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Careers in Science
| Nobody tells sixth years that almost half the students go on to regret the choice they made after the Leaving Cert | Interesting perspective from a student. From the Sunday Independent | |
| Top 25 Majors by Pay | American site (Wall Street Journal) but offers a good overview | |
| 25 top skills that got Irish professionals hired | Link | From careersnews.ie |
| Transition Year Physics | ||
| Transition Year Physics Experience | Physics outreach program from TCD | |
| Similar offering from UCD | ||
| Overview of TY Physics placements | Courtesy of the IOP | |
| Taking Physics for Leaving Cert | ||
| Why you should consider taking Physics for Leaving Cert | From careersportal.ie | |
| College courses | ||
| Undergraduate physics degree listing for all colleges and universities in the UK and Ireland | www.myphysicscourse.org |
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| Search for physics and related degree courses | Enter the subject combination that most interests you and see what's available | |
| A website designed to offer support and activities in physics problem solving to teachers and to students transitioning from GCSE (Y11), through to Sixth Form (Y12 & 13), to university. | Link | https://isaacphysics.org/ |
| Engineering | ||
| A website to help you compete for engineering places at top universities. | i-want-to-study-engineering.org/ Over 200 intriguing problems in maths/mechanics/electricity |
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| Careers in Physics | ||
What do physicists actually do? Why do they do it? And what is their work for |
Series of short interviews put together by the Institute of Physics | |
| Interviews with car-design engineers | Series of short interviews | |
| Search for physics and related degree courses | Enter the subject combination that most interests you and see what's available | |
| What is GeoPhysics and what is it good for? | Extract from the Irish science journal ScienceSpin | |
| Physicist To The Stars - this may be the coolest job in the universe | This guy is the physics expert in The Big Bang Theory | |
| It’s not just rocket science: physics is the route to so many careers, from predicting climate change to designing computer games. Find out where physics can take you. | physics.org from the Institute of Physics (IOP) | |
What do physicists actually do? Why do they do it? And what is their work for |
Series of short interviews put together by the IOP | |
| Interviews with car-design engineers | Series of short interviews | |
| Medical Physics | The Science of Seeing Inside Your Body. 1 hour video. YouTube. | |
| General Science | ||
| List of speakers prepared to come to schools | Courtesy of SFI | |
| Panel of scientists and engineers answer questions submitted from students | From smartfutures.ie | |
| Resources for finding out more about a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) | From mysciencecareer.ie | |
| Career oportunities for those interested in Science and Math | From futuremorph.org | |
| Career Stories: Dr Ida Milne, Medical Humanities Historian | Wonderful story of how career paths can change dramatically | |