Last year's SciFest saw teenagers creating an app for visually impaired people, a website for farmers to be sustainable and a medicine reminder app for dementia patients.
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An initiative aimed at mentoring teenage girls from undeserved communities had been instrumental in helping a Fermoy student win big in this year BT Young Scientist competition. Teen Turn works with DEIS and similar schools to provide teenage girls with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), preparing them for third level.
Teen-Turn does so by providing pathways and grinds for young girls, teaching them how to create mobile apps and business plans, and linking them with some of Ireland s most innovative companies.
Throughout the Covid pandemic the initiative, partnered with Hays Recruiting, has continued its mentoring programme allowing students research STEM subjects and showcase their ideas at the annual Teen Turn SciFest.