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Public engagement blog 2011
Guardian Higher Education Network live chat on communicating research
I am taking part in the Guardian HEN live chat to discuss communicating research. Hope to see you there!
19 May 2011
Categories: Community
SET for BRITAIN poster competition (deadline 24 Dec 2011)
SET for BRITAIN aims to support early-stage and early-career researchers by enabling them to present and discuss their ground-breaking research to Parliament
21 November 2011
Categories: career, development, research staff
SET for Britain 2012
The deadline for application for the SET for Britain event in March 2012 will be on 24th December 2011. I would encourage you to apply to attend, it was a very good experience.
10 November 2011
Categories: Research, development, research staff, role models, CVs
Urgent: Opportunity to be part of Bang Goes the Theory Live! Science of Sport
BBC is currently looking for potential partners who might have offerings for the interactive area of Bang Goes the Theory Live that focus around the theme of sport
10 November 2011
British Science Festival: Call for proposals (Aberdeen 2012)
British Science Festival now seeking proposals for programme content for the Aberdeen festival in 2012
25 October 2011
Categories: career, development, support
Are you looking for support in embedding impact analysis in your research?
New funding call from JISC and The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement
17 October 2011
Categories: Research, career, research staff, support
Having the "Sense About Science"
Last year I attended this workshop organised by a British NGO - "Sense about science" and "voice of young science". Not only did it make my role as a PGR more relevant in society but it gave me a sense of responsibility towards society at large. This is an invitation and testimony.
28 September 2011
Categories: Learning, Research, career, development, training, support
Public engagement with the Guernsey evacuation of WW2
I have received funding from the ESRC to organise a Public engagement event at Stockport War Memorial and Art Gallery on Sunday 30 October from 1pm to 4pm. All are welcome to this free event where we hope to engage the public with these real stories of chidren's lives affected by war. The event is being co organised by my Community group of WW2 child evacuees who fled Guernsey to Northern England in June 1940 just prior to the German occupation of their island. Many remained here after the war, and our community group gives these elderly residents, aged between 73 and 92, the chance to share their wartime experiences with each other and with the local community, whilst also reducing their social isolation; several have disabilities. This is our largest event to date and we are very grateful for the funding support of the ESRC. The event will be attended by Mayors from Stockport, East Cheshire and High Peak, and Councillors from Bury, Manchester and Stockport. Guernsey's Minister for Culture and Leisure will also attend.
06 October 2011
Categories: Research, development, Community
Famelab proves science has got talent
The search is on for the new voices of science communication. The regional heats of FameLab UK, the UK’s biggest competition for new talent to engage the public in science, will start in October 2011.
22 September 2011
Categories: Research, career, development, training, support
Vitae conference (Day 1) podcast (listen here)
This podcast is brought to you from the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2011, at the Midland Manchester hotel (05/06 September 2011). In the course of this podcast we cover a summary of day 1 of the conference, including some participant interviews, an overview from the Plenary session which includes news from the Research Councils UK and news on the Researcher Development Framework. Also in this podcast, an interview with Dr Nathan Ryder on the Vitae Innovate resource, Non-Zero-Sum and an announcement about the 15 Higher Education Institutions selected to recieve the European Commision HR Exellence in Research Award.
06 September 2011
Categories: Learning, Research, career, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, support, UKRSA, Community
