Yorkshire and North East Hub Public Engagement Competition26 April 2010

Event overview

Vitae Yorkshire and North East Hub Public Engagement Competition - open to both Research Staff and Postgraduate Researchers

26^th April 2010, Great North Museum, Newcastle - upon - Tyne

Applicants are sought to create a poster or public engagement presentation based on Pecha kucha[1] that explains to a mixed audience of non subject-specialists of mixed ages, what their research is about.

There will be a panel of judges, members of the public and other researchers who will not be experts in the same field. The panel will be made up of a range of people (academic, general public and industry) from both private and public sectors, specialising in a range of subjects.

This event will give the opportunity for members of research staff and postgraduate researchers to meet researchers from other universities within the region. There will also be a range of academics and employers from the region present, there will also be cash prizes on offer to the best posters and presentations.

This year we shall be awarding prizes for:

• Best poster in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Best poster in Maths, Science, Engineering and Medicine
• Delegate's Choice Poster
• Best Pecha kucha presentation in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Best Pecha kucha presentation in Maths, Science, Engineering and Medicine

Plus up to 10 highly commended prizes for the runners up.

As the event is being held in the Great North Museum we will be advertising it to members of the public who will be able to freely come and view the posters during the day. As in previous years we shall be uploading the posters and presentations onto the internet so that members of the general public and a wider audience can view them.

To download the full guidelines click here

Unfortunatly the closing date has now passed if you would like to come along on the 26th April to view the selected posters then please feel free no prior arrangement needs to be made.

[1] Pecha kucha presentations consist of exactly 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20 seconds.  Total presentation time is precisely 6 minutes 40 seconds, see guidelines for more information.