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Back from work experience of a lifetime in America

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Last year, SecEd and Lightspeed Systems offered a lucky student and teacher the chance to visit California to spend a week at the firm's HQ. The winning duo, from St Ciaran's College in Northern Ireland, describe their experience.

Winning the prize of a trip to Lightspeed Systems’ Californian HQ was an exciting opportunity, not only for A level student Maria McSorley but also for her teacher Anna St George.

Maria, an A level ICT student, would gain a week’s work experience with an international network security and web-filtering company, while ICT co-ordinator Anna would get an insight into the latest technologies being used in schools.

Lightspeed has bases in America and the UK and develops network security and management solutions for schools, including network security, internet filtering, monitoring and management. The company’s software is used in more than 2,000 school districts in the US, UK and Australia. The trip took place this summer when the duo, from St Ciaran’s College in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, jetted off to Bakersfield, California, where Lightspeed Systems’ US headquarters are based.

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