Events & Media

Eleven projects shortlisted for the National Heritage Awards 2019 | National Heritage Week 15-23 August 2020 Olivia Fitzmaurice and Aoife Guerin created a maths trail for the Ennis Friary, which has been shortlisted for a National Heritage award. See https://www.heritageweek.ie/news/eleven-projects-shortlisted-for-the-national-heritage-awards-2019 for further details. Maths trail/tour of Ennis Friary’ at Ennis Friary, Co. Clare. The tour for families explored Ennis Friary through the Continue Reading

“Congratulations to our 108 teachers from the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching who were conferred today at the University of Limerick. The PDMT, which is jointly accredited by the University of Limerick and NUI Galway, funded by the Department of Education and Skills and led by EPI*STEM, has now graduated over 1000 teachers since 2012. This is a fantastic Continue Reading

                                  Commencing in September 2020, UL will offer a new undergraduate programme for those wishing to become teachers of Mathematics and Computer Science. This programme would be suitable for any sixth year student interested in mathematics; modern technologies and computer systems who have a Continue Reading

In recent months, EPI STEM have been contracted by NALA to develop Guidelines for Good Practice for Adult Numeracy. The funding received will allow EPI STEM to conduct a literature review investigating current practices in the teaching and learning of numeracy among adult learners as well as the issues faced by both teachers and learners. They will also analyse data Continue Reading

                        In December 2019, Dr Niamh O’Meara, Dr Olivia Fitzmaurice and Dr Patrick Johnson were awarded further funding from Science Foundation Ireland [SFI] under their Discover Scheme to continue the work on the Career Mathways initiative. Career Mathways, is an exciting and novel initiative, which highlights the prevalence of Continue Reading

In November 2019 the Teaching Council announced the recipients of funding under the John Coolahan Research Support Framework initiative. This Framework offers support to teachers and others conducting new research, or sharing, synthesising or applying existing research in their practice, either independently or in collaboration with others. The Framework forms a key part of the Council’s Collaboration and Research for Ongoing Innovation [CROI] Research Continue Reading

The implementation of the SFI funded project STEMChAT has continued at EPI*STEM over the past few months. Female undergraduate STEM Champions from the WISTEM2D programme, EPI*STEM staff and Johnson & Johnson industry mentors have facilitated informal workshops with post-primary school students both in schools and community locations around County Limerick. To date, over 400 students have participated in this innovative Continue Reading

On October 24th 2019 the book Mathematical Modelling for Teachers: A practical guide to applicable mathematics education was launched in EPI STEM. This book was co-authored by Prof Juergen Maasz, Dr Niamh O’Meara, Dr Patrick Johnson and Prof John O’Donoghue and is a practical textbook that can be used by both pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers. The book speaks directly Continue Reading

Jillian White (PhD student under the supervision of Dr Patrick Johnson and Prof Merrilyn Goos) was awarded funding from the Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for her PhD project entitled “Reimagining Professional Development for Irish Mathematics Teachers”. The research study aims to design a professional development programme for Irish secondary school mathematics teachers that can impact Continue Reading

In the lead up to Maths Week 12th – 20th October 2019, the 7th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI-7) took place on St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin. The theme of the conference, Mathematical Literacy, throughout and beyond Education, was closely aligned with the work of EPI STEM and both Kathy O’Sullivan and Niamh O’Meara presented their research Continue Reading