BDO Northern Ireland's innovative mentoring programme is a three-part programme providing high achieving students the opportunity of work experience and summer placements. It gives students an opportunity to learn the basics of accountancy and develop professional skills whilst working with a range of successful Northern Irish businesses.

The Prize has been renamed the BDO Award in Memory of Micéal Murphy, a former recipient of the award who sadly passed away in 2015. In dedicating the award to Miceal’s memory, BDO NI believes his enthusiasm will live through the current and future student award recipients.  

The award details will be announced and explained in the class room. Winners will also be announced in the classroom and prize days at Queen's University Belfast.

The work experience and summer placements awarded as part of the prize itself will take place in the BDO Northern Ireland offices in Belfast.

This prize is awarded to the top 3 Financial Accounting module students who score the highest in their assessments in first year.

The top 3 performing students in their assessments will be awarded the prize after their first semester.

Summer placements and work experience will mostly be held during holiday periods.

BDO Northern Ireland support and host a number of mock interviews for 2nd year students taking part in the Career Entrepreneurship module as part of the Financial Accounting and Financial Investment Analysis courses at Ulster University.

This prize will award the best performing student in these interviews with a monetary award and an opportunity to take up work experience and a summer placement at BDO.

The scheduled interviews, award details and winner will be announced in the class room at Ulster University.

The work experience and summer placement awarded as part of the prize will take place in the BDO Northern Ireland offices in Belfast.

This prize is awarded to the top performing 2nd year student in the mock interviews that form part of the Career Entrepreneurship module taken by Financial Accounting and Financial Investment Analysis course students.

WHEN?

The BDO mock interviews will take place during November (subject to course details).