Dear all,
Sorry for the hiatus with the Digest - I should be back on track now and want to welcome a group of new subscribers - PhD students from the EPSRC doctoral training centres - welcome!
In this edition of the Digest:
1. University Public Engagement awards [award; all fields; all stages]
2. Impact Awards, organised by Praxis Unico [award; all fields; all stages]
3. Vice Chancellor's Impact Award [award; all fields; all stages]
4. Changing Perspectives: connecting art and science [opportunity; all fields; all stages]
5. Internship with 'The Naked Scientists' [opportunity; science; Masters/PhD students]
6. Einstein's Garden at the Green Man Festival [opportunity; science/art; all stages]
7. Science Communication Conference [conference; science; all stages]
8. Cuts in Culture: The Impact on Creativity [conference; arts and humanities; senior academics]
1. University Engagement Awards - deadline 1 March 2011
Sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers, the engagement awards are your chance to be recognised for your public engagement activity. Two awards will be made this year, each of £500 - one to an individual or group showing outstanding achievement in engagement, and one to an individual or group who is a newcomer to the area and has conducted an exceptional engagement project. For further information and guidance please see the Engagement Awards page on the CPE site.
2. Impact Awards organised by Praxis Unico - deadline 6 April 2011
These awards recognise and celebrate the success of collaborative working and the process of transferring knowledge and expertise beyond higher education, charities and public sector research establishments for the wider benefit of society and the economy. More information from the Impact Award site.
3. Vice Chancellor's Impact Award - deadline 25 April 2011
The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Award is part of the New Enterprise Competition 2011. Two awards will be made this year, a winner’s prize of £1500 and a runner-up prize of £500 to individuals or groups showing outstanding innovation in creating economic and/or social impact from their research. The Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award is sponsored by IP Group. More information from the Impact Award site.
4. Changing Perspectives - from 18 March 2011
Changing Perspectives is a series of free public exhibitions, talks, workshops and performances that explores the fascinating relationships between art and science. We need your help to staff an interactive exhibition for schools and families on 18/19 March, and to solicit public perspectives on the body for a collaborative artwork. Please complete this short survey to tell us how you'd like to be involved - http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cpe/chngpersp_vols
For listings of all events and activities, see the Changing Perspectives website or download the Changing Perspectives flier (PDF; 1.1 MB)
5. Internship with The Naked Scientists
An 8-10 week summer internship with The Naked Scientists radio show. More details on this blog post.
6. Einstein's Garden at the Green Man Festival - deadline 27 May for 18-21 August festival
The Green Man Festival are looking for people or organisations that would like to bring a stall to Einstein’s Garden with the aim of engaging festival audiences with science. Stalls could explore fundamental scientific ideas or phenomena, the process of science or current scientific research. More information on the Centre for Public Engagement blog.
7. British Science Association Science Communication Conference - 25/26 May
This year's theme is ‘online engagement’ which will explore innovative uses of online media to engage the public with science. This will include discussions about podcasting, gaming, virtual worlds and citizen science, as well as an interactive social media workshop. Find out more from the Science Communication Conference site.
8. Cuts in Culture: The Impact on Creativity - 11 May 2011
A ring-fence has been promised for teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics but where will this leave the arts, humanities and social sciences? Hosted by Research Fortnight, this one-day conference will examine the repercussions of funding cuts to the arts and humanities sector, consider the immediate fallout and the impact on the future of the industry. More information.
Also happening in the University:
Climate of Change - University of Bristol Speaker Series 2011
Tuesday 22nd February, 6pm in the Queens Building -- Dr Tim Chatterton, UWE
www.bustbristol.org.uk or email bust@bristolhub.org
And finally - does anyone have any light boxes they might be able to lend for a 10-day exhibition in October? The exhibition will accompany this conference - http://www.heavenlydiscourses.org/ Please let me know.
Best wishes,
Philippa
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