Education
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Scratch Competition Launched
The latest Scratch Competition has launched, run by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and supported by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre. The Scratch Competition promotes computing and software development at both primary and secondary school levels.
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ICS supporting Longford County Council’s ‘Computer Science for Leaving Cert’ Initiative
Longford County Council is committed to supporting every secondary school in Longford to introduce Computer Science as a leaving certificate subject, making Longford the first county in Ireland to do so.
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ICS at the ‘Women in Tech’ Fast Track Into Technology Event
Lucy Hayes, our Partnership Development Manager, represented ICS at the second annual Fast Track Into Technology (FIT) ‘Women in Technology’ event in November. Aimed at inspiring secondary school girls into careers in technology and STEM, the event brought together hundreds of girls and their teachers with professionals and organisations in technology and affiliated sectors.
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Scratch Coding Competition Launch 2023/2024
The 2024 Scratch Competition will launch today, Friday the 10th November, one week before Science Week. Run by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and supported by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the Scratch Competition promotes computing and software development at both primary and secondary school levels. Since the inception of the…
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TU Dublin Students Create Innovative Tech-Based Solutions to Tackle Healthcare Issues
Students studying a range of Computing, Digital and Data courses at TU Dublin have spent two days brainstorming technological solutions affecting patient well-being during the third annual health hackathon in association with Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS).