Introduction to University Programme
Pictured
at this year's
successful IUP were second-level students from left: Mary Ellen Flynn,
Colaiste Dun Lascaigh, Co. Tipperary, Cornelia Kelleher (IUP Group Leader),BSc
Applied Physics, UL; David Sharkey, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare
and Jonathan Jennings (IUP Group Leader),
BTech Wood Science & Technology, UL.
The annual Summer Introduction to University Programme (IUP) was recently held at UL, aimed at covering third-level education and career choices and designed specifically for pre-Leaving Certificate students. This year over 280 took part in the programme.
Established in 1989, the IUP runs two one week summer programmes of interactive learning which allows students gain practical experience of different career options available to them. The Introduction to University Programme, the only one of its kind in the country, encourages students to gain an understanding of key third-level disciplines and to become better equipped to make the important career decisions they face. It is a valuable guide to successful studying and to the academic and recreational resources of a University. It addresses difficulties associated with the transition from second to third level education, as many young people are unprepared for, and unaware of, the implications of choosing a particular course of study.
Mathematical
Olympiad Students
The University of Limerick hosted a Training Camp for students from New Zealand, Ireland and Luxembourg who took part in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Glasgow recently. The students were welcomed to the University by Dr John O'Brien, Associate Vice-President, Academic and to Limerick by the Deputy Mayor Councillor Diarmuid Scully.
The International Science Olympiads, initiated by UNESCO, are intended for senior pupils at secondary schools all over the world. There are now five ISOs in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Informatics. The longest running of these is the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) which began in 1959. Ireland has been participating in the IMO since 1988 and this year a team of six participated. Over 500 students from 87 Countries took part in this year's IMO.
The Irish Team of
EJ Daly (Limerick Tutorial Centre) David Murray (Gonzaga College), )Michael
White (Hamilton High, Bandon), Jerry Buckley (CBC, Cork), James Wall (St
Mary's Academy, Carlow), Diarmuid Early (Newtown School, Waterford) were
accompanied by Dr Eugene Gath, UL (Leader) and Gordon Lessells, UL (Deputy
Leader) - both from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UL and
Dr Rachel Quinlan (Observer).
Above with the proposed plans/model of the EUR38m development at UL which will expand across the Shannon into Co Clare are Mr John O Connor, Vice President Administration, UL and Mr Brian Hand, Director, Buildings and Estates Dept, UL.
Wagner
and Wagnerism:
Contexts
- Connections - Controversies
Dr Christopher Morris UCC, Dr Joachim Fisher and Dr Marieke Krajenbrink, Centre for Irish-German Studies UL, with Dr Gareth Cox Mary Immaculate College, pictured before the performance for Conference participants and invited guests hosted by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Gottfried Hass, at the University Concert Hall.
The University of Limerick, as part of the Wagner Ring Festival 2002, hosted a conference "Wagner and Wagnerism: Contexts - Connections - Controversies" in August 2002 at the University of Limerick. Over the two days many of the world's leading Wagner specialists delivered papers to the conference, including Nike Wagner, great granddaughter of Richard Wagner.
The programme also featured a screening of Fritz Lang's historic film Die Nibelungen (1924) and the exhibition "Wagnereien", etchings on Wagnerian themes by Stephan Klenner-Otto. On the occasion of the conference "Wagner and Wagnerism: Contexts - Connections - Controversies", the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Gottfried Haas, hosted a reception for the participants and guests of the conference. The reception included a performance of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder by Suzanne Murphy. The Conference was supported by the German Embassy, Dublin; the Goethe Institute, Dublin; University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, University College Cork, Plassey Campus Centre, and The National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.
Speakers included Dieter Borchmeyer (Heidelberg), John Deathridge (London), Joachim Fischer (Limerick), Peter Franklin (Oxford), John Kelly (Oxford), David J. Levin (Chicago), Barry Millington (London), Wilfried van der Will (Birmingham), Susanne Vill (Bayreuth), and Marc Weiner (Bloomington Indiana). The Wagner Ring Festival 2002 featured the first Wagner Ring Cycle in Ireland in 90 years - the last one was at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in 1913.
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Introduction to University Programme
