Irish Students Triumph at World’s Largest Science Fair
A total of 3 awards - 2 special awards and 1 category award - were picked up by Irish students attending the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), last week in Phoenix, Arizona.
BBC Announces the Micro Bit – A Personal Coding Device for Every Child
The BBC has announced a major project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, which aims to give a million "personal coding devices" free to every child in year 7 across the UK (corresponding to first year
Ministers Announce Completion of HEAnet High Speed Broadband Programme for Second Level Schools
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, and the Minister for Communications Alex White TD, today announced that the roll-out of high-speed (100Mbps) broadband to all post-primary schools has been completed, after the final
Irish Schools Compete to Design a Satellite in a Can
How big is a satellite? Well it doesn't need to be any bigger than a drink can, according to the organisers of a competition for Irish schools, launched today by former NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Colonel Johnson is President and
Mathletes Khan Academy Challenge for Irish Schools is Back
Mathletes is back, the competition for Irish schools using the online teaching resource Khan Academy. Last year, 3,862 students spent 955,210 minutes on mathematics exercises and videos: here's a breakdown on participation by county. This year
Winners of Schools’ Science Video Competition Announced
The winners of the €3000 schools science video competition, ReelLIFE SCIENCE, are today announced as part of Science Week 2014. The primary school category winners are Sooey National School, Co. Sligo, with Julien Torrades from Summerhill
