Engager’s Digest 25/3/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Schools Public Engagement training: 25 April (introductory) and 8 May (planning and sharing best practice)

2. Engagement opportunities for researchers with the School-University Partnerships Initiative (SUPI): ongoing
3. Bristol Food Connections volunteering opportunity: apply by 17 April

Funding and awards

4. Wellcome Trust Provision for Public Engagement funding: ongoing
5. Institute of Physics public engagement grant scheme: deadline 25 April

6. BIS funding scheme for science and society/public engagement: deadline 16 May

7. Wellcome Trust arts awards: deadline 27 June

Events and training

8. The Software Sustainability Institute’s Annual Collaborations Workshop: 26-28 March

9. BBSRC's Public Engagement training course: 28 March

10. Registration for the BIG Event now open: early bird discount before 31 March

11. INVOLVE conference call for presentations: deadline 4 April

12. Beltane Public Engagement Network media training workshop 2-4 May: booking deadline 4 April
13. After the REF: Taking stock: 6 May, Bristol 

News and opportunities

14. UK Science Festivals Network seeks festival organisers to help with survey: deadline 31 March

15. The Bristol Green Capital 2015 company board seek new members: deadline 4 April

16. Science Stalls for Einstein’s Garden at the Green Man Festival: deadline for applications 14 April

17. Volunteers needed for the Bristol Festival of Nature: free training 14 and 24 May

Engagers' Digest 01/06/12

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1.    Paid evaluation work at Bristol Festival of Nature

2.    Engagement Awards

3.    Public Engagement videos

4.    Speaking opportunity at the Bristol Leadership Programme

5.    Patterns of Change: 13 June, 8pm

Funding

1.    Wellcome Trust Small Arts Awards: deadline 27 June

Events

1.    Standing up for Science workshop: 15 June, London

2.    Evaluating Impacts of Non-formal Learning and Public Engagement with Schools and Young People seminar: 29 June, London 

3.    BBSRC Public Engagement Training

4.    Scholarly Outreach, Impact and Outcomes: 28/29 June

Other news

1.    Volunteering at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2012: 3-8 July, London

2.    Volunteering at World of Wildlife at WOMAD: 27-29 July

3.    Volunteering at the British Science Festival: 4-9 September, Aberdeen

4.    Physics busking in Cornwall: 6-10 August

Flower power for the 21st century [PDF, 215 KB]

Fruits and seeds are our most important food source, vital for feeding the world's population, and yet they are made for plants' own use, not ours.

Come and talk to international leading plant scientists, including BBC Bang Goes The Theory's Dr Yan Wong, at this interactive exhibit and explore the fascinating world of pollen, seeds and plant reproduction.

This public event is part of the 21st International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction.

Date Thursday 5 August, 5.30 pm
Venue Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1SA
Admission Free
Contact Simon Hiscock, School of Biological Sciences, tel: +44 (0)117 954 6835, web: bristol.ac.uk/biology