In this edition:
University of Bristol engagement
1. European Green Capital Internal Mingle: 11 May, Bristol
2. Schools Lecturette Workshop: 20 April, Bristol
3. University of Bristol Engagement Awards: deadline 10 June
4. Are You Holding a Bristol 2015 event?
Funding and awards
5. Redland and Cotham Amenities Society grant for urban environment postgrad projects: UoB
deadline 15 May
6. Being Human Festival get involved: deadline 17 April
Events and training
7. Pint of Science Festival: 18-20 May, Bristol
8. Wellcome Trust, Public Engagement Masterclass: deadline 1 June
9. Science in Public 2015 registration: 7-10 July
News and opportunities
10. Biology Week 2015: 10-18 October
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Friday, 13 March 2015
Engagers' Digest 13/03/2015
In this edition:
University of Bristol engagement
1. Introductory schools public engagement training: 23 March
2. European Green Capital, Bristol 2015 internal networking event: 25 March
3. Festival of Nature propose and exhibit: deadline 2 April
4. Being Human Festival get involved: deadline 17 April
Funding and awards
5. Redland and Cotham Amenities Society grant for urban environment postgrad projects: UoB deadline 15 May
Events and training
6. Bristol Politics Café
7. The BIG Event early bird registration: deadline 5 April
8. 2015 Science Communication Conference: 18-19 June
9. Science in Public 2015 registration: 7-10 July
10. Registration for NCCPE training now open
News and opportunities
11. British Science Festival call for proposals: deadline 23 March
12. Land of the Summer People Exhibition: 25 March
13. Rising Ape Presents: 25 March
14. Jawbreaker audio communication contest for STEM topics: deadline 15 June
15. Speakezee.org
16. Opportunity to collaborate on a schools engagement project on the Dunkirk Evacuation
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Engagers’ Digest 2/10/2014
In this edition:
University of Bristol engagement
1. Schools public engagement training tier 1 (introductory training session) – 20 October, University of Bristol
2. Call for academic mentors for year 13 school students – no deadline
Funding and awards
3. Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund up to £50,000 – deadline 31 October
4. Opportunities to apply for Bristol 2015 funding – various deadlines
Events and training
5. Wildscreen Fringe Festival – 18 – 30 October
6. Communicate 2014: Changing stories – 4 & 5 November, At-Bristol Science Centre, Bristol
News and opportunities
7. Public Attitudes to Science 2014: Toolkit
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University of Bristol engagement
1. Schools public engagement training tier 1 (introductory training session) – 20 October, University of Bristol
This schools engagement training session will be led by our colleagues at Graphic Science (www.graphicscience.co.uk). It will take place over half a day and is designed for up to 20 researchers from across the University of Bristol who want to develop their public engagement repertoire. This training is directly linked to the opportunity to take on the challenge of communicating research to non-specialist audiences, provided by the RCUK School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI).
The session aims to cover: developing your presentation skills; practical considerations of working with schools; consider methods for engagement; introduce opportunities and support within the University and allow you to meet other researchers and share best practice.
For more information and to book, please contact Chloe Anderson at the Centre for Public Engagement via email: chloe.anderson@bristol.ac.uk or tel: 0117 9288996.
2. Call for academic mentors for year 13 school students – no deadline
We are looking for volunteer research staff to act as mentors to year 13 school students taking the Extended Project qualification (http://www.aqa.org.uk/programmes/aqa-baccalaureate/extended-project/the-aqa-epq). The EPQ is an independent research project which engages school students with the process and practice of research and helps to bridge the gap between school and university. We are holding an EPQ fair on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 November at the University, where school students will be matched to an appropriate mentor for support and guidance. Volunteers will be invited to a training session beforehand. This opportunity would suit PhD students and research staff and is offered through the RCUK-funded School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI): www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/projects/engaging-with-schools/.
For more information, please contact Chloe Anderson at the Centre for Public Engagement via email: chloe.anderson@bristol.ac.uk or telephone: 0117 9288996.
Funding and awards
3. Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund up to £50,000 – deadline 31 October
Through this fund, the Royal Society of Chemistry aim to support the development of projects that raise awareness of chemistry in people’s everyday lives, and/ or develop the science communication skills of those who are already highly trained in chemistry. Members or anyone else organising such activities are invited to apply for financial support. There are three categories of support available: small grants up to £2,000; medium grants between £2,000 and £10,000 and large grants of between £10,000 - £50,000. The deadline to apply is the 31 October. To find out more and to apply please visit: rsc.li/outreach-fund.
