Regional celebration of Science Week across South East including Carlow campus at SETU
South East Science Festival is the regional celebration of national Science Week across Waterford, Carlow and Tipperary offering a range of opportunities for the public to engage with STEM in their own communities
Dr Sheila Donegan, CALMAST Co-Founder and Co-Director said the South East Science Festival programme and theme evolves each year to meet scientific advances, topical subjects and general interest among school groups, families, adults and the wider general public. She’s proud of the mix of events for all audiences, all interests, again this year.
“Science Week is a week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science in our everyday lives. Science Week includes a wide variety of events involving industry, colleges, schools, libraries, teachers, researchers and students throughout Ireland.
“South East Science Festival is the regional celebration of national Science Week across Waterford, Carlow and Tipperary offering a range of opportunities for the public to engage with STEM in their own communities, with events in local pubs, libraries, community halls, theatres and more.
“Each year, the festival brings top scientists and science presenters from Ireland and abroad to local communities right across the region and this year’s events are hosted in a variety of accessible locations right across Waterford, Tipperary and Carlow. Places are limited at lots of events and we’d encourage the public to book now, secure their place,” Dr Donegan added.
Among the key highlights of this year’s programme are a lecture featuring Professor John Nolan, a Fulbright Scholar and Chair for Human Nutrition Research at the School of Health Science, SETU Waterford Campus. Prof Nolan is the Founder and Director of the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI, www.nrci.ie) and is also the Principal Investigator of the Macular Pigment Research Group (MPRG), a specialised research group within this centre). His research group studies the role of nutrition for vision and the prevention of blindness.
Waterford Whiskey is the venue for a free event, a terroir tour where the audience discovers how they create their terroir-driven, barley-forward, natural whiskey. Places are also expected to book up quickly for a 2 hour session with Marianne, the Revamp Tramp, works on a small locker showing how to prep, prime, paint and decoupage. She will also demonstrate and talk about stencilling, uses of frog tape, distressing, glazing and many more techniques.
For bookings, log on to www.calmast.ie