This is a trip to London, UK and Prague, Czech Republic.
We plan to fly to London where we will spend 4 days.
The main reason we plan to go to London is to see Bletchley Park where during the second world war they cracked the enigma code.
Alan Turing was the one who did this.
London is also the biggest tech city in Europe.
Other attractions we plan to visit included are the science museum, the Greenwich Observatory and the Faraday Museum.
We will then be heading to Prague to visit some more museums and attractions.
We will be visiting the National Technical Museum.
There is also one of the largest Lego Museums in Prague we plan to have a look at. There is also a Museum of Senses that looks very interesting.
Prague has a lot of reminders and museums about the cold war which we think would be interesting for our members. There is a Nuclear Bunker that we can take a tour of.
We will give members a chance on travel days to do some sight-seeing, but we will be emphasising that we are not flying to London just to see the London Eye or the Crown Jewels.
The focus will be on the museums, exhibits and society development.
We have looked into the possible effects of the Ukraine Russia situation on our travels, but we believe it shouldn’t affect the Czech Republic Covid also shouldn’t impact us next year as most countries and flights in Europe are back to normal.
Social distancing mandates etc have mostly been reduced/removed in the countries we will be visiting and by next year they should be gone entirely.
The developmental reason for the trip is that the members of the Computer Society are very interested in learning more about the history of technology, computing, electronics and its application.
The museums that we have picked showcase some extremely interesting exhibits on computing and technology. Some other museums and exhibits we plan to visit are to inspire and learn about the history of technology and computing.
Our trip in 2019 before Covid helped to develop the society both socially and in relation to knowledge of tech from the past and how far it has come.
We saw how successful our trip was in 2019 and because of being unable to go for the past few years with COVID we wanted to up the trip capacity again this year.
From a quick gauge of interest in the society it seems like we have a lot of interest for the trip.
This has made us decided to go from 15 to 20 spaces on the trip.
The Computer Society Committee will ask each candidate why they intend to travel on the trip through email.
The committee will then review these answers and select individuals to attend the trip, also taking into account the candidates participation in the society.
The committee reserve the right to refuse trip attendance to any member provided a valid reason is given by the committee.
At least two thirds of the available twenty spaces on the trip will be reserved for undergraduate/postgraduate UL students who are members of the society.
The other third will be offered to other Computer Society members (e.g. alumni or external members) but higher preference will be given to undergraduate/postgraduate students.
Sean Kelleher is the current Health and Safety Officer.
Trip Organiser, Leo Kuhs, also has First Aid experience.
As part of an information meeting which will be held before we depart on the trip we will discuss safety with each member of the society that is attending the trip.
We will also ensure that every member of the group has a European Health Insurance Card and a valid passport.
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