As well as running Secondary School workshops and micro-workshops at public engagement events, we also run workshops with community groups. Well done to our team from Tyndall National Institute who ran a very well received workshop with the Girl Guides in Cork. The workshop was led by Veda Sandeep with help from Dimitra Psychogiou, ShreeContinue reading “Girl Guides”
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Researchers Night
For the first time our researchers at Trinity College Dublin took the lead to run a very busy stand at the European Researchers Night festival on campus in September. The European Researchers’ Night is the largest science outreach event in Europe. In 2024 and 2025, 58 projects ran across 25 countries. Universities and research institutes across EuropeContinue reading “Researchers Night”
Do You Want to Make a Battery?
For the third year in a row, the CCI team setup shop at the Dublin Maker festival for some public engagement. We returned to Richmond Barracks again where we met over 1,000 people over the two days. Well done to everyone from Trinity College Dublin and the Atlantic Technological University Sligo for their professionalism andContinue reading “Do You Want to Make a Battery?”
Community Spirit
After two years of enormous success at science events like the Cork Carnival of Science, Dublin Maker and Science Week, this summer we also delivered our popular public engagement activities at some community events in the North West of Ireland for the first time. At the end of June we hosted our micro workshops atContinue reading “Community Spirit”
Cork Carnival of Science 2024
For the third year in a row, we returned to the ever popular Cork Carnival of Science, held in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city. As always, there was a huge attendance over the two days, passing over 10,000 people. Thanks to Mervyn for having us there, it is great to have Lifetime Lab on ourContinue reading “Cork Carnival of Science 2024”
Cork Carnival of Science 2023
Our PhD ambassadors are key to the success of our Current Chemistry Investigators (CCI) project. As well as helping everyone learn more about green energy, we also provide tangible role models for budding young scientists. Our team of 8 brilliant PhD researchers from Trinity College Dublin & Atlantic Technological University Sligo “sparked conversations” with about 2000 people at the Cork CarnivalContinue reading “Cork Carnival of Science 2023”
Leinster School Workshops
Our Trinity College Dublin team have been extremely busy this academic year, with over 30 schools visited all over Leinster and some in Munster too. Here are a collection of photos from some of our most recent school visits to CBA Naas in Co. Kildare, Kilkenny College, Temple Carrig School in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, St.Continue reading “Leinster School Workshops”
Wrapping up for the Academic Year
Our first ever full academic year is now coming to an end with the last few workshops running through the month of May. It’s incredible that this time last year we were running our first pilot workshops in a handful of schools. From those tentative first steps we took on board all the advice providedContinue reading “Wrapping up for the Academic Year”
UCC Chemistry Collaboration
At the end of April we travelled down south for the first of many collaborations with the University College Cork (UCC) School of Chemistry for the UCC Access Programme. We ran our CCI secondary school workshop with a great bunch of Transition Year students in the science labs in UCC from multiple Cork schools. ItContinue reading “UCC Chemistry Collaboration”
ISTA Conference 2023
We made the trip to the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) in Limerick on the 1st of April for the 2023 Irish Science Teachers Association (ISTA) conference. Teacher support and professional development is a large part of our long term plans for the CCI project. By encouraging, enabling and supporting teachers in their teachingContinue reading “ISTA Conference 2023”
Current Chemistry Investigators (CCI) 