacher CPD session to support mentoring students took place online on Thursday 9th November 2023. Recordings and resources can be found by clicking the link below. ​ ​ The portal for submitting entries will open in mid February 2024. The deadline for submitting entries will be on 1st March 2024. The Awards Ceremony will take place on the 8th May 2024 in the University of Limerick. Click here for information on YEOTY 2024 Click here for resources from the CPD Day About Oide Young Economist of the Year YEOTY, as it has become affectionately known, is now in its tenth year and is developing into a significant national awards event for the enjoyment and promotion of economics. Commencing in 2013, the initiative has grown from strength to strength with an increasing number of participants and an improved level of quality each year. The national awards event rotates amongst the major third-level institutions in Ireland. The first YEOTY was hosted by the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Maynooth University in 2013. Each year economics teachers across the country attend a professional learning day organised by Oide in association with members of the Irish Economics Association (IEA) to learn about the latest developments in economics in order to enhance their own knowledge and in turn that of their students. Teachers then work with students on inquiry-based projects to be submitted to the annual Young Economist of the Year competition organised by Oide. In inviting students to explore real life issues through their projects, it is an excellent medium to facilitate students in developing greater economic literacy and to understand how economics relates to their everyday lives and future. Researching economic issues in this way empowers students to develop knowledge and skills that can be applied to many areas of life and further study. Submissions to YEOTY have demonstrated a clear understanding that economics is about our choices and behaviours and how these impact on our individual lives, our country, global economies and on the planet we share. The purpose of the YEOTY awards is to showcase, acknowledge and celebrate the work of students and teachers in planning, preparing and sharing their projects. The Oide Young Economist of the Year (YEOTY) national awards, is an initiative of Oide. Oide is the largest teacher support service in Ireland serving approximately 35,000 post-primary teachers of which approx. 1,500 are business and economics teachers. Oide is funded by the Teacher Education Section (TES) of the Department of Education and Skills (DES). The DES fund the Oide Young Economist of the Year awards as part of the continuing professional development of teachers of business and economics. YEOTY partners include members of the Irish Economics Association (IEA) the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES), the Central Bank of Ireland, the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment and economics and education departments in all of the major third level institutions in Ireland. Each partner contributes to the continuing professional development of economics teachers, evaluates projects and sponsors prizes for the awards. YEOTY is a shining example of the high level of commitment from students and their teachers to the study of economics and the types of partnerships in education being encouraged and enabled by the Department of Education and Skills. How to get involved in YEOTY • Participating schools may hold their own internal competition and may choose a maximum of three projects per class to submit to YEOTY. • The projects are submitted online in February/March through the portal on www.youngeconomist.ie • The shortlisted projects are invited to attend the YEOTY awards in a leading university, rotating around supporting universities annually). • There are various awards for sections re sponsor interest groups – e.g. Central Bank award; IGEES award etc. ​

YEOTY Impact Stories is a project compiled by UCD School of Education and UCD School of Economics where they found out what previous winners of YEOTY are doing now and what impact YEOTY had on their lives. ​ Below is a collection of videos from these past winners and some of their teachers. These short videos tell the story of what they have been doing since their wins at YEOTY. Stephen Fowler Stephen Fowler (YEOTY 2017 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Diane Sheehy Diane Sheehy (YEOTY 2018 Awardee) speaks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Ellen McHugh Ellen McHugh (YEOTY 2018 awardee) talks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Jake Weldon Jake Weldon (YEOTY 2017 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Alex Barry Alex Barry (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and its impact it had on his life. Hugo Phelan Hugo Phelan (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Amy Bellew Amy Bellew (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Maksim Webb Maksim Webb (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Shane Kirwan Shane Kirwan (Economics Teacher) talks about his experience guiding students through YEOTY and shares his thoughts about the competition. Martin Murphy Martin Murphy (Economics Teacher) talks about his experience guiding students through YEOTY and shares his thoughts about the competition.

Oide Young Economist of the Year Welcome to the website of the Oide Young Economist of the Year Award! ​ This site is your one-stop shop to find out everything you need to know about the Oide Young Economist of the Year Competition, or YEOTY as it has become affectionately known. ​ On this website, you can find out information about our partners, past entries and what the competition is. To find out more about YEOTY click the link below. ​ Find Out More YEOTY 2024 National Awards Ceremony See below a link showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the University Concert Hall in University of Limerick on 8th May 2024. Click here to see more from the 2024 Awards Ceremony YEOTY Programme 2024 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the Young Economist of the Year Awards 2024 please click the button below Download Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony YEOTY 2025 Information on YEOTY 2025 will be released in the new academic year. If you want to start your preparations early, click the button below for more information about YEOTY 2024! ​ ​ ​ The 2024 Teacher CPD session to support mentoring students took place online on Thursday 9th November 2023. Recordings and resources can be found by clicking the link below. A date for the 2025 CPD session will be announced in the new school year ​ ​ ​ The portal for submitting entries will open in January 2025. The deadline for submitting entries will be late February/early March 2025. The Awards Ceremony will take place on 7th May 2025 in ATU. Click here for information about YEOTY 2024 Click here for resources from the CPD day Get in Touch info@youngeconomist.ie Submit Thanks for submitting! Oide would like to extend sincere thanks to the Teacher Education Section at the Department of Education for their ongoing support and funding of this initiative.

