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The conferring of awards on the first graduands of the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching took place at the University of Limerick on the 24th of January 2015. Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan TD attended the ceremony which saw 288 teachers graduate from the two year part-time programme, devised as a targeted initiative for out-of-field teachers of Continue Reading

Sibel Erduran delivered two presentations at the Southern African Association for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Conference held in Maputo, Mozambique in January 2015. The titles of the presentations were: (a) Promoting pre-service teachers’ learning of argumentation in Rwanda, and (b) Pre-Service science teachers’ visual representations of scientific practices.

Biology for Today: Biotechnology for life Symposium for second level biology students is being run again this year on the 23rd of January at the University of Limerick from 10.30- 12.30pm. The aim of the symposium is to enrich students’ experience of Biology and Agricultural Science topics. It will also provide them with additional insights into Biotechnology for life. It Continue Reading

Sibel Erduran gave a keynote talk at the International Science Education Conference in Singapore in November 2014. The title of the talk was “From Lists in Pieces to Coherent Wholes: Revisiting the Nature of Science in Science Education."

The report “Student Evaluation of Mathematics Learning Support: insights from a large multi-institutional survey” was launched by the Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network (IMLSN) in Dublin City University (DCU) on Friday November 21st 2014. Dr. Olivia Fitzmaurice from the NCE-MSTL was an author and editor, along with Ciarán O'Sullivan (IT Tallaght), Ciarán Mac an Bhaird (Maynooth University) and Eabhnat Ní Continue Reading

The amazing resonance between the Mallow community, industries, third level institutes, researchers and local schools continues to bring the Mallow Maths and Science Fair to levels beyond expectations. Up to 4,500 visitors at yesterday’s fair experienced a trip to Space with Dr. Niamh Shaw’s My place in Space, a walk down the Alimentary Adventures Tunnel with the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre Continue Reading

Professor Fernando Blasco used magic to introduce mathematical topics to the 700 students from schools across Munster who attended the Concert Hall, University of Limerick.  Although magic tricks usually remain a secret, the patterns and the underlying ideas were more interesting than the tricks themselves.  At today’s talk the students and teachers were introduced to prime numbers, sudoku, knot theory, Continue Reading

As part of the celebration of its Golden Jubilee, the Institute of Biology of Ireland invites you to a keynote Public Lecture by Dr. Matthew Jebb entitled "Theories, Facts and Mind Games" in The National Botanic Gardens (Lecture Theatre) on Friday, October 17th 2014, at 7:30pm. Admission: Free In this lecture Dr Jebb will explore how some of our greatest understandings of the world have come Continue Reading

A record number of Physics teachers attended the Frontiers of Physics Annual Conference held in Dublin City University on Saturday September 27th. Minister Damien English, Minister of State for Skills, Research and Innovation opened the conference which was organised by the Institute of Physics Ireland in collaboration with Castel. EpiStem exhibited at the conference and met with Physics teachers and Continue Reading

Sibel Erduran gave an invited talk entitled "A new direction for "Nature of Science" studies in science education”  at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey on September 19, 2014