Science facilitator Danielle Wilcox promoting this year’s virtual BTYSTE event. Image: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography
Simon Harris: ‘We have a lot of doors to open to make it clear that STEM is for everyone’
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Speaking at a BT Young Scientist event, Minister Simon Harris highlighted the work ahead for his new department in ensuring diversity and inclusion in STEM.
Speaking at an event hosted as part of the 2021 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE), Minister Simon Harris, TD, commended the organisers for finding a way to bring the event to fruition amid challenging times. “I can think of no more important year ever in our history as a country to be having a Young Scientist exhibition,” said the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
What to expect at the first ever virtual BT Young Scientist exhibition
Sinethemba Masina and Anga Singqandu from Borrisokane Community College, Co Tipperary. Image: Fennell Photography
Free registration has opened for the virtual BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition taking place in January 2021.
The 2021 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) will be like no other in its long history as the event has gone fully virtual amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year’s main exhibition will showcase 550 student projects selected from more than 1,300 entries. Students from all over Ireland will be represented with projects exploring such varied topics as Covid-19, social media, ethnicity, gender studies, domestic abuse, sexual assault, sports science and socio-economic challenges.