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We want to share the excellence, excitement and innovation of UK science with our Irish partners and audiences. We do this through collaboration with Enterprise Ireland and the Health Research Board, but are also keen to develop new partnerships within the science arena under a programme we are calling 'The UK and Ireland - Partners in Innovation'.
Night Skies - An exhibition of astral photographs by David Malin:
Enthusiasts of astronomy, photography and art will find wonders to behold in the photography of David Malin, one of the worlds foremost astronomical photographers. His remarkable images, taken using the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian telescope (AAT) and the 1.2m UK Schmidt telescope (UKST) were taken at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in New South Wales, Australia, and capture views of star clusters, nebulae and galaxies that reveal brilliant coloration, fantastical shapes and the haunting beauty of space.
Night Skies was first shown in Ireland at the National Astronomy meeting held in Dublin Castle in April 2003 and then travelled to Dundalk Institute of Technology for Science Week. Having been exhibited throughout the world, this unique collection reached its final destination in March 2004 when it went on permanent display at Birr Castle in Co. Offaly. British Ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon opened the exhibition at Birr Castle, where the Third Earl of Rosse built the world's then largest telescope in the 1840's and which is the home of Ireland's Historic Science Centre.
"I am delighted that the Night Skies exhibition has found a permanent home at the Birr Castle Science Centre. With the invaluable assistance of the British Council the exhibition has travelled widely around the world, and versions of it are still enjoyed in Australia, China, India, Italy, South Africa and the USA. I always hoped that the pictures would inspire and inform wherever they went and I'm sure this will continue at Birr." David Malin.
Scientific Writing Workshops with the Health Research Board:
The Health Research Board and the British Council will host scientific writing workshops for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers in biomedical sciences, medicine, dentistry, health services research and other health related disciplines in May and October 2004. The purpose of the scientific writing workshops is to provide training for young Irish researchers in writing reports and papers for medical and life science journals. The workshops will consist of presentations by expert speakers from the UK and Ireland on 'Style for reports and papers in medical and life science journals', presented by John Kirkman Communications Consultancy.
As a follow up to last year's workshops the British Council and HRB ran a science writing competition for all participants. The winner will receive €1,000 prize money and publication of the article in a leading science journal.
The Esat BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2005:
Following on the success of last year's British Council Science Teacher Awards at the Young Scientist Exhibition, we will again be running a competition to find the best Science Teachers in Ireland. Further information will be available on this competition later in the year.
For more information about our work and how we can help please contact us.
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