My Science Career
Encyclopedia
The My Science Career website is an Irish online resource for career information in science
, technology
, engineering
and mathematics
(STEM).
The website has a famous Irish scientists section, science related articles, a science career glossary and a video interviews section with scientists about their work. “A day in the life” section looks at the everyday working loves of Irish scientists and science broadcasters, ranging from a professor of biochemistry to a marine photographer.
A “Science Ambassadors” section profiles Irish scientists on what it’s like working in various fields and the qualifications they have. The Science Ambassadors range from newly qualified graduates to well established researchers.
MyScienceCareer.ie is an initiative of Ireland’s national integrated awareness programme Discover Science & Engineering
(DSE), a government initiative. DSE runs numerous other initiatives, including Science.ie
, Science Week Ireland
and Discover Primary Science
.
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(STEM).
The website has a famous Irish scientists section, science related articles, a science career glossary and a video interviews section with scientists about their work. “A day in the life” section looks at the everyday working loves of Irish scientists and science broadcasters, ranging from a professor of biochemistry to a marine photographer.
A “Science Ambassadors” section profiles Irish scientists on what it’s like working in various fields and the qualifications they have. The Science Ambassadors range from newly qualified graduates to well established researchers.
MyScienceCareer.ie is an initiative of Ireland’s national integrated awareness programme Discover Science & Engineering
Discover Science & Engineering
Discover Science & Engineering is an Irish Government initiative that aims to increase interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics among students, teachers and members of the public in Ireland....
(DSE), a government initiative. DSE runs numerous other initiatives, including Science.ie
Science.ie
The Science.ie portal provides all sorts of information about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics .- Overview :...
, Science Week Ireland
Science Week Ireland
Science Week Ireland is an annual week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science. It is the largest science festival in the country, involving tens of thousands of members of the general public in workshops, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related...
and Discover Primary Science
Discover Primary Science
Discover Primary Science is a flagship project of the Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering awareness programme.It facilitates teacher training in general primary science and provides teachers with online resources and classroom activity packs which can also be used by parents and...
.