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style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"5\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-5\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2 class=\"last-child\">Welcome to the December Newsletter<\/h2><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#ffffff;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"220\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-220\" style=\"width:100%\"><p><br><\/p><p><strong>Dear Reader,<\/strong><\/p><p><br><\/p><p><strong>As we draw to the end of the year I would like to thank you once again for your support of Maths Week 2024 and wish all our readers seasons greetings and best wishes for 2025,<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif\">Eoin<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Eoin Gill \u00a0<\/strong> <\/p><p class=\"last-child\">Maths Week Founder.<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#ffffff;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"471\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-471\" style=\"width:100%\"><p>In this issue:<\/p><ul><li><p>TIMSS - Main talking points from today\u2019s report.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Post-survey draw winners<\/p><\/li><li><p>Seasonal Maths Activities<\/p><\/li><li><p>Updates from Maths Week 2024<\/p><\/li><li><p>Coming Events - North and South<\/p><\/li><li><p>International Strategy Game Championships<\/p><\/li><li><p>Mathematicians of the Month<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"last-child\"><br><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#ffecd4;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"460\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-460\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">TIMSS<\/h2><p><br><\/p><p><strong>The 2023 TIMMS results were published today. <\/strong><\/p><p>TIMSS assesses international Trends in Maths and Science achievement among \u201c4th grade and 8th grade\u201d (4th class and 2nd year students in Ireland. The results show that children in Ireland \u00a0are maintaining their place near the top of the international rankings. Some far-eastern countries top the list (Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Japan, Hon Kong) with Irish 4th class pupils bunched in a chasing group with Turkiye, England, Poland and Romania \u00a0and the 2nd years with England, Czech Republic, Sweden and Lithuania.<\/p><p><strong>Gender<\/strong><\/p><p>The last test was taken in 2019 and results are broadly the same. There is a slight but not significant gender difference at 4th class with boys outscoring girls. This however widens a little for 2nd years. This has widened since 2019 when the results for 2nd years practically the same. <\/p><p><strong>Disadvantage<\/strong><\/p><p>There is a significant influence from disadvantage with DEIS schools performing significantly lower than non-DEIS schools.<\/p><p><strong>Distribution<\/strong><\/p><p>The distribution of achievement is narrower that many comparable countries. \u00a0This means that Ireland\u2019s lower achieving students are performing better than comparable countries for instance, England.<\/p><p>There has been an improvement in numbers achieving higher scores, which has been a concern for Ireland. <\/p><p><strong>Northern Ireland<\/strong> and TIMSS<\/p><p>Northern Ireland did not participate in TIMSS 2023. However in 2019 4th class pupils in the North ranked just above England and Ireland<\/p><p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p><p>While we need to be careful in drawing sweeping conclusions from such reports, the results are a testament to the work of pupils and teachers and are very positive. However, there is room for improvement and efforts must be made to get from European top-tier to global top-tier.<\/p><p>There will be special focus in the coming months on understanding the slip in performance among girls. It is likely that this is in part related to spatial\/visual awareness that has been highlighted here before and that a lot of Maths Week activities seek to address.<\/p><p>The socio-economic gap is much greater than the gender gap and greater efforts must be made to close the gaps in educational inequality.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p class=\"last-child\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B23701-TIMSS-2023-National-Report-Inside-Pages-rev6-electronic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#c2eae8;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"461\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-461\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2 class=\"last-child\">MATHS WEEK POST-SURVEY DRAW WINNERS<\/h2><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#fefcdd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"350\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-350\" style=\"width:100%\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas is coming early for the winners of our latest draw. A Samsung Galaxy Tablet will be sent to the three lucky winners chosen at random from our post-event survey responses.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Winners of the post survey draw-<\/strong><\/p><p>Ms Caroline Morley, Educate Together Carrigaline, Co Cork<\/p><p>Ms Jackie Breen, St. Patrick's Special School, Drumgoold, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford<\/p><p class=\"last-child\">Ms Maeve Cairns, St Oliver Plunkett's Primary School, Co Antrim<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceLayoutContainer\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"54\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"24\" width=\"100%\" 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style=\"table-layout:fixed\" role=\"presentation\"><colgroup><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"440\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"8\" width=\"66.66666666666666%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"444\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-444\" style=\"width:100%\"><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 27px\">Maths Eyes<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>The Maths Eyes 2024 competition is now closed with \u00a0over 300 entries across all categories. Thanks to all who submitted entries. Judging will take place in January. <\/p><p class=\"last-child\"><br><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"442\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"445\" width=\"187.00000000000003\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:187.00000000000003px;height:auto;max-width:220px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/bf5506f7-35a7-791a-e6bf-36fa0a60cff9.jpeg\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"imageDropZone mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#fefcdd;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"462\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-462\" style=\"width:100%\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"last-child\"><br><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"426\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-426\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2 class=\"last-child\">Maths Week Events - What the people said and did<\/h2><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"427\" width=\"561\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto;max-width:660px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/8661562d-3fc3-1705-5ef2-565b8662747e.png\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"imageDropZone mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"428\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-428\" style=\"width:100%\"><p class=\"last-child\">The Maths Week pre- and post-surveys, with over 3,000 respondents, gave us valuable information for future development of Maths Week. Teachers emphasized importance of interdisciplinary connections (97%) and role models' importance (97%). A wide range of activities were organised by teachers across the island. Activities like Maths Trails and MathsWeekTV remained popular. Feedback also highlighted barriers like transport costs, teacher cover and scheduling conflicts. \u00a0We have begun to address some points \u00a0such as earlier release and promotion of resources, more events including MathsWeekTV for \u00a0younger students and more tailored resources for \u00a0students with special needs. Overall, results reflect positive engagement with many echoing the responses \u201cMaths Week is great for all pupils; they get a chance to see the relevance of Maths in their everyday lives.\u201d and \u201cI have developed a more inspirational and motivational style of teaching to increase student engagement, and it is having an effect.\u201d. We are still analysing the feedback from 2024 and will publish more findings in the new year. <\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#c2eae8;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"335\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-335\" style=\"width:100%\"><p class=\"last-child\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">Events<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"mceGutterContainer\" id=\"gutterContainerId-464\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse:separate\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"background-color:#f4f4f4;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceLayoutContainer\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"464\" id=\"section_f366ba5721af3202ea26674f96b2c66f\" class=\"mceLayout\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"-45\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"12\" width=\"100%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"-31\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"-56\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"12\" width=\"100%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"469\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"24\" width=\"100%\" style=\"table-layout:fixed\" role=\"presentation\"><colgroup><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"466\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"8\" width=\"66.66666666666666%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"465\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-465\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2>Sentinus Young Innovators<\/h2><p class=\"last-child\">Sentinus Young Innovators is\u00a0a science and engineering project exhibition for post-primary students in Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest events of its kind in the UK, providing an opportunity for young people to showcase their STEM projects and compete for a range of awards. The Maths Week team were pleased to support the event at Belfast Metropolitan\u2019s Springfield Road Campus on 29th November to witness the high standard of student work and present some problem-solving activities.<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"468\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"467\" width=\"187.00000000000003\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:187.00000000000003px;height:auto;max-width:220px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/386b5423-f354-586b-dd7a-1f49dc89f581.jpeg\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"imageDropZone mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"472\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinus.co.uk\/programmes\/sentinus-young-innovators-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;display:block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration:none;min-width:30px;text-align:center;direction:ltr;letter-spacing:0px\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><!--<![endif]--><\/tr><tr>\n<!--[if mso]>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.sentinus.co.uk\/programmes\/sentinus-young-innovators-2024\/\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; width:139.16px; height:54px;\"\narcsize=\"0%\"\nstrokecolor=\"#000000\"\nstrokeweight=\"2px\"\nfillcolor=\"#000000\">\n<v:stroke dashstyle=\"solid\"\/>\n<w:anchorlock \/>\n<center style=\"\ncolor: #ffffff;\ndisplay: block;\nfont-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\nfont-size: 16;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: normal;\nletter-spacing: 0px;\ntext-decoration: none;\ntext-align: center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nRead More\n<\/center>\n<\/v:roundrect>\n<\/td>\n<![endif]-->\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"mceGutterContainer\" id=\"gutterContainerId-417\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse:separate\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"background-color:#ffecd4;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceLayoutContainer\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"417\" id=\"section_b0a508841801c1106ceac9763a922ece\" class=\"mceLayout\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td 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role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"422\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"24\" width=\"100%\" style=\"table-layout:fixed\" role=\"presentation\"><colgroup><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"419\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"424\" width=\"187\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:187px;height:auto;max-width:220px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/debd4a08-e154-d9e9-9e11-7b873731549c.png\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"imageDropZone mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"421\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"8\" width=\"66.66666666666666%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"423\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-423\" style=\"width:100%\"><p>BT Young Scientist Competition <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) 2025 is\u00a0an annual science and technology competition for secondary school students across the island. The 2025 exhibition will take place from January 8-11, 2025, in Dublin.