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Girls into Geoscience

15 Mar 2018

The inaugural Girls into Geoscience 鈥� Ireland event took place last Saturday March 10th at the School of BEES and was co-organised by Dr Maria McNamara of BEES and Dr Fergus McAuliffe from iCRAG.

Over 20 teenage girls visited BEES to learn about geociences and the world of careers open to geoscience graduates today, through hands-on workshops, speed networking, and invited talks.

 At the event, attendees heard from a variety of speakers including Marie Fleming, associate engineer at Arup, Dr Siobhan Power of the Geological Survey Ireland, Dr Anthea Lacchia of iCRAG at 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin and Dr Una Farrell of the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. The speakers covered their career paths to date and gave excellent insights into the day to day activities of professional geoscientists. A highly successful 鈥渟peeddating鈥� session was held in association with the Irish Association for Women in Geosciences. Two hands-on, interactive workshops also took place: the first on fossil and mineral identification led by Dr Maria McNamara of the UCC School of BEES and Girls into Geoscience 鈥� Ireland co-organiser, and the second on the use of Geographical Information Systems for examining geoscience data led by Dr Fiona Cawkwell of the UCC School of Geography.

Time for a quick trip outside to the rock garden of to look at igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks!

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Speaking at the event co-organiser Dr Maria McNamara said 鈥業t was very exciting and inspiring to see so many young women who are passionate about geosciences and it was great fun to share experiences with them. It is so important to have informal opportunities like this to pass on our knowledge and experience to the younger generation, and this is really setting a precedent for making this a regular event in the national calendar for geoscience and schools.鈥�

Now it's Dr Maria McNamara of with an excellent workshop on mineral identification and fossilisation!

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Dr Fergus McAuliffe, co-organiser and Public Engagement Manager at iCRAG, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 event was about showcasing the vast array of careers in geosciences that are waiting to be discovered. Attendees got the chance to meet professional female geoscientists, hear their amazing career journeys that have taken them around the world, and also to try their hand at mineral identification, fossil examination and Geographical Information Systems. On behalf of Girls into Geoscience 鈥� Ireland we are delighted that the event has been so well attended and we hope to see some of today鈥檚 attendees in our first year university lectures in the next few years!鈥�

Girls into Geoscience Ireland is co-organised by , UCC School of BEES, the  and the . To find out more about the event visit the Girls into Geoscience 鈥� Ireland website: