Ireland's National Portal for Open Access Research Goes Live
Ireland’s new national portal for Irish 'Open Access' published research went live on 8th June 2010. RIAN - http://www.rian.ie will act as a single point of access to national research output, and contains content harvested from the institutional repositories of the seven Irish Universities and Dublin Institute of Technology. RIAN will significantly increase the visibility and impact of Irish research and will expand to harvest content from other Irish Open Access providers as the service develops. Read full report.
Launch of Project Maths Implementation Support Group Report
On Wednesday 9th June, Mary Coughlan TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, welcomed the report of the Project Maths Implementation Support Group – an industry/education partnership set up to examine how best stakeholders from business, second level and higher education can work together to achieve the objectives of Project Maths. Project Maths is a programme of reform in second level schools designed to teach mathematics in a way that promotes enhanced skills and real understanding, where students can appreciate the relevance of what they are learning and its application to everyday life, and how mathematics can be used to solve problems.
Pictured is Minister for Education and Skills Mary Coughlan T.D. with Chair of the Implementation Group Mr Frank Turpin.
