Tagged: Mathematics
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Brilliant minds: women and girls in mathematics (infographic) News
16.04.2013 Men and women are just wired differently. It’s because of stereotypes. Men are just better at the subject. These are reasons that have been given as to why more men pursue... -
Viral videos of the week – 17/03/2013 News
17.03.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a faked but widely shared prank, a lesson in internet speak as Gaeilge, a... -
Ireland needs data scientists: EMC makes the case for STEM courses News
29.05.2012 EMC has warned that Ireland could face a skills shortage in big data analytics, whereas a commitment to education in this area could make the country a worldwide data hub.Tags: Enterprise, Jobs, Skills, Training, Leaving Certificate, Mathematics, Education, Engineering, Technology, Science, Big Data, EMC -
Ireland reveals rich scientific history News
07.11.2011 Robert Boyle, Ernest Walton, William Rowan Hamilton, Ellen Hutchins and Cynthia Evelyn Longfield are some of the many scientists who shaped Irish history and marked the path...Tags: Science November, Scientists, Ireland, Chemistry, Medical, Astronomy, Physics, Engineering, Computer science, IT, Mathematics, -
HMH launches Number Stax game to boost maths skills News
18.01.2012 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has launched Number Stax, a puzzle game app designed in Dublin aimed at students aged 12 and over to help them develop their maths skills. -
NASA helps launch 2012 FIRST robotics competition News
09.01.2012 US space agency NASA has helped lift off an international robotics competition aimed at developing a new generation of technology leaders. -
John McCarthy, AI pioneer and Lisp inventor, dies News
25.10.2011 John McCarthy, a computer scientist who invented the Lisp programming language and a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), has died aged 84.Categories: IT Organisation, Development -
Google Doodle honours lawyer and mathematician Fermat News
17.08.2011 Internet search giant Google is tipping its hat to lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat today, with a Google Doodle on its homepage resembling a chalkboard. -
Leaving Cert honours maths uptake hits record low - report News
07.06.2011 Just 10,435 students have registered to undertake the higher-level maths Leaving Cert exam this week, the lowest figure ever recorded by the State Exams Commission. -
UCC spin-out ThinkSmart plans to create 30 jobs News
29.10.2010 A spin-out firm born out of highly advanced research at UCC is planning to create 30 new jobs. It has invented a system that mixes maths and artificial intelligence to analyse... -
Trinity launches new degree course in nanoscience News
13.09.2010 Trinity College Dublin has announced a new course, allowing students to study nanoscience at an undergraduate level. -
Mathematicians to solve industry problems at UL News
02.07.2010 A week-long intensive problem-solving challenge involving industry and academic collaboration has begun at University of Limerick (UL). -
CJ Fallon launches e-learning platform for primary maths News
02.06.2010 Publisher CJ Fallon has launched a version of a digital learning programme called Destination Maths, which was developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt specifically for Irish...Categories: Education -
12 Irish primary schools to embrace European-wide science, maths project News
15.06.2010 The European-wide Fibonacci Project was launched in Ireland today by Discover Science and Engineering and St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. -
493 primary schools get Science & Maths Excellence award News
08.06.2010 As part of the Discover Primary Science programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has announced that 493 primary schools around Ireland have received an Award of Science... -
Only 40pc of Irish teens plan to work in maths or tech jobs News
08.06.2010 Despite 60pc of Irish 12-to-14-year-olds revealing they plan to set up their own business, a mere 40pc say they plan to work in maths or technology-related areas. -
Almost half of post-primary maths teachers not qualified for job News
17.02.2010 Forty-eight per cent of post-primary teachers of mathematics in Irish schools “did not have a mathematics teaching qualification”, a survey carried out by the University of...Categories: Government, R&D -
Close to 1,600 entries for BT Young Scientist 2010 News
06.11.2009 A record number of projects from 329 schools across the 32 counties have been submitted for the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition taking place in January 2010.Categories: R&DTags: IBM, BT, Intel, TCD, UCD, Bank of Ireland, Engineers Ireland, Chris Clark, Technology, Engineering, Bord Gais, Mathematics, -
Irish-based employers say maths skills don’t add up News
15.12.2008 Improving maths skills is critically important to the Irish economy, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) warned today as it issued proposals to put Ireland at the...Categories: R&D