Making An Impact
Making an Impact Competition Winners
Congratulations to the two winners of Making an Impact, Aidan Quilligan winning the judges award with his submission "Optimisation of Concrete Wind Turbine Towers" and Roisin O'Shea winning the student audience vote with her submission "Family Law in Ireland".
We would also like to thank Caitriona Logue, Blathnaid Nolan, Roisin Bradford and Michelle Tierney for giving exceptional presentations.
Running Order on the Day of the Competition
The running order for the Making an Impact competition will run as follows:
- Caitriona Logue
- Aidan Quilligan
- Michelle Tierney
- Blathnaid Nolan
- Roisin O’Shea
- Roisin Bradford
Making An Impact Announcement
The six finalists for the Making An Impact competition are Roisin Bradford (UCD) with her submission "The Communication Chain: Effective Flood Risk Communication", Caitriona Logue (UCD) with her submission "The Warmth of the Irish: The Economics of Charity in Ireland", Blathnaid Nolan with her submission "Transportation of Women from Grange Gorman to Tasmania", Roisin O'Shea (WIT) with her submission "Family Law in Ireland", Aidan Quilligan (TCD) with his submission "Optimisation of Concrete Wind Turbine Towers" and Michelle Tierney (Teagasc) with her submission "Superweeds: Irish Seaweeds' Potential as the New Superfood".
The Higher Education Authority would like to congratulate all its finalists and to thank everyone who submitted an entry into the competition.
The HEA & Irish Independent are pleased to announce the 'Making an Impact' event on Monday the 26th April:
* MAKING AN IMPACT *
The Higher Education Authority and the Irish Independent are inviting research students in any discipline to make a short submission on the difference that your research work will make to a particular aspect of Irish life, to the country as a whole or indeed, internationally.
The six researchers, who in the opinion of an independent adjudication panel, will be put forward and the most innovative or challenging ideas will be invited to present how their research is making an impact at a public event at The Helix at Dublin City University on Monday 26th April. They will have a maximum of ten minutes to make the presentation, followed by a brief question and answer session with an expert panel.
Two awards of €2,500 sponsored by the Irish Independent will be made at the end of the evening, one by the expert panel and the other by a vote of second level students who will form part of the audience.
If you would like to enter this competition, then before 5pm on Monday March 8th, make your submission to:
"Making an Impact",
Higher Eduction Authority,
Brooklawn House,
Shelbourne Road,
Dublin 4.
Or simply email impact@hea.ie
Guidelines
1. This competition is open to any postgraduate research student or researcher in any discipline at any higher education institution in Ireland.
2. Entrants should focus on the impact that their research will have on Ireland or a particular aspect of Irish life.
3. Entries will be assessed on how effectively the entrant communicates the research and he/she should explain their work as if outlining it to a layperson. If you saw your idea/proposal in a news story, would you read it?
4. The submission can be in any format – written (no more than 1,000 words), audio-visual (no more than 10 minutes in length) or any other form.
5. Those selected for the final must be available to travel to the Helix, DCU for the evening of Monday 26th April to make a brief presentation (max 10 minutes) before a panel and an audience of their work. The panelists may ask up to three questions. Travel expenses will be provided for finalists and accommodation for those from outside Dublin.
6. Finalists will also be profiled in the Irish Independent and on the HEA website.
7. Closing date for submissions is 5pm on Monday 8th March.