In the Autumn term we're looking forward to Engage 2011 - the annual University of Bristol conference about public engagement. Registration has just opened and further details are available below.
Finally, if you are in London this weekend you might want to drop in to the Science Museum to see Bristol neuroscientists ‘knitting neurons’ as part of the Museum’s Stitched Science exhibition.
Please feel free to distribute this bulletin onwards to interested colleagues, particularly if you are a Departmental Engagers Rep.
In this edition of the Digest:
- Making the most of Festivals - how to involve university students and staff: 12 July 2011 [all fields; all levels]
- University of Bristol Engage Conference: 29 September 2011 [all fields; all levels]
- Science Shop Autumn School: 3-4 October 2011 [all fields; all levels]
- NCCPE Engage 2011 National Conference: 29-30 November 2011 [all fields; all levels]
- JISCMail list for Student-Community Engagement [all fields; all levels]
- Resources for Student-Community Engagement [all fields; all levels]
- The Guardian Higher Education Network live chat on the wider value of University [all fields; all levels]
1. Making the most of Festivals - how to involve university students and staff: 12 July 2011
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) commissioned the University of Cambridge’s Community Affairs team and Dr Eric Jensen of the University of Warwick to explore the involvement of universities in festivals. The research included a survey of festival organisers and participants, to gather evidence on the various ways that festivals are developed and delivered, and the role of students in this activity.
The NCCPE then developed a range of resources to showcase effective practice, and to help universities and festival organisers involve university staff and students in successful public engagement. At this all day workshop, we will present the results of our research, launch our new resources, showcase studies of different activities, and provide opportunities for delegates to share their own ideas and experiences. The event is open to anyone with an interest in engaging the public through festivals although due to demand a waiting list is currently in operation.
Venue: Newton Room, The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RP. For more information please go to: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/making-most-festivals
2. University of Bristol Engage Conference: 29 September 2011
Join colleagues and partners on 29 September 2011 at Engage – the University of Bristol’s annual conference about public engagement. Hear about and discuss the changing landscape of public engagement, get inspired by colleagues’ activities and meet and exchange ideas with potential partners over an informal networking lunch.
Guest speaker: Sir Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association and Chair of the BBSRC Bioscience for Society Strategy Panel.
Date: Thursday 29 September 2011, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Venue: Wills Memorial Building Reception Room, Queen’s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ
Registration is now open http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cpe/engage_2011 and further information available from cpe-info@bristol.ac.uk
The Centre for Public Engagement will also be holding further events focussed on ‘Public engagement and research impact’ and ‘Getting started in public engagement’ later in the Autumn Term.
3. Science Shop Autumn School: 3-4 October 2011
European funding allows the Living Knowledge Network to offer a free ‘Autumn School’ to all those interested in operating a Science Shop, or Community-Based Research Office. It will take place in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th of October, 2011, for two full days. Participation is free; though you do need to cover your own travel and stay. Language will be English.
Science Shops provide independent, participatory research support in response to concerns expressed by civil society groups. They cover all academic and engineering disciplines, so ‘science’ should be taken in its broadest meaning. They are also not ‘shops’ in the traditional sense of the word. Science Shops are small entities that carry out research in a wide range of disciplines – usually free of charge – on behalf of (or with) citizens and civil society organisations. That Science Shops respond to civil society’s needs for expertise and knowledge is a key element that distinguishes them from other knowledge transfer mechanisms.
The Autumn School is relevant to those who would like to structure and embed community-university engagement more broadly in their local (or regional) context, or set up any form of co-operation in research with civil-society organisations.
Further information from Dr. Henk Mulder, Science Shop, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, h.a.j.mulder@rug.nl
http://www.scienceshops.org
4. NCCPE Engage 2011 National Conference: 29-30 November 2011
The second National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) national conference will bring together people from across the UK to celebrate HEI public engagement, and explore ways to support it more effectively. A call for workshops and case studies will be issued shortly. Further information from http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/
5. JISCMail list for Student-Community Engagement
The NCCPE has launched a new network for academics and practitioners to discuss the role of Public Engagement within the taught curriculum. They hope that it will be a forum to discuss research and policy papers, share events and updates that relate to this area of practice, which broadly speaking can be described as informal and formal experiential education where learning emerges through a cycle of action and reflection. It encompasses a wide variety of practices including service-learning, community-based learning, learning-linked volunteering, student-community engagement and scholarship of engagement. It is hoped that this group will become an interdisciplinary forum for discussion. Cross cutting, or boundary spanning posts, research and news are particularly welcomed, as are those that look more closely at particular areas of practice.
The list is a sub-list of the NCCPE’s Public Engagers Network (NCCPE-PEN). Please register or sign up here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=NCCPE-SCE
6. Resources for Student-Community Engagement
The NCCPE have also created a Public Library of a selection of papers and research related to this area which everyone is welcome to contribute to: http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1052531/student-community-engagement/papers/ There is also a range of resources on student volunteering and community engagement, derived from our vinspired students project, on the NCCPE website at: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about/vinspired-students
7. The Guardian Higher Education Network live chat on the wider value of University
As part of Universities Week The Guardian organised a live chat on communicating the wider value of a university with 8 panel members. They asked – ‘Universities have to persuade their communities that higher education matters. But just how?’ A record of the discussions and all 143 comments can be found on the chat site. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2011/jun/09/communicating-value-of-higher-education
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