Tagged: STEM
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Maths teachers in Ireland to get upskilling via new diploma News
25.05.2012 A new national initiative to upskill secondary school maths teachers in Ireland has been announced today by the Department of Education & Skills. Up to 400 places will be open... -
Science-2-Business forum to focus on business innovation News
23.05.2012 A new programme to show how scientific research can be commercialised will take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this July, but today marked the launch of...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Legal, Investments, Intellectual Property, Financial, Engineer, Energy, Career Advice -
BT calls on students to enter Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition News
23.05.2012 BT Ireland has launched the 2013 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, so students from around Ireland have until 1 October to enter their ideas and inventions. -
Primary schools get science and maths awards News
22.05.2012 Ireland’s national science promotion programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has given 420 primary schools awards in science and maths. -
French nanoscientist to speak in Dublin about gender and science News
18.05.2012 Anne Pépin from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France will be giving a free lecture in Dublin on Monday at the Alliance Française about gender and... -
Campaign to name new Dublin City bridge after Nobel physicist Ernest Walton News
17.05.2012 What better way to celebrate Dublin’s 2012 tenure as European City of Science than to name the new Marlborough Street bridge in the capital city after Ernest Walton, the Irish...Tags: Education, Government, Knowledge Economy, Science, Atom, Physics, Maths, STEM, TCD, Dublin City Council, Transport, Engineering -
A last push for STEM courses on CAO ‘change of mind’ forms News
01.05.2012 CAO applicants are being encouraged to consider the job prospects offered by science and technology courses as the ‘change of mind’ window opens today. -
Father of the internet Vint Cerf: we must save newspapers (video) News
27.04.2012 Business models that will help newspapers to survive need to be found because quality journalism is vital to a successful democracy, one of the ‘fathers of the internet’ Vint... -
World Intellectual Property Day: celebrating Irish innovators News
26.04.2012 Today is World Intellectual Property Day, a day that’s always celebrated on 26 April. Here we look at some of the scientific breakthroughs Irish pioneers have brought to the world.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Scientists and designers explore future of synthetic biology News
19.04.2012 Science Galley in Dublin is playing host to an interactive workshop this week where five designers from the Royal College of Art in London are working with five Irish scientists... -
Junior Achievement and Prometric to promote STEM subjects in schools News
17.04.2012 Junior Achievement Ireland is set to partner with test development and delivery firm Prometric to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in secondary...Categories: Science, Life Sciences, Graduate, Engineering, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Dara O Briain in science show School Of Hard Sums News
16.04.2012 Irish comedian Dara O Briain has been dabbling in a lot of science lately. Fresh from his hugely popular Stargazing show on the BBC, which he co-presented with Prof Brian Cox, O... -
Interactive maths app named Webby Awards honoree News
16.04.2012 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has been named an official honoree in the Experimental & Innovation category in the upcoming Webby Awards for its Fuse app to help school kids...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Mobile, Internet, Global CIO, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Scientists create first-ever working quantum network News
12.04.2012 A group of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany say they have built the world’s first elementary quantum network based on interfaces between...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Science, R&D, Mobility, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineer, Energy, Consumer Tech -
Students win TechnoDen prize for VisualEyes invention News
02.04.2012 A group of transition-year students have won the TechnoDen competition in Cork for their VisualEyes product, a portable visual aid that’s based on echolocation.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Computers, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Irish academic awarded honorary professorship in China News
30.03.2012 Prof Diarmuid Hegarty, the president of Griffith College, has been awarded an honorary professorship from the Beijing Information, Science and Technology University in China.... -
Students win summer university placements at science bootcamp News
29.03.2012 A team of five secondary school students who developed a project called 'Smart pipe: an automated water circulation anti-freezing system' have won the 2012 BT Young Scientist...Categories: Energy, Education, Engineer, Engineering, Graduate, Green, Green Tech, Internet, Life Sciences, Science, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Software Development -
Ireland signs science and tech MoU with Chinese govt News
27.03.2012 Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Ireland-China science and innovation... -
Young scientists start business bootcamp at UCD News
26.03.2012 Thirty-two second-level students from the island of Ireland have started a mentoring and innovation skills camp today at University College Dublin. The aim of the bootcamp,...