COMPETITIONS

The IGA Schools Geology Competition for
2009/2010 Transition Year Students

Teachers, the IGA is keen to promote geology teaching and learning in our schools. The current leaving certificate geography syllabus has a significant geological content, and the IGA intends to provide resources and initiatives for students and teachers. To this aim, we intend to establish a transition year secondary schools competition to run from the upcoming school year in August 2009. Geography teachers are being informed of the competition details via the ASTI newsletter. The competition will involve a student or group geological project or essay, and 15 good quality prizes will be on offer. Download preliminary details here, and we encourage your feedback at: info@geology.ie

IGA TY Schools Competition pdf: PDF Download

Prof. Iain Stewart of BBC fame delivered the 2009 New Year's Lecture at TCD. Pictured with Geography school students from Our Lady's College, Terenure. ^{(Photo EdMcK)}

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The Geological Survey of Ireland presents

THE DU NOYER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2009

Entries are invited for the 11th Du Noyer Geological Photography Competition, which each year seems to go from strength to strength.

George Victor Du Noyer, who served as a geologist with the Geological Survey of Ireland from 1847 to 1869, was a skilled field artist whose numerous sketches and pictures, with their combination of artistic skill and technical accuracy, were the “field photographs” of their day. This competition seeks to encourage the same blend of artistic and scientific skills through the medium of photography.

Prizes will be awarded in two categories, Irish and Foreign, and a prize fund of €800 applies.

All photographs entered must be clearly labelled with the following information:

• Name
• Address
• Telephone number
• Email of entrant/photographer
• Short description of geological content
• Place and Date when taken

For prints please write on a label and stick it onto the back of the photographs or include a note with each entry. DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. Prints must be not less than 6 x 4 inches in size. For digital entries please include the required information in the e-mail and please send high resolution images if possible.
Entrants may submit a maximum of 4 photographs, illustrating any aspect of field geology or scenic landscapes.

The competition will be judged by a panel including representatives of the IGA, the GSI and external nominees and their decision will be final. Entries will be exhibited and prizes awarded at a GSI Cunningham Awards ceremony in early December.

We are not in a position to return entry material.

GSI reserves the right to reproduce entries in its publications and promotional activity with due acknowledgement.

Entries should be posted in an envelope marked “Du Noyer Competition” to: Cartography Unit, Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Rd, Dublin 4 or e-mailed to info@planetearth.ie

Evaluation Criteria

• Creativity (25 marks)
• Technical Skill of the Photographer (25 marks)
• Geological Content of Photograph (50 marks)

The closing date for entries is: Friday, 9th October 2009

Ceremony awards: Friday 4th December 2009, GSI, Dublin.