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The School of Electrical, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science proved a popular destination for school leavers considering doing degrees at Queen's at the recent Open Days.
Hundreds of students from schools right across Northern Ireland, as well as the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the UK, visited the facilities in both the Ashby and Bernard Crossland Buildings. There the students had the opportunity to hear talks and have a go at the many ‘hands-on' displays, including a Virtual Surgery demo and a live portal linking the Ashby building to the main Whitla Hall in Queen's which allowed students to view what was happening in both locations.
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Anthony Ngxiki, East Belfast has a go on the virtual surgery display, with Electronic and Software Engineering students Paul Reddan, Dunleer Co Louth and Andrew Bolster, Ballymoney
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Claire Beverland, from Sullivan Upper, Hollywood, tries out the virtual surgery. |
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Druragh Integrated College student Nathaniel Nimmock, from Carrickmore, Omagh, chats to Newbridge Integrated College pupil Wayne Kennedy, Banbridge using the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Portal
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Lurgan boys Patrick Lavery and Niall Lagan, from Lismore Comprehensive, Craigavon chat to computer science graduate, Ronan Conway, at Queen’s University Open Days |
A number of employers had also set up stands at the Open Days so that the students could find out more about the many placements and job opportunities on offer in both computing and electrical and electronic engineering. Students also had the opportunity to enter a free draw at the event, with the chance of winning an iPhone and an Xbox 360.
Congratulations go to Victoria Potts from Bloomfield Collegiate School in Belfast who was the lucky winner of the iPhone, and Scott Devine from Lurgan College who won the xBox.
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Victoria is seen here receiving her prize from the
School's Marketing and Student Recruitment Officer,
Gemma O'Donnell |
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Scott is presented with his XBOX 360 by Tom Jackson
from Microsoft, along with Derek Irvine from
Lurgan College and Michael Noble from Momentum |
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