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The SOPHia project aims to encourage more students, especially girls, to take up physics as a Leaving Certificate Subject. There is a three to one ratio of male to female students taking physics at Leaving Certificate level in Ireland. This has a knock-on effect on the numbers of females taking physics at third-level, and ultimately taking up senior roles in academia and industry.

The Department of Physics and the Science Learning Centre at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, in partnership with the Institute of Physics in Ireland, launched the SOPHia Project in 2018. The project aims to encourage young people to form positive perceptions of physics, and to help address the gender imbalance in physics.

The project was originally funded under the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme.

To learn more or register your interest, please visit .

The department of Physics will run the very popular Leaving Certificate laboratory revision workshops for Leaving Certificate students on the following dates:

Monday 12th January to Friday 16th January 2026 

Morning or afternoon sessions available

Each session will take approx. 3 hrs.

Morning 9:30am to 12:30pm

Afternoon 1:30pm to 4:30pm

(Updated 26 Sep 2025)

Maria Quinn
Chief Technical Officer, Department of Physics
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Limerick
Tel: 061 202490 Email: maria.quinn@ul.ie 

The will be hosted by the Department of Physics at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. To keep up-to-date you can subscribe to our mailing list from the embedded link above! News and updates will be added to this page as organisation gets underway.

Email: CUWiP2024@ul.ie.

DATA PROTECTION PRIVACY NOTICE

Conference for Undergraduate Women and Non-binary Physicists 2024 (CUWiP+ UK&Ireland 2024)

In order to process your application and registration for CUWiP+ UK&Ireland 2024 we collect some personal information, including information on your experience and on characteristics protected by law. This statement details the basis for collecting this information, and what we do with it.

The processing of your data is necessary in order to carry out the functions of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. The processing of this data is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) / Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 and with the University's Data Protection Policy. This privacy statement outlines what this means in practice and explains how the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ collects, stores, manages and protects your data. This notice should be read in conjunction with the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Data Protection Policy (available at ).

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Why do you need my information?

We need names and email addresses to be able to communicate with you about the conference CUWiP+ 2024. We need information on home institution, degree title, year of study and demographic information to allocate places at the conference and inform the programme.

In addition, your information will be anonymised and used to compile statistical data on the demographics of applicants and eventual participants at CUWiP+ UK&Ireland 2024. This statistical data will be provided to the National CUWiP UK & Ireland Steering Committee and may also be published. This will be used to inform planning of future conferences and gain further sponsorship.

What allows you to use my information?

By completing the application form or registration form for CUWiP+ UK & Ireland 2024, you consent to us using this information.

You also have the right to rectification of the data we hold about you, to do so please contact us. You also have the right to erasure of the data we hold about you, to do so please contact us.

Who will my information be shared with?

Your full data will be shared with CUWiP+ 2024 Local Organising Team which includes staff at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ as listed on the conference website.

Names, email addresses, home institution of all applicants, as well as information on whether you were offered a place, will be shared with host University of CUWiP+ 2025.

In addition, your information will be anonymised and be used to compile statistical data on the demographics of applicants and eventual participants at CUWiP+ UK & Ireland 2024. This statistical data will be provided to the National CUWiP UK & Ireland Steering Committee and may also be published.

We will never publish information that could identify an individual, and we will never share information outside of the CUWiP+ UK & Ireland 2024 committee except as outlined above.

Do I have to provide this information and what will happen if I don’t?

Yes. Without the information we will be unable to contact you about the conference nor make informed decisions about allocating you a place at the conference.