We are the Highest School in Limerick,
and 2nd Highest School in Ireland, with
15 PROJECTS ACCEPTED THIS YEAR
into the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2016!
BT Ireland announced last week that a record number of schools in the Republic of Ireland have entered the 2016 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
A total of 371 schools in the Republic submitted projects for the January 2016 exhibition which represents 51% of all secondary schools. This is an increase of 28 schools or 8% of schools since the previous exhibition.
The 52nd BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition has attracted a total of 2,048 entries from the island of Ireland with 4,449 students submitting their finest ideas and innovations for consideration across the science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects. In addition, BT Ireland announced that the gender split of entrants this year is 62% female, and 38% male.
A total of only 550 projects are accepted into this prestigious competition. The projects are selected based on calibre of work submitted. Desmond College is the most represented school in Limerick for the 5th year in a row.
With 15 projects accepted Desmond College is the 2nd most represented school in all of Ireland, for the second year in a row. This is no surprise to the students and staff of Desmond College. With the calibre and quality of the students attending the school, we expect nothing less.
A profile of each project will be published here in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
The 2016 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
begins on January 6th 2016 in the RDS Dublin.