YEOTY 2023 Winners Here you will find the complete archive of YEOTY 2023, including the programme, highlights video and the winning projects! YEOTY Programme 2023 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2023 please click the button below Download YEOTY 2023 National Awards Ceremony Below is a video showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the O'Reilly Hall in UCD on 28th April 2023. Below is a video specially commemorating 10 years of YEOTY Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony Winning Projects Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2023. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more entries from 2023! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2023 Name of Student: Holly Hewson Teacher: Fabian Mak School: Rathdown School Project Title: (P)in(k)flation: Do rapid inflation rates widen gender inequality in Ireland? Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2023 Name of Students: Benedict O'Sullivan, Michael Owens, Kevin Cooney Teacher: Mairead O'Sullivan School: Glenstal Abbey School Project Title: DRS- Can money back economics deliver change for good. Click here to view the project Click here to view the winners of the Special Interest Awards Click here to view the winners of the Year Group Awards See More Entries from previous years

YEOTY 2020 Virtual National Awards Ceremony Due to Covid-19, our planned awards ceremony in UCD could not take place. Instead, we will be holding our virtual awards ceremony 'live' on Friday 19th June @ 11 a.m. The live ceremony can be viewed on YouTube on the link below or you can watch it here! ​ The winning entries can be found below. Click here to watch the Live Awards Ceremony YEOTY Programme 2020 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2020 please click the button below Download PDST Young Economist of the Year 2020 Winning Entries Overall Young Economist of the Year Faolán Ó Cathmhaoil from Coláiste Oiriall, Monaghan Project: The Economic Sustainability of Index-Funds for Equity Markets Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Cionna Description: A report which looks at the rise in popularity of passive index funds and ETFs as investment vehicles in equity markets in recent years. I look at why these funds have become so popular, the benefits they provide for investors, some risks they might pose in terms of price efficiency, liquidity, and governance, and whether they might play a role in the next financial crisis as some critics have claimed. Click here to view the project Central Bank of Ireland Award Giulia Baratta from St. Andrew’s College, Dublin Project: Pandemics and the Economy: How can Central Banks Respond? Teacher: James Doyle Description: An analysis of how major central banks reacted to the world economic crisis that happened in the wake of the COVID epidemic in China. How complex and interconnected world economies and supply chains are and how central banks can support demand and production through monetary channels. Click here to view the project IGEES Award Aoife Walshe, Meadhbh Quinn, Ella Seery & Elizabeth Hutchinson from Mount Sackville Secondary School, Dublin Project: The Impact of the use of Supermarket Vouchers on the Environment and our Economy Teacher: Olga Owens Description: Climate Change has become a huge part of our lives in the past few years. One contributing factor to climate change is food wastage. We wanted to take a look as an aspect we felt might have a knock-on effect: vouchers. We also wanted to investigate whether or not these vouchers are tricking the consumer into buying more than they necessarily want. Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year Tom Knoblauch from St. Brendans Project: Can Economics help to save our world? Teacher: Eimear Buckley Click here to view the project

PDST YEOTY CPD November 2021 In case you missed the annual CPD event for teachers that are interested in entering students into the Young Economist of the Year Competition. ​ Below you will find recordings from all the speakers from the evening, and their various presentations. ​ We hope you find them useful in your preparations. If you have any questions regarding anything you see below or anything else relating to the competition, please email youngeconomist@pdst.ie and we will get back to you as soon as we can Click here for Information Flyer about the CPD Evening Full Recording of the CPD Evening Advice from the Judging Panel Dr Kevin Denny Kevin studied economics at University College Dublin and Oxford University. He was a senior researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London before returning to take up an academic post in UCD in 1992. He is now associate professor and Head of School in the UCD School of Economics. His research interests include labour markets, education and the economics of health. Click here for the slides from this presentation Developing Creative Lines of Inquiry with a Sound Economic Focus Dr Bruno Morando Bruno joined the University of Maynooth as a lecturer in September 2021. Before that, he was an adjunct assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin and a research economist at Indecon Economic Consultants. Bruno holds a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, a Masters in Economics from the University of Bologna and a BSc in Business and Economics from the University of Verona. Bruno’s research interests include Development and Agricultural Economics and he has taught a wide array of different economics courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Click here for the slides from this presentation Suporting Students in Working with Data Shane Kirwan Shane is an advisor with PDST in the areas of senior cycle economics and business as well as the leaving certificate vocational programme and is currently on secondment to PDST from Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach. Shane has been supporting teachers of economics with the implementation of the new subject specification since 2019. Click here to view the slides from the presentation Data Visualisation Journey Darren Lawlor Darren Lawlor is a Senior Parliamentary Researcher (Economics) with the Oireachtas Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) within the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS). An economics and public policy graduate of Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, Darren has previously worked in policy, communications and advocacy roles within the Department of An Taoiseach, Public Affairs Ireland and European Movement Ireland. In his current role, Darren has led the development of in-house data visualisation capacity since 2015 and is the PRS Data Visualisation Team lead. Darren is also the current chair of the Ireland/UK Inter-Parliamentary Visualisation Network (IPVIS), a collaborative network of parliamentary research units across these islands. Click here to view the slides from the presentation Click here for Part 2 of the Video Update on Resources Dr Rachel Farrell Rachel is a former deputy director of the PDST and co-founder of the Young Economist of the Year. Rachel supported schools in the areas of economics and the business subjects as well as the use of digital technologies while with the PDST. Prior to this Rachel was a teacher of economics for over 20 years. Currently Rachel is assistant professor of initial teacher education in the school of education in UCD. Click here for the slides from the presentation Other Resources Click here for a pdf of lots of links that may be useful for you

Young Economist of the Year 2023 Photo Gallery All photos were taken by Paul Moore Photography. www.paulmoorephotography.ie

YEOTY 2023 Special Interest Award Winners Below are the winning project entries for the 2023 Special Interest Awards at the Young Economist of the Year Awards Ceremony. They are listed below in the order they were presented at the Awards Ceremony UCD Award Best Use of Policy in a Project Name of Student: Hugh O'Sullivan Sexton Teacher: Eva Acton School: Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar Project Title: The Economy of Cannabis Click here to view the project Maynooth University Award Best Use of Economic Concepts Name of Student: Junjia Li Teacher: Ronan Murdock School: The Institute of Education Project Title: Refugee immigrants: Assets or Burdens? What policies should we adopt? Click here to view the project University of Galway Award Economic Sustainability Name of Students: Jack Gleeson & Ana Bucur Teacher: Michelle Woulfe School: John the Baptist Community School Project Title: Could History Repeat itself? A forecast of the British Economy following Truss's Mini Budget based on comparisons with the "Iron Lady" Click here to view the project Technological University of Dublin Award Creativity Award Name of Student: Amelie O'Connor Teacher: John Lowndes School: Tullamore College Project Title: How can Pokemon be used as an educational tool for Economics Click here to view the project University of Limerick Award Inclusion in Economics Name of Student: Holly Hewson Teacher: Fabian Mak School: Rathdown School Project Title: (P)in(k)flation: Do rapid inflation rates widen gender inequality in Ireland Click here to view the project Munster Technological University Award Spirit of YEOTY Name of Students: Rania Alaorfi & Julia Dluzniewska Teacher: Martin Murphy School: Coláiste Chiaráin Project Title: Are we relying too much on corporation tax? Click here to view the project Trinity College Dublin Award Circular Economy Award Name of Student: Cillian Duignan Teacher: Kate Sheils School: Coláiste Choilm Swords Project Title: Circularity and a Sustainable Ireland Click here to view the project Atlantic Technological University Award Environmental Sustainability Award Name of Students: Benedict O'Sullivan, Michael Owens & Kevin Cooney Teacher: Mairéad O'Sullivan School: Glenstal Abbey School Project Title: Deposit Return Scheme - Can money-back Economics deliver change for good Click here to view the project CSO Award Best Use of Data Award Name of Students: Alexia D'Arcy and Keelin O'Carroll Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: The Irish Housing Crisis: an issue of supply or demand? Click here to view the project Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Sercive (IGEES) Award Irish Government Policy Award Name of Students: Vedh Kannan, Thomas Forbes and Will Carkner Teacher: Matthew Taylor School: Sutton Park School Project Title: Driving Change: The Potential for Congestion Pricing in Irish Cities Click here to view the project Central Bank of Ireland: Silver Award Monetary Policy/Irish Economy Name of Student: Eva Cotter Teacher: Paula Fitzsimons School: St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk Project Title: What is the economic impact of inflation on homelessness in Ireland Click here to view the project Central Bank of Ireland: Gold Award Monetary Policy/Irish Economy Name of Students: Callum Hughes Teacher: Mairéad O'Sullivan School: Glenstal Abbey School Project Title: Energy Challenges/crisis in Ireland: Why are we so energy dependant on other countries and what can we do about it? Click here to view the project