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I just went down a little stats rabbit-hole, looking at the gender divide for Leaving Cert Sciences from 2022 - which is the last year where the SEC have published the relevant stats. The figures relate to Higher level only: the Ordinary level stats are also available, but in a separate spreadsheet and I didn't get as far as combining them. This image is based on percentages. Obviously the number doing each subject varies a lot (28600 took the Biology paper, as opposed to 36

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Given the release of sample papers for the upcoming Leaving Cert Physics exams a few months ago, and how this coincides with the centenary of the leaving cert exam, I thought I'd continue my occasional review of how Physics papers have evolved over the years, with a look at mechanics questions. I previously look at optics questions here: Dumbing down...or Smartening up: the Leaving Cert at 100! (and in that post, I also looked at how questions choice has changed over the d

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Science on Stage are recruiting for the next SonS-Irl team - who will present their projects at  The Festival 2026, to be held in...

I hugely enjoyed this book, which I think was only published this summer: a fascinating blend of music, physics and maths, by somebody...