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Some Key dates <\/p><p>13th December 2024- Upload of 3-minute video<\/p><p class=\"last-child\">8th January 2025 \u2013 3pm to 6pm- Round 1 Judging<br>9th January 2025 \u2013 9am to 1pm- Round 2 Judging<br>9th January 2025 \u2013 2pm to 6pm- Round 3 Judging<br>10th January 2025 \u2013 9am to 12pm- Round 4 Judging (if needed)<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"425\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/btyoungscientist.com\/qualified-projects-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;display:block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration:none;min-width:30px;text-align:center;direction:ltr;letter-spacing:0px\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><!--<![endif]--><\/tr><tr>\n<!--[if mso]>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/btyoungscientist.com\/qualified-projects-2025\/\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; 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The conference will focus on the different types of learning difficulties faced by those trying to learn maths and how we can affectively manoeuvre around these difficulties. <\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"365\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;display:block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration:none;min-width:30px;text-align:center;direction:ltr;letter-spacing:0px\" rel=\"noreferrer\">read more<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><!--<![endif]--><\/tr><tr>\n<!--[if mso]>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; width:132.92000000000002px; height:54px;\"\narcsize=\"0%\"\nstrokecolor=\"#000000\"\nstrokeweight=\"2px\"\nfillcolor=\"#000000\">\n<v:stroke dashstyle=\"solid\"\/>\n<w:anchorlock \/>\n<center style=\"\ncolor: #ffffff;\ndisplay: block;\nfont-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\nfont-size: 16;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: normal;\nletter-spacing: 0px;\ntext-decoration: none;\ntext-align: center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nread more\n<\/center>\n<\/v:roundrect>\n<\/td>\n<![endif]-->\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" 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style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"-40\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"12\" width=\"100%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"-21\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"-51\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"12\" width=\"100%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"402\"><tbody><tr class=\"mceRow\"><td style=\"background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"24\" width=\"100%\" style=\"table-layout:fixed\" role=\"presentation\"><colgroup><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><col span=\"1\" width=\"8.333333333333332%\"><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"397\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"8\" width=\"66.66666666666666%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"396\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-396\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2>NI Science Festival <\/h2><p>Teachers and schools in Northern Ireland will have to wait until February 2025 for the 10th Northern Ireland Science festival in February happening in more than 50 venues and already there are some great events listed.<\/p><p class=\"last-child\">The Maths Week team will also be presenting a number of events \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"401\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"400\" width=\"187\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:187px;height:auto;max-width:220px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/5215b4ee-ad5e-9c29-b8a5-358877ef52c0.jpg\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"imageDropZone mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"399\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;display:block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration:none;min-width:30px;text-align:center;direction:ltr;letter-spacing:0px\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><!--<![endif]--><\/tr><tr>\n<!--[if mso]>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; width:139.16px; height:54px;\"\narcsize=\"0%\"\nstrokecolor=\"#000000\"\nstrokeweight=\"2px\"\nfillcolor=\"#000000\">\n<v:stroke dashstyle=\"solid\"\/>\n<w:anchorlock \/>\n<center style=\"\ncolor: #ffffff;\ndisplay: block;\nfont-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\nfont-size: 16;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: normal;\nletter-spacing: 0px;\ntext-decoration: none;\ntext-align: center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nRead 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xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.rigb.org\/whats-on\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; width:139.16px; height:54px;\"\narcsize=\"0%\"\nstrokecolor=\"#000000\"\nstrokeweight=\"2px\"\nfillcolor=\"#000000\">\n<v:stroke dashstyle=\"solid\"\/>\n<w:anchorlock \/>\n<center style=\"\ncolor: #ffffff;\ndisplay: block;\nfont-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\nfont-size: 16;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: normal;\nletter-spacing: 0px;\ntext-decoration: none;\ntext-align: center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nRead 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making stuff!<\/p><p>Whether you want to try out computer programming for the first time, hack some electronics or just generally have some fun inventing, we have something for everyone!<\/p><p>All equipment is provided and we have activities for ages 6-106, from complete beginners right up to seasoned Pi experts.