Calmast, which is the co-ordinator of Maths Week Ireland recieved the accolade for Maths Outreach for Covid
Calmast, WIT’s STEM outreach centre has won the Best Education Outreach Award at the the Education Awards which recognise, encourage and celebrate excellence in the third level education sector on the island of Ireland from both State and privately funded institutions.
The institute had altogether been shortlisted in four areas, and for three awards in the 2021 Education Awards which take place in May 2021 virtually
Calmast, which is the co-ordinator of Maths Week Ireland recieved the accolade for Maths Outreach for Covid.
Congratulations to Calmast, Maths Outreach for Covid - @waterfordit on winning Best Education Outreach Award! #EducationAwardsIRL pic.twitter.com/oBWPb7JH87
— Education Awards (@EDUAwardsIRL) May 20, 2021
Delight to win the Best Outreach Award for Maths Week during Covid at the Irish Education Awards @EDUAwardsIRL great recognition for all @waterfordit commitment over the years to outreach. @scienceirel @Education_Ire @colmoregan thanks to all MathsWeek partners pic.twitter.com/Xaz2OMPwUb
— Maths Week Ireland (@mathsweek) May 20, 2021
Securing the Best Education Outreach Award for their events programme ‘Maths Week during Covid’ was warmly welcomed by Calmast directors, Dr Sheila Donegan and Mr. Eoin Gill.
The fifth annual Irish Education Awards which recognise excellence in third level education deemed Calmast [url=http://www.mathsweek.ie]http://www.mathsweek.ie[/url] as the country’s top digital outreach programme. Over 400,000 people were engaged across fifty plus events online and interactively within schools, public bodies and community groups.
“We are delighted to be recognised for our timely and effective response to the Covid crisis. Bringing Maths at Home resources to thousands of students, teachers and parents during lockdown enabled us to sustain our level of engagement, while also having the unexpected benefit of reaching new audiences through the digital medium,” commented Dr Sheila Donegan.
Organisers Business River stated “The award categories are designed to highlight the key areas that impact upon student performance and enable providers of Higher and Further Education, their employees and contributors, to have their achievements recognised across the various important facets of their operations.”
Calmast digital engagement manager, Ben Dolan said “the award recognises teams who pivoted to develop, create and implement interactive educational outreach programmes during the pandemic. Previous winners include DCU, UCC, RCSI and Systems Biology Ireland."
About Calmast
Calmast WIT’s STEM Engagement Hub based is based in the School of Lifelong Learning and Education. Calmast leverages the resources of SETU (in particular the staff and students and venues) and works in partnership with schools, industry and business, local authorities, public bodies and non-governmental organisations to promote STEM. Calmast has been funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as the STEM Hub for the South East Region.
Maths Week Ireland is a partnership of over 50 groups across the island of Ireland to promote Maths and its applications. It is the biggest Maths Week in the world engaging over 400,000 in 2019. It is supported by South East Technological University, the Department of Education and Skills, Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, Science Foundation Ireland and business. It was established and is coordinated by Calmast, Waterford Institute of Technology’s STEM Engagement centre.
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