On the 17th November, my year travelled to Glasnevin for the DCU open day. The night before the open day I was staying in Dublin, so as to save me from having to leave for a DART at 6:30am, I met my year in DCU.
Throughout the day there were multiple talks taking place, as well as there being a plethora of stands to visit. I went to the talks on; Analytical Science, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, and Common entry into Science; Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, and Environmental Science and Technology.
Personally the talks didn’t blow me away. Both talks started out the same, giving us an introduction into life at DCU, and we were given a brief insight into what was covered in each course. To be honest I didn’t learn anything that I didn’t already know.
For me, the enjoyable part of the open day was going around the various stalls in both the science and engineering blocks. In these buildings there were lasers, turrets that automatically locked onto people, 3D printers, racing drones, Robots, and last but not least liquid nitrogen mint ice cream, which tasted amazing.
So to conclude, what I took away from the DCU open day wasn’t from going to the various talks, but rather it was being able to see what actual students were doing, and for me, seeing something tangible happening in front of you tells me more about a university than going to talks.
Throughout the day there were multiple talks taking place, as well as there being a plethora of stands to visit. I went to the talks on; Analytical Science, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, and Common entry into Science; Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, and Environmental Science and Technology.
Personally the talks didn’t blow me away. Both talks started out the same, giving us an introduction into life at DCU, and we were given a brief insight into what was covered in each course. To be honest I didn’t learn anything that I didn’t already know.
For me, the enjoyable part of the open day was going around the various stalls in both the science and engineering blocks. In these buildings there were lasers, turrets that automatically locked onto people, 3D printers, racing drones, Robots, and last but not least liquid nitrogen mint ice cream, which tasted amazing.
So to conclude, what I took away from the DCU open day wasn’t from going to the various talks, but rather it was being able to see what actual students were doing, and for me, seeing something tangible happening in front of you tells me more about a university than going to talks.