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                                                                                                           LOCAL Thursday 2 June 2022































            Secondary school pupils get to know Caribbean Research again
































            In  mid-June,  NWO  is  organising  the  sec-  tainability,  and  how  can  you  keep  your
            ond edition of the Week of Caribbean Re-   carbon  footprint  as  low  as  possible?  The
            search. Education and knowledge transfer  pupils  thus  become  involved  in  the  pro-
            are key focuses. In the weeks before the  gramme that focuses on knowledge shar-
            event, researchers from the Caribbean re-  ing and networking.
            gion  or  those  who  are  doing  research  in  Tammy-Sue Lejuez, pupil 4 HAVO - Colegio
            this region will give workshops to second-  Nigel Matthew, Aruba:
            ary school pupils.                         ‘Make  more  responsible  choices.  Think
                                                       about  what  you  eat,  and  how  that  in-
            The  workshops  will  be  offered  at  several  creases your footprint.’
            schools in the Netherlands and at schools
            in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eu-  Amber van Veghel, researcher Food and
            statius and Sint Maarten.                  Climate Change, University of Aruba
                                                       ‘I  really  enjoyed  engaging  with  the  chil-
            This  series  of  workshops  at  secondary  dren about food. We talked about culture
            schools  raises  awareness  among  young  and eating habits. And I also learned a lot
            people of the value of science in society.  from the students. For example, one group
            Why  is  research  so  important  and  what  discovered  that  some  coconut  planta-
            does  a  scientist  actually  do  every  day?  tions have dug channels containing water
            What kind of jobs are associated with re-  so the coconuts make a “soft landing” in
            search and how do you go about getting  the water instead of on the hard ground.’
            one?
                                                       Programme  of  the  Dutch  Caribbean  Re-
            The  workshops  cover  a  range  of  topics.  search Week (13-17th of June 2022)
            Young people are encouraged to ask the  https://www.nwo.nl/en/meetings/dutch-
            researchers many questions and carry out  caribbean-research-week
            short assignments on the spot. Some of the
            questions  that  will  be  dealt  with  include:  Since  the  Caribbean  programme  was
            How does the economy of a ‘small island  launched, NWO has organised three grant
            state’  such  as  Curaçao  or  Saba  work?  rounds. These have given a considerable
            What  exactly  is  data  collection  (the  stu-  boost to scientific research on and in the
            dents will be asked to do an exercise, in  Dutch Caribbean. More information about
            which they design their own survey)? What  the activities and results can be found on
            is the relationship between food and sus-  the programme page.q
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