Jan 6 2015
The Department of Life Sciences at the University of Limerick are welcoming over 400 Leaving Certificate Biology students from all over Munster into their state-of-the-art laboratories this week. They are providing the students with the opportunity to conduct the laboratory practical experiments set on the Leaving Certificate Biology curriculum. The Leaving Certificate Biology Practical Sessions were first presented by the Department of Life Sciences at UL eight years ago.
"Many biology leaving cert students throughout the country do not get the opportunity to actually carry out and practice the experiments included in their course work and a lot of secondary school laboratories simply don't have the facilities to allow this. Our life science biology laboratories have the most up to date experimental equipment to facilitate in depth research and experimentation. It's a great opportunity for secondary school students practically engage with the University also" said Dr Audrey O’Grady of the Department of Life Sciences, UL.
In addition to the Department faculty, the departments technical team as well as post graduate students and final year BSc Ed students who will be qualified as second level biology teachers at the end of this semester, will be present in the laboratories to assist students throughout the week and instruct them in conducting the experiments.
The biology students will also be given information on UL programmes offered by the Life Sciences Department and the Faculty of Science and Engineering at UL.
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