Tagged: STEM
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Ireland must secure political agreement on new European research funding, argues Sherlock News
09.05.2013 Ireland must secure an EU-wide deal for research funding for the European Union’s new programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020 before the end of its term as President...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Education -
Delve into casino life at new Science Gallery show Risk Lab (video) News
02.05.2013 What is your perception of risk? Want to learn more about the psychology and maths behind games such as roulette and poker? Well, the Science Gallery in Dublin has been... -
Large Hadron Collider replica and physicist Peter Higgs to visit Belfast News
01.05.2013 Over the coming days, visitors to Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) will be able to walk through a replica of a section of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel, the world’s most... -
Wicklow students to head to Texas for F1 in Schools world championships News
01.05.2013 A team of innovative students from St David’s Secondary School in Greystones, Co Wicklow, has scooped the national title in this year’s F1 in Schools Technology Challenge for... -
Free online Leaving Cert maths resource launches News
30.04.2013 Galway Education Centre and Athenry Maths Academy have teamed up with the Irish-based online learning company ALISON to launch a free interactive maths resource for students of... -
The 21st century workforce: skills gap & the STEM dilemma (infographic) News
24.04.2013 Employers have a long-term concern about filling 21st-century job openings because the workforce lacks skills, reveals a new infographic that takes a closer look at this skills... -
Students prepare for STEM Week by asking career questions News
22.04.2013 Next week will see the launch of STEM Week to give second-level students who are making their final CAO choices more insight into careers in science, technology, engineering and... -
NASA scientist talks Earth Day, climate change and sea ice News
18.04.2013 NASA climate scientist Dr Claire Parkinson has been working at the space agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center since 1978. She speaks to Carmel Doyle about Earth Day and her... -
Cork students to present science projects at SciFest event this Friday News
17.04.2013 Secondary school students from around Cork are preparing to showcase up to 150 science projects at a SciFest event at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) this Friday. The... -
CAO study shows increased interest in STEM at third level News
17.04.2013 A detailed analysis of applications for third-level study carried out by Dr Vivienne Patterson and Valerie Harvey of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) demonstrates a boosted... -
NASA engineer Nagin Cox in Belfast to talk about Mars Curiosity rover News
15.04.2013 NASA engineer Nagin Cox is in Belfast today to give a talk at Queen’s University about her work as part of the Mars Science Laboratory’s operations team behind the Curiosity... -
Researchers at UL pioneer sensor technology to improve radiation therapy News
15.04.2013 A team of researchers from University of Limerick (UL) is pioneering a new type of sensor technology that uses using real-time monitoring, with the goal of ensuring more... -
Women still under-represented in science and research – European Commission News
05.04.2013 While the proportion of female researchers in Europe is increasing, the under-representation of women in scientific disciplines and careers remains prevalent – that’s according... -
Women will play a key role in meeting the STEM shortage in US (infographic) News
02.04.2013 In the US, it’s estimated that about 1m additional STEM graduates will be needed to fill jobs in science, technology, engineering and maths over the next 10 years, and these... -
CoderDojo girls find confidence from the keyboards News
15.03.2013 CoderDojo offers an environment where children and teens can learn about coding and creating with technology. Claire O’Connell and her daughter, Niamh, take a look at it from... -
IWD at the RDS: breaking down stereotypes and barriers to women in STEM (video) News
12.03.2013 International Women’s Day has been and gone, but Silicon Republic’s Women Invent Tomorrow campaign has just begun. We spoke to visitors to Accenture Ireland’s International...