<\/p><p class=\"last-child\"><br><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"450\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"452\" width=\"187.00000000000003\" 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class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-211\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2>Download your Maths Week Participation Certificates<\/h2><p class=\"last-child\">There are \u00a0Maths Week certificates available to download on our website for Pre-School, Primary School and Secondary School. <\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"212\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2024\/certificates-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid 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center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nClick Here for more\n<\/center>\n<\/v:roundrect>\n<\/td>\n<![endif]-->\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#c2eae8;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"459\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-459\" style=\"width:100%\"><p class=\"last-child\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">Calling All Strategy Games Enthusiasts<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"458\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-458\" style=\"width:100%\"><p>Fancy getting involved in Online World Championship of Strategy Games?<\/p><p>Ireland still doesn't have a team for the Online World Championship of Strategy Games, and the organisers have been in touch offering a lower entry fee.<\/p><p>Please sign up here as soon as possible: <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstrakta.info\/mochalunt-2025.html\">https:\/\/www.abstrakta.info\/mochalunt-2025.html<\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>You can register even if you don't have a team yet, in the worst case you will be assigned to one.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstrakta.info\/mochalunt-2025.html\">https:\/\/www.abstrakta.info\/mochalunt-2025.html<\/a><\/p><p class=\"last-child\"><br><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#c2eae8;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"295\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-295\" style=\"width:100%\"><p class=\"last-child\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">Mathematician of the month<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"mceGutterContainer\" id=\"gutterContainerId-297\" valign=\"top\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse:separate\" 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class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"303\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-303\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2>Tigran Tchrakian<\/h2><p><br><\/p><p>Theoretical physicist Tigran Tchrakian was born<\/p><p>in London and was educated at Imperial College<\/p><p>and the University of Edinburgh. Most of his career<\/p><p>has been spent at Maynooth and the DIAS, where he<\/p><p>supervised several PhDs. His research has focussed<\/p><p>on classical solutions of equations of motion in<\/p><p>field theory: Yang-Mills-Higgs systems, instantons,<\/p><p class=\"last-child\">monopoles and skyrmions.<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"301\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"33.33333333333333%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"mceImageBorder\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-block-id=\"304\" width=\"187.00000000000003\" height=\"auto\" style=\"width:187.00000000000003px;height:auto;max-width:220px !important;border-radius:0;display:block\" alt=\"\" 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mceImage\"><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" class=\"mceColumn\" data-block-id=\"309\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"8\" width=\"66.66666666666666%\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"312\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-312\" style=\"width:100%\"><h2>Adele Marshall<\/h2><p><br><\/p><p>Statistician Adele Marshall was born in Fermanagh<\/p><p>and was educated entirely at the University of Ulster<\/p><p>at UU Jordanstown. Her career has been spent at<\/p><p>QUB, where she has supervised numerous PhDs.<\/p><p>Her interests are in statistical modelling, advanced<\/p><p>data analytics, data informed decision models,<\/p><p>process mining, explainable AI, digital twins; and<\/p><p>real time analytics, with applications to healthcare,<\/p><p class=\"last-child\">agriculture and infrastructure modelling.<\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;background-color:#c2eae8;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"53\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-53\" style=\"width:100%\"><p class=\"last-child\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">Maths Week Gallery<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\" valign=\"top\"><table width=\"100%\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px\" class=\"mceTextBlockContainer\"><div data-block-id=\"257\" class=\"mceText\" id=\"dataBlockId-257\" style=\"width:100%\"><p>We are still collating data on Maths Week 2024 participation. We will have further reports in our next newsletter. In the meantime \u00a0below are pictures of some events. <\/p><p class=\"last-child\">You can see more pictures on our gallery <\/p><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\" class=\"mceBlockContainer\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-block-id=\"283\" class=\"mceButtonContainer\"><tbody><tr><!--[if !mso]><!--><\/tr><tr class=\"mceStandardButton\"><td style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;text-align:center\" class=\"mceButton\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2024\/19471-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mceButtonLink\" style=\"background-color:#000000;border-radius:0;border:2px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;display:block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration:none;min-width:30px;text-align:center;direction:ltr;letter-spacing:0px\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Visit Picture Galleries<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><!--<![endif]--><\/tr><tr>\n<!--[if mso]>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\"\nxmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2024\/19471-2\/\"\nstyle=\"v-text-anchor:middle; width:211.77px; height:54px;\"\narcsize=\"0%\"\nstrokecolor=\"#000000\"\nstrokeweight=\"2px\"\nfillcolor=\"#000000\">\n<v:stroke dashstyle=\"solid\"\/>\n<w:anchorlock \/>\n<center style=\"\ncolor: #ffffff;\ndisplay: block;\nfont-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\nfont-size: 16;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: normal;\nletter-spacing: 0px;\ntext-decoration: none;\ntext-align: center;\ndirection: ltr;\"\n>\nVisit Picture Galleries\n<\/center>\n<\/v:roundrect>\n<\/td>\n<![endif]-->\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><tr><td 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