Comments on: Countdown to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition http://www.myscience.ie/2010/01/countdown-to-the-bt-young-scientist-technology-exhibition/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:16:43 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eamon http://www.myscience.ie/2010/01/countdown-to-the-bt-young-scientist-technology-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Eamon Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:34:18 +0000 http://www.myscience.ie/?p=664#comment-1019 As some one who has tremendous admiration for the BTYSE and having just attended with a group of students my 9th exhibition, I would like to particularly commend BT for their VERY SIGNIFICANT financial and especially logistical support for the event... having seen many of their volunteer staff members over the past many years I know well that the same people return every year and are amazingly generous with their time and commitment to the activity. I am hoping that BT maintain their link indefinitely - I personally feel that they'll probably want to take it to the 50th anniversary and hope that the support of DES/Irl Gov, RTE and the media in general will give them a business case to continue beyond this period. I have a comment on last nights results that some readers might find interesting : I believe that 329 schools were accepted to the competition finals and what is very positive in the results (Overall and Category*) is their distribution by school (apologies in advance for any errors in my count ): Of 76 Higher Level Awards: Only 1 school got 3 awards : Loreto College Coleraine The following schools had two winners each: Abbey Christian Bros (Newry?) Blackwater Comm School, Waterford St Vincents Secondary School, (Co?) Kinsale Conmmunity School, Cork Colaiste Muire, Crosshaven, Cork Scoil Muire Gan Smal, Blarney, Cork Gonzaga College, Dublin Alexandra College , Dublin. This means that 55 other schools received higher level awards making a total of 66 schools winning such awards ie almost 20% of all schools accepted to the RDS . Many other schools received Special Commendations. Hence it can be seen that our young people are demonstrating their scientific talents across the country and the impact of the BTYSE is very widespread. ( Given the complexity of the judging process and timescales involved I am certain that this distribution was purely driven by individual merit vs any desire to force a distribution which I know for certain (for other reasons) BT would not want). Great hope for the future. Best Wishes Eamon As some one who has tremendous admiration for the BTYSE and having just attended with a group of students my 9th exhibition, I would like to particularly commend BT for their VERY SIGNIFICANT financial and especially logistical support for the event… having seen many of their volunteer staff members over the past many years I know well that the same people return every year and are amazingly generous with their time and commitment to the activity. I am hoping that BT maintain their link indefinitely – I personally feel that they’ll probably want to take it to the 50th anniversary and hope that the support of DES/Irl Gov, RTE and the media in general will give them a business case to continue beyond this period.

I have a comment on last nights results that some readers might find interesting :

I believe that 329 schools were accepted to the competition finals and what is very positive in the results (Overall and Category*) is their distribution by school (apologies in advance for any errors in my count ):

Of 76 Higher Level Awards:

Only 1 school got 3 awards : Loreto College Coleraine

The following schools had two winners each:

Abbey Christian Bros (Newry?)
Blackwater Comm School, Waterford
St Vincents Secondary School, (Co?)
Kinsale Conmmunity School, Cork
Colaiste Muire, Crosshaven, Cork
Scoil Muire Gan Smal, Blarney, Cork
Gonzaga College, Dublin
Alexandra College , Dublin.

This means that 55 other schools received higher level awards making a total of 66 schools winning such awards ie almost 20% of all schools accepted to the RDS . Many other schools received Special Commendations. Hence it can be seen that our young people are demonstrating their scientific talents across the country and the impact of the BTYSE is very widespread. ( Given the complexity of the judging process and timescales involved I am certain that this distribution was purely driven by individual merit vs any desire to force a distribution which I know for certain (for other reasons) BT would not want).

Great hope for the future.
Best Wishes Eamon

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