Tagged: Maths & News
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Galway students to get a taste of aviation at Florida flight academy News
12.06.2013 Twelve students from Galway will have the chance to spend six days in Florida later this summer to carry out simulated aviation training at the National Flight Academy. The trip... -
Irish SME launches app to help students develop their maths skills News
07.06.2013 A new app called Symmetry School launched by the Dublin digital media company PixelSoup to help primary-school children develop their maths skills is proving to be a hit in... -
Finding solutions for maths and physics engagement among girls News
07.06.2013 This month thousands of students will turn over their maths and physics papers in State examinations. Are we doing enough to encourage young minds, and particularly young... -
Career memes of the week: teacher News
28.05.2013 For many former students, teachers - the subject of this week’s career memes - are among the first people who encouraged or inspired them to pursue a certain career path. -
Maths upskilling course for teachers in Ireland seeks applicants News
14.05.2013 A programme geared toward improving the skills of ‘out-of-field’ maths teachers at post-primary level is receiving up to €2m in funding from the Irish Government. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler inspires interactive Google Doodle News
15.04.2013 Internet search giant Google has given mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler the Google Doodle treatment today, on the 306th anniversary of his birth. -
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... -
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... -
Silicon Republic CEO launches Women Invent Tomorrow, seeks inspiring women in STEM News
08.03.2013 Today was a landmark day for Silicon Republic with the launch of our year-long campaign to highlight the role that women play in the areas of science, technology, engineering... -
Digital love: Valentine’s Day brings out the internet’s romantic side News
14.02.2013 Like any holiday, the arrival of Valentine’s Day comes with a flurry of memes and jokes for us to have a giggle at. But there’s also a softer side to the internet on show today,... -
Greenwave science programme launches for students to track spring’s arrival News
04.02.2013 The Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering initiative has launched this year’s Greenwave programme, which calls on primary school students to carry out nature and... -
UL secures €3m from SFI for research, including mathematical modelling News
25.01.2013 Researchers at University of Limerick (UL) have secured €3m from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as part of the €60m investment programme announced today by the science-funding...Categories: Software, Science, Research, Life Sciences, Investments, Graduate, Government, Energy, Economy -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 25-21 News
14.12.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Bio Tech -
Irish students score above international average in maths, science, literacy News
11.12.2012 Irish primary school students have scored above average in major international tests of maths, science and literacy, results published today show, however, Ireland did not make...Categories: Government, Education -
Ada Lovelace, world’s first computer programmer, inspires Google Doodle News
10.12.2012 Internet search giant Google is tipping its hat to the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace on the 197th anniversary of her birth with a Google Doodle on its homepage.