Co-education is the way

Letter to the Editor, The Sunday Times, 20.2.2022 Quinn fails to address the main problem of having single-sex schools: that our children grow up in single-sex bubbles, and the first time they mee…

It’s time to rethink science education

By  Justin Dillon ,  Lucy Avraamidou 20 May 2021 Source: © Boris Séméniako/Ikon Images It’s time to put science and environment literacy at the forefront of science education ----------------------…

New study reveals which college graduates earn most in the workplace

an interesting article on the Irish Times on  earning gap across colleges; UL is 4th nationwide.

We are the world – We are the children

[my Dec 2017 article in the International Aquafeed]  by Ioannis Zabetakis   From November 12-19, 2017, we celebrated what we call “Science Week” in Ireland, when hundreds of different workshops, tuto…

Ithaka

Getting ready for my first lecture in FT4421 "Introductory Food Science and Health", one of my favorite poems of C.P. Cavafy comes to mind...(the highlights are mine). Constantinos Petrou C…

Is healthy food out of reach?

there is some useful food for thought... can we educate people to eat healthy? are there any better ways to promote healthy eating than education?