"Personally what I find with the co-teaching was that it added a lot of value back to the community....I got a lot of satisfaction out of it...(it) is something I would recommend anybody to get involved in. From a company perspective there's been a lot of advantages for the employees - ther are other CSR initiatives but perhaps they are not as close to home as this one".

"My sixth class have had the wonderful opportunity of being part of the Science-in-a-Box programme. It has been both enjoyable and beneficial to the girls. They look forward to the hour every week and have learnt so much from Alice, (our PhD co-teacher). Over the course of the year, we have covered many diverse areas of chemistry, , physics and biology. The hands-on approach has engaged them in an active way. Over the course of the year I've noticed a development of a questioning nature. Having Alice with me in the classroom has been invaluable as she is in a position to answer questions in a far better manner than I could. The girls have engaged with science in a wonderful hands-on way. They face secondary school with an open mind to science which is obviously a huge benefit to them. Likewise their parents have expressed their delight in their daughters being offered the chance to participate in Science-in-a-Box".

"As the academic year draws to a close, I wanted to make contact with you bothto express my gratitude for the wonderful experience that was afforded our 33 boys in fourth class here in Scoil Chros tSeáinduring the STEAM Engineering-in-a-Box programme. The whole experience from start to finish from our point of view was wonderful... The added opportunity for the boys to visit GSKhas I'm sure inspired the next generation of engineers".