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Over the half-term break, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), will be holding the annual Samhain agus Science mini-festival, which brings together researchers from DIAS…

As part of the 2012 Dublin City of Science Festival, the Institute of Physics in Ireland(IOPI) are proud to announce that they will be hosting a ‘Physics High Flyers’ event on Saturday May 5th in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2.

UCD are having a Maths Week evening of events on Tuesday 13th October in the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Admission is FREE but pre-booking is essential. Visit the National Maths Week Evening page to register.

Lecturers from the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics will be running interactive workshops about the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Geometrical Revolution. The Head of School will also give a talk on our activities. Please visit our Transport & Maps page for information on getting to UCD.

The UCD Earth Institute, in association with An Cosán Glas, is delighted to announce Earth Festival, an exciting merging of art and science. You and your school are invited to the exhibition presented in Letterkenny Town Park on 11th-13th November 2014 as part of Ireland’s National Science Week.

You can get more information or book your school in to the event by phoning Edward on 01 716 2681.

Demand has been very high and there are only spaces free on the Wednesday morning (12th) and on Thursday (13th)

The experience, which is suitable for inquisitive minds of all ages, is being specifically developed for young people between the ages of 12 and 16.

The Donegal-based artist group An Cosán Glas will be exhibiting a series of specially commissioned illuminated sculptures at the Letterkenny Town Park as part of Science Week. The inspiration for the sculptures comes from interactions with doctoral researchers on the Earth and Natural Sciences Doctoral Studies Programme.

To compliment the sculpture trail, as series of workshops and seminars are being prepared and delivered by the artists of An Cosan Glas and staff and researchers from University College Dublin and Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

If you would be interested in learning more about the project or would like to register your interest in attending, please email earth.institute@ucd.ie to join our mailing list. To help with planning and logistics, we would appreciate it if large groups would pre-register with us. Details are available on request.

The project has been generously supported by Science Foundation Ireland, Donegal County Council, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ealaín na Gaeltachta, the Earth and Natural Sciences Doctoral Studies Programme and the UCD College of Science.

The generosity of these sponsors and supporters means that we are in a position to offer a number of school groups priority entry to the event and to provide financial assistance with transport to and from your school. Again, if you are interested in learning more, please email your details to earth.institute@ucd.ie.

Explore concepts of Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology using Bats – suitable for TY Science.

This project was funded by SFI Discover, UCD Earth Institute and European Research Council. The book is now available from our website (http://www.ucd.ie/scienceforschools), FREE to all secondary schools.

UCD has also launched a Science Video Competition for Irish secondary school students http://www.ucd.ie/scienceforschools/video_competition.html