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UCD Summer School for 5th Year Science

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Claire Beegan

UCD Science Experience UCD will host the 2016 UCD Summer School from the 7th- 10th June. The Summer School is aimed at secondary school students who are just finishing 5th year, who may know what programme area they want to pursue at university, … Continue reading →

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Transition Year Engineering Programme

Posted on March 5, 2014 by CG

Engineering Your Future  is a week-long, hands-on programme, for Transition Year students who have an interest in science and maths.  It is designed to introduce them to the exciting and diverse world of engineering. For further information, and to apply, … Continue reading →

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Past Pupil Success

Posted on November 11, 2013 by CG

Congratulations to Claire O’Connell, class of 2009, who was presented with the Fryar Medal on receiving her Physics degree in DCU at the weekend. Also, receiving their Physics degrees from DCU were her Loreto Balbriggan classmates, Aisling Barrett and Anna … Continue reading →

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Nobel Laureate Lecture

Posted on March 29, 2012 by CG

On Thursday 29th March, Dr William Phillips, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 1997, gave a lecture in The Helix as part of the Nobel Laureate Lecture Series. The lecture, Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe, was a … Continue reading →

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Particle Physics Masterclass

Posted on March 12, 2012 by CG

As part of the International Masterclasses, UCD will be providing computing facilities, specialised software, and real data direct from the ATLAS experiment at CERN in order to allow secondary school students look for W bosons produced in the collision of … Continue reading →

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Public Physics Lectures

Posted on February 9, 2012 by CG

In celebration of Physics and Dublin’s status as European City of Science 2012, UCD School of Physics has teamed up with the Royal Dublin Society to bring some of the world’s leading physicists to speak in Dublin about the latest … Continue reading →

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