News CSWeek 2022 at University of Galway

The first ever national Computer Science Week (#CSWeek) was held 8-15 October, with the School of Education organising several workshops for teachers, pre-service teachers and the wider community.

There were workshops facilitated by visiting Professor Raquel Hijon-Neira from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid and Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Sally McHugh on Micro:Bits, App Inventor and there was a also a webinar chaired by Dr Cornelia Connolly entitled “Eolaíocht ríomhaireachta don ardteistiméireacht.”

A national conference to mark Computer Science Week was held on 13th October in Athlone. This conference was based on the CSforALLie event hosted by Dr Cornelia Connolly at University of Galway, supported by Google, in 2019 as referred to by Minister Foley (https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/dc389-minister-foley-launches-inaugural-computer-science-week-8-15-october-2022/).

The week cumulated with support by Google for the SFI CodePlus project. CodePlus is a national project aiming to address the gender imbalance in the fields of Computer Science providing workshops, in-company talks for young people identifying as female.

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/google-codeplus-trinity-women-it

CS Week 2022 images: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hAy4UggAvvH5zPUH8