Limerick students win Science at Trinity Global Challenges Award

Posted on: 15 January 2018

Three students from Crescent College Comprehensive, Co. Limerick, won the Science at Trinity Global Challenges Award for their team project at last week’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE).

The students – Thomas Gomes, Donnacha Henchy and Jack Murtagh – asked an innovative question as part of their research. Their project was entitled ‘Asking the future about the present – the statistics of cognitive conflict in relation to refugees in Ireland’. As such, they demonstrated the power of technology (and science) in helping to inform sociological and ethical questions.

Trinity sponsored the special award and chose Thomas, Donnacha and Jack as the winners because they aimed to address a problem of global importance by contributing new knowledge, and by suggesting a potential new approach to help meet the associated challenge.

The BTYSTE gives secondary students the chance to explore hands-on science and technology research. Students – working alone or in teams – design and perform research in a chosen area of interest before presenting their projects.

This year, a total of 4,251 students from 383 schools entered 2,031 unique projects.