Borrisoleigh students had a ball at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

By Aoife Kennedy

Two groups represented St. Joesph's College Borrisoleigh at the RDS for the annual BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition. 

Almost 60 years old, the young scientist exhibition is an excellent opportunity for students to take STEM outside the classroom.

Students around the country apply to participate in the competition then their science project entries are evaluated by judges.

From the thousands of projects submitted only 550 are accepted to participate in the public exhibition.

These two teams being The New Sliotar; by Emer Moroney, Caoimhe Delaney and Chloe Whyte along with Back to Basics; by Sarah Brophy and Aoife Kennedy.

The girls got to experience speaking with judges and fellow competitors.

As the exhibition is open to the public Borrisoleigh’s TY year made the trip up to Dublin to see the teams and explore the entire exhibition.  

Access to summer acceleration courses run by sponsors such as Stripe or getting to speak to some of the brightest scientists and technologists in Ireland certainly helped open up students to the vast world of STEM and the various career opportunities that can come from it.