Irish ed-tech company CampusConnect shortlisted in PIEoneer awards

Irish ed-tech company, CampusConnect, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2020 PIEoneer awards.

The company was nominated by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and is the only Irish business to be shortlisted under the category Digital Innovation of the Year —Technology out of hundreds of entries from around the world.

The PIEoneer Awards, which take place online on Friday, 2 October, are the only global awards that celebrate innovation and achievement across the whole of the international education industry.

Under the Digital Innovation of the Year — Technology category, the awards invites entries from organisations in the sector to demonstrate how digital innovation is solving a problem faced by professionals working within the international education sector.

CampusConnect is an app which connects university applicants with current students and graduates of their course of interest. By helping students connect, this results in more enrolments, lower dropout, and more successful students.

The app is used by top Irish and UK universities to help recruit students at home and from overseas. As many classes in third-level institutions move online during the Covid-19 pandemic, community building for students has never been more important. CampusConnect can help with this as it allows students to start their college adventure right now.

Commenting on being shortlisted, Declan Sweeney, co-founder of CampusConnect said: “We are thrilled to have been shortlisted as a finalist in the PIEoneer awards. We could not have achieved this without the help and support we received from Gemma Smith and the international team at Liverpool John Moores University, and all the generous testimonials and words of support from each of the teams we work with in the UK and Ireland.” 

Commenting on the importance of community building for students, Declan added:

“With such limited opportunities for face-to-face interaction during Covid-19, it’s critically important that students find other ways to build important relationships when starting out in college or university. Students who are connected are more likely to succeed at third level.”

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