Midlands Science Announce New Partnership with LIFT

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Building Leadership Skills in the Community

Midlands Science, was delighted to recently announce details of a new collaboration with LIFT (Leading Ireland’s Future Together) which was established to build each one of us in to a better leader. Each partner makes a commitment to LIFT, to participate in the learning process and to facilitate further discussion within their organisation on the value of positive leadership.

Jackie Gorman, CEO of Midlands Science commented,

‘Each of us is a potential leader and this leadership can take place within both our own personal and familial or indeed our professional working roles and when we partake in any corporate or community-based team. We are delighted to announce that we will be teaming up with LIFT. We are really looking forward to developing our personal leadership qualities and abilities and to utilising all of the valuable skills that we have learned thus far in our own work, with groups of people we will be engaging in the year ahead.’

LIFT teaches and enables people to make better decisions, to ask better questions and to influence each other positively.  The leadership values used by LIFT in its training programmes are Listening, Positive Attitude, Respect, Competence, Determination, Empathy, Accountability, Honesty.

LIFT Co-founder, Joanne Hession said,

“LIFT is delighted to partner with Midlands Science. We greatly admire the mission of Midlands Science and we are so excited to build leadership muscle with their team who will have such an influence around Ireland. The LIFT team is completely behind them as we work towards a better Ireland and brighter future. We can’t wait to train team members as certified LIFT Facilita tors.”

Jackie Gorman continued,

‘By taking the decision to become a LIFT Ireland partner, Midlands Science is committed to both strengthening our own leadership muscle and raising the level of leadership in the organisation itself and also sharing the impact of this learning with the increasing number of corporate and academic stakeholders that we are fortunate enough to work with. We are also pleased and privileged to be joining a network of organisations and individuals whose mission it is to collectively drive positive leadership change in Ireland and the hope is that we, as LIFT facilita tors will now have the tools to bring this to people in our communities who need it.’

#LIFTIreland

 Note: ‘Everyone is welcome to join a free online LIFT leadership session. Book here: https://liftireland.ie/online-leadership-sessions/ to experience LIFT for yourself.”

 

 

 

 

Share your first Science adventures for National Heritage Week!

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To mark National Heritage Week 2020 in the Midlands region, Midlands Science is calling on primary school pupils to go on a journey of discovery and exploration, help us to celebrate the past and look to the future. The national theme this year for Heritage Week which will be taking place from 15-23rd August is ‘Heritage and Education: Learning from our Heritage’.

Midlands Science invites primary school pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th class to choose an issue or question in science, technology, engineering, math or health that interests them and submit a 150-word explanation that will engage and enlighten readers.

Jackie Gorman, CEO of Midlands Science said,

‘We want you to dive deep in to your memories and tell us about your first science adventures! We would love to hear about the first science related topic you remember learning in science or your favourite thing you learned in science. National Heritage Week celebrates all things heritage related. It brings together communities and cultural institutions, academics and young people to build awareness about the value of heritage and support its conservation. Through this competition we want to demonstrate the important link between science and heritage and to show that what you learn and discover in science today will be part of your personal future heritage and we hope it will lead to a lifetime of curiosity about the world around you.’

Applicants can submit artwork, pho tographs or s tories to illustrate the most memorable science event or lesson of your past. It could be a favourite science fact or explaining an experiment you’ve tried in school or at home and entries should be no more than 150 words. The most important thing is to choose something you are really interested in and something you enjoyed and will always remember.

Melanie McQuade, Heritage Officer for Westmeath County Council commented.

‘We are delighted to be working with Midlands Science again this year during National Heritage Week which helps to build awareness about the value of heritage and to support its conservation. In the midst of a global pandemic it can feel as though everything is on hold when really, we are living in a time that is now solidly a clear part of our future his tory. We hope that this year, during Heritage Week we can encourage a greater sense of awareness and appreciation of our heritage and shared culture and we invite as many young people as possible to partake in this competition which will hopefully serve as a reminder of all of the wonderful science related his tory that surrounds us in the Midlands and beyond.’

Need some inspiration?

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What did Marie Curie discover?

 

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Jackie Gorman continued,

‘We want to feature the inspirational voices of the next generation so all entries will be included on our site, celebrating science and its connection to heritage to show how important early experiences of science really are. We will have a number of book tokens for the some of the best entries from each class group.

Please include your name, email contact details and the class you are in. We wish all pupils the best of luck and all entries must be received by August 1st 2020.’