Leading Lights Photographic Exhibition, Part of the York Festival of Science and Technology
11/03/2010 10:00 - 17/03/2010 18:00
Venue : Venue: National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York
Leading Lights Photographic Exhibition, Part of the York Festival of Science and Technology will take place on Thursday 11 March - Wednesday 17 March at the National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, from 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Leading Lights is an inspiring new exhibition of portraits by award-winning photographer Richard Cannon. It showcases 19 Ambassadors from all over the UK who are using science, technology, engineering and maths to push the boundaries of what is possible and to make the world a better and more exciting place to live. The Leading Lights portraits challenge perceptions about the kind of people who work in these fields and bring to life the ground-breaking projects and cutting-edge research that these young men and women are working on from astro-physics to materials technology, web design to sustainability. Their work takes them all over the world from the dusty deserts of South Africa to the snow-covered French Alps. Their dedication is preventing diseases like cancer. Their expertise is helping the UK to break the world land-speed record. Their vision is protecting our precious energy resources and their creativity is finding new ways for us to communicate with each other. All of the men and women featured in the portraits are campaigning to make sure there is a new generation of leading lights in science, technology, engineering and maths to take over the baton and continue their work. They are part of a network of thousands of people all over the UK who volunteer as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Ambassadors and visit young people in schools and colleges around the year to explain what they do and why they love it. The Leading Lights exhibition is touring nationally.
No Need to Book. Free Admission. For further information regarding the Leading Lights Exhibition please contact: Zena Chui, NYBEP please email zena@nybep.org.uk or call 01904 693632.
