GMIT Student Wins at Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Network Awards

GMIT Student Wins at Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Network Awards

Tamara Jordan, a Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Science student, has won a prestigious national award at this year’s Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Network Awards. Tamara was one of 60 undergraduates presenting to a large virtual audience. Tamara’s research project examined the safety of daily use cosmetics. Tamara’s presentation, titled “Chemical characterisation of finished […]

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IICP College: Level 9 Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

IICP College: Level 9 Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

IICP College are delivering a Level 9 Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy online. The programme consists of four full teaching days, plus a half day tutorial spread out over four months. Learners have eight months to complete their clinical work and should be practicing therapists upon application. Learners will engage in both theoretical and practical […]

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Laboratory Apprenticeship Information Day

Laboratory Apprenticeship Information Day

The Laboratory Apprenticeship team and TU Dublin have announced an upcoming Apprenticeship Information Day. The event will take place on 6th February 2020 from 2pm to 4pm in the Synergy Building in TU Dublin, Tallaght campus. Date: 6th February 2020 Time: 14.00 to 16.00 Location: Synergy Building in TU Dublin, Tallaght About Laboratory Apprenticeship Information […]

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Space Careers Roadshow at NUI Galway

Space Careers Roadshow at NUI Galway

A career in space is closer than you think! For Science Week 2019, NUIG will host a Space Careers Roadshow on 22nd November in the Bailey Allen Hall. Space Careers Roadshow For Science Week 2019 and the Galway Science & Technology Festival, National University of Ireland Galway will host a Space Career Roadshow in conjunction […]

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Maynooth University Science Week

Maynooth University Science Week

Science Week 2019 runs nationwide from November 10th – 17th. All Maynooth University Science Week events are open to the public. Maynooth University Science Week Line Up Tuesday 12th | “The Bit Player”, a film by Mark A. Levinson “The Bit Player” 19.00 | Iontas Theatre, Iontas Building, Maynooth University A trailer and more information […]

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Graduate Career Information Evening in UL

Graduate Career Information Evening in UL

The Faculty of Science & Engineering at the University of Limerick has invited Secondary School pupils and parents to their Graduate Career Information Evening. Venue: Analog Devices Building, UL Date: Thursday, 24th October 2019 Time: 7-8pm sharp (Followed by refreshments) About the Graduate Career Information Evening The Faculty of Science & Engineering presents monthly Graduate […]

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Tipperary Festival of Science

Tipperary Festival of Science

Discover a world of wonder at the Tipperary Festival of Science (TFS) taking place from 10th-17th November as part of National Science Week. The festival, which was launched yesterday (17th October) in Monastery Primary School in Tipperary Town, will featuring an array of STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-based activities for all the family that will engage […]

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Frontiers of Physics 2019 to be held at WIT

Frontiers of Physics 2019 to be held at WIT

Frontiers of Physics is an annual 1-day conference for Physics teachers organised by the Institute of Physics in Ireland and this year it is being held on Saturday, 28 September at Waterford Institute of Technology (Cork Road campus). Date: 28 September, 2019 Time: 9:00 am – 16:30 pm Location: Auditorium, Cork Road Campus Cost: €30 per […]

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Surge in interest in Polish medical colleges

Surge in interest in Polish medical colleges

Over twenty students have already been accepted to prestigious Polish medical colleges this year before the Leaving Cert has even finished. Each year more school leavers are looking to add options for their future studies. The Leaving Cert exams finish on until Friday, 24th June, and every year they cause stress to students and their […]

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Open Days at the Polish Medical Universities

Open Days at the Polish Medical Universities

Over a dozen Irish students from Poland, including many from Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz initiated 3-day long celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day working together with Polish local authorities, the Irish Embassy and university officials. We invite all guidance counselors and students to visit prestigious Polish universities and get to know all programs they offer in […]

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Engaging with science, technology, engineering and maths

Engaging with science, technology, engineering and maths

Last Thursday, April 17, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton launched a three-year plan designed to get more students involved in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subject areas. But how does this plan aim to incentivise students to take up STEM subjects, and why is doing so important? Science Foundation Ireland’s […]

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Irish universities planning to get more women involved in physics

Irish universities planning to get more women involved in physics

The low level of female participation in physics is something that universities have been looking to address for some time, but a new rewards-based scheme aims to encourage more engagement – for men and women – through better practice. Three physics departments at Irish universities are already involved in the Juno initiative, which gives awards […]

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