Emmet Ryan: 'The BT Young Scientists is an education that can't be ignored'

The annual exhibition celebrates STEM but teaches so much more to those taking part

President Higgins opens the BT Young Scientist 2017 Pic: RollingNews.ie

The STEM part of the BT Young Scientists and Technology exhibition is the easy part to understand. Students come along with projects focused on assorted areas for tech and hope to get big time recognition for their work.

It’s the parts around the obvious book learning however that can get easily overlooked. For most of those taking part at the RDS this week, it’s the first time they will have ever been put ...