Director of Truro-based Event Cornwall Claire Eason-Bassett has been named as an ambassador for STEM: a national scheme celebrating academic backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Claire, who graduated from the University of York with a BSc (Hons) in mathematics, was put forward as a STEM ambassador by Cornwall Learning Education Business Partnership.

Claire said: “My maths degree is a huge advantage in my job. I’m comfortable playing with numbers and budgets and can use logic to make effective and quick decisions.

“Maths is a great building block and can enable you to leap into almost anything. It gives you core skills that are useful in any career.

“I would encourage everyone to undertake work experience and work their way up the career ladder to build experience alongside their knowledge.

“My degree is very unusual within my business sector which helps me stand out from the crowd.”

STEM ambassadors are volunteers who promote their skills to young learners and actively encourage them to enjoy science, technology, engineering and maths subjects.

Claire has already been using her STEM ambassador status into practice by taking part in a Women in Business event with Cornwall Learning Education Business Partnership.

Along with other women from Cornwall’s business community, she worked with Year 10 students from Wadebridge School and Falmouth Community College to inspire them about different career opportunities.

Kate Whetter of Cornwall Learning Education Business Partnership said: “Claire is a brilliant person to have on board as a STEM ambassador. She’s enthusiastic and passionate about her job and demonstrates that a maths degree can lead to a very creative and rewarding career.”

To find about more about STEM Ambassadors, contact Rachel Delourme, 01209 615070, rdelourme@cornwall.gov.uk.

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Jinga Communities brings you another great open event

Date: December 6

Time: from 3pm

Venue: Miss Peapod’s, Jubilee Wharf, Penryn, Cornwall

Cost: Free entry (w/shop £2)

The last one exceeded all our expectations…let’s make this one even better.

Percussion workshop 3pm

Reserve your djembe, conga, tambourine or cow bells or bring your own.

Workshop £2 – all profits to Jinga Communities.

Drum reservations to: info@jinga.org.uk

Capoeira roda 4pm

For the 2nd time in Cornwall, 5 local capoeira groups will come together.

This month’s special guest: Instructor Micharia (Plymouth)

Xmas party (buffet) 6pm

Advance food orders by calling 01326 374424

Contributors include: the exhibition curators (Martin Clark - Artistic Director Tate St Ives, Michael Bracewell - writer and critic, Alun Rowlands - artist, writer and Head of Fine Art and University of Reading).

They will be joined by Chris Stephens - Curator (Modern British Art) & Head of Displays at Tate Britain as well as exhibiting artists Jeremy Millar, Mark Titchner and Clare Woods.

There will also be a screening of The Incredible String Band 'Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending' introduced by the film's Director Peter Neal and followed by discussion with Adrian Whittaker. Adrian Whittaker is a music historian and freelance researcher who edited the definitive Incredible String Band biography, Be Glad – An Incredible String Band Compendium (Helter Skelter Publishing, 2003), as well as supervising a number of ISB CD reissues.

He is currently collaborating with Michael Bracewell on a feature for The Wire about The Moodies, an obscure music and performance outfit from the early Seventies.

In addition there will be other creative responses to the show including the screening of a new collaboration between author Philip Hoare and artist Angela Cockayne. Philip Hoare is the winner of the Samuel Johnson prize 2009 and is the author of six works of creative non-fiction, including Spike Island, England's Lost Eden and most recently Leviathan or The Whale, 2008 with the accompanying BBC2 Arena film The Hunt for Moby-Dick.

Saturday 21 November 2009
10.30am - 4pm
Tickets: £20/£15 Conc
This event will be based at Tate St Ives

For more information:

Visit   www.tate.org.uk/stives
Call    01736 791113/114