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SETU Waterford offers a broad range of academic programmes from levels 6 to 10 on the national framework of qualifications across Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science and Computing.

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Maths Week Ireland is an all-Ireland celebration of Mathematics and its applications and is a partnership of over 50 groups - universities, institutes of technology, colleges, museums, libraries, visitor centres, professional bodies indeed any group that sees the importance of maths and the importance of promoting maths.

Maths Week Ireland promotes, awareness, appreciation and understanding of maths through a huge variety of events and activities

Founded and coordinated by Eoin Gill and Sheila Donegan of Calmast, Waterford Institute of Technology’s STEM outreach centre. The festival has now grown to be the biggest festival of its kind in the world.

Maths Week Ireland 2018 will be the 13th birthday of Maths Week Ireland, and will take place from October 13 - 21

For more information visit www.mathsweek.ie

Maths Week Ireland 2018

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Mathematics is the core subject in science, engineering, information technology, finance and all the other key areas in the knowledge economy. It is essential to many other careers and where it is not essential it is very useful. 

While mathematics is important to the economy, it is also crucial in the everyday life of all citizens. Basic maths skills are needed to function in today’s complex world and will be more necessary in the future. The problem solving and analytical skills developed in mathematics are also important life skills. 

It is of great importance that we ensure that all our people have basic maths skills and that we have sufficient numbers of highly qualified graduates in mathematical areas so that our economy can thrive. 

The greatest barrier we face is societal attitudes towards mathematics. But the great advantage we have is that we have the foremost maths festival in the world and it’s still growing. Maths Week Ireland presents a positive image of maths for all.

  • Having maths eyes promotes the usefulness of mathematics – Everyone has maths eyes they just need to be opened. Involves individuals, parents, children, young adolescents, pensioners, teachers, tutors.

  • Having maths eyes builds confidence in mathematics.

  • Having maths eyes encourages the use of the real world as a starting point for the relevant exploration in the maths world.

  • Having maths eyes provides excellent opportunities for linking education (primary, secondary, adult) and community.

  • Having maths eyes provides a platform for adults and children to share their maths eyes in their everyday life whether they are shopping, walking, driving, at sports events – everywhere.  Open a channel for dialogue about real world mathematics.

  • Maths Eyes provides parents with opportunities to talk about mathematics that are not related to homework

  • Having maths eyes promotes active citizenship and informed decision making.

  • When teachers, and tutors have maths eyes they can identify real world starting points for mathematics teaching and learning that are relevant to the social, cultural and educational context of their learners.

  • Developing maths eyes  helps to create a new inheritance for future generations –‘ we are all real world maths people’

  • Developing maths eyes resonates with the philosophy and approach to learning which underpin initiative in the Irish education system e.g. Project Maths

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