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The Transition Year Computer Science Taster Days event took place this week on April 10th and 11th. Enda Barrett, our Director of Student Recruitment and Public Engagement, took the lead in organising it with excellent support provided by Thérèse McIntyre.

In a break with previous taster day events which generally consisted of short lectures, this year we held five interactive lab sessions in IT106 with more than 200 TY students participating across both days. Students who participated all received branded pens, refill pads, highlighters and Haribo sweets. 10 TY students who produced excellent work also took home prizes of Xiaomi Ear Buds and Harvey Norman Vouchers.

The individual sessions were Visual Design (Attracta Brennan), 3D modelling (Frank Glavin), AI and Music (James McDermott), Games Programming (Sam Redfern), and Cybersecurity in Online Gaming (Mamoona Asghar). The engagement was excellent from the participants, and it was a very welcome return to on-campus activities from our more recent virtual experience days. 

We are very grateful to Enda, Attracta, James, Frank, Sam, Mamoona and Thérèse for their excellent work in making this event a success.