4. Opportunities to apply for Bristol 2015 funding – various deadlines
Bristol 2015 Ltd, the organisation set up to facilitate Bristol’s year as European GreenCapital, has a call for three strands of funding: Strategic Grants; Small Grants; Neighbourhood Partnerships. The Strategic Grants Fund will provide grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 and has ‘an intention to bid’ deadline of 10 October. If you are interested in making an application please contact fiona.hyland@bristol.ac.uk at the Centre for Public Engagement. http://www.bristol2015.co.uk/get-involved/apply-grant-funding/
Events and training
5. Wildscreen Fringe Festival – 18 – 30 October, various venues
The Wildscreen Film Festival is back in Bristol, and this year you can see over 60 amazing wildlife films from around the world. There is also the opportunity to hear from some of the biggest directors and producers from the wildlife TV and film industry as well as a spectacular comedy night at the Colston Hall: ‘Stand Up for Ugly Animals!’. To find out more about the programme please visit: http://fringe.wildscreenfestival.org/programme/programme.html
6. Communicate 2014: Changing stories – 4 & 5 November, At-Bristol Science Centre, Bristol
We are living through a time of immense and accelerated change: environmental, technological and social. Are our well-rehearsed environmental messages and our tried and trusted communications tools still relevant in today’s rapidly evolving world? Communicate 2014: Changing Stories will address this question. Join for two days of inspirational sessions, thought-provoking discussions, practical workshops and outstanding networking opportunities at the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators. Develop your skills, share best practice and debate the latest challenges with over 150 delegates from NGOs, public sector, media, academia and beyond. For more information and to book please visit: http://www.bnhc.org.uk/communicate/
News and opportunities
7. Public Attitudes to Science 2014: Toolkit
As part of a wider Public Attitudes to Science survey, a ‘Day of Discovery’ was run on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, during which over 100 members of the public were engaged in a conversation about science and science engagement, using the results of the 2014 survey as stimulus. These materials have now been revised and made available as a toolkit to enable others to run similar events. For more information on the toolkit please visit: http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3441/Public-Attitudes-to-Science-2014-Toolkit.aspx
University of Bristol engagement
1. Schools public engagement training tier 1 (introductory training session) – 20 October, University of Bristol
2. Call for academic mentors for year 13 school students – no deadline
Funding and awards
3. Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund up to £50,000 – deadline 31 October
4. Opportunities to apply for Bristol 2015 funding – various deadlines
Events and training
5. Wildscreen Fringe Festival – 18 – 30 October
6. Communicate 2014: Changing stories – 4 & 5 November, At-Bristol Science Centre, Bristol
News and opportunities
7. Public Attitudes to Science 2014: Toolkit
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University of Bristol engagement
1. Schools public engagement training tier 1 (introductory training session) – 20 October, University of Bristol
This schools engagement training session will be led by our colleagues at Graphic Science (www.graphicscience.co.uk). It will take place over half a day and is designed for up to 20 researchers from across the University of Bristol who want to develop their public engagement repertoire. This training is directly linked to the opportunity to take on the challenge of communicating research to non-specialist audiences, provided by the RCUK School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI).
The session aims to cover: developing your presentation skills; practical considerations of working with schools; consider methods for engagement; introduce opportunities and support within the University and allow you to meet other researchers and share best practice.
For more information and to book, please contact Chloe Anderson at the Centre for Public Engagement via email: chloe.anderson@bristol.ac.uk or tel: 0117 9288996.
2. Call for academic mentors for year 13 school students – no deadline
We are looking for volunteer research staff to act as mentors to year 13 school students taking the Extended Project qualification (http://www.aqa.org.uk/programmes/aqa-baccalaureate/extended-project/the-aqa-epq). The EPQ is an independent research project which engages school students with the process and practice of research and helps to bridge the gap between school and university. We are holding an EPQ fair on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 November at the University, where school students will be matched to an appropriate mentor for support and guidance. Volunteers will be invited to a training session beforehand. This opportunity would suit PhD students and research staff and is offered through the RCUK-funded School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI): www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/projects/engaging-with-schools/.
For more information, please contact Chloe Anderson at the Centre for Public Engagement via email: chloe.anderson@bristol.ac.uk or telephone: 0117 9288996.
Funding and awards
3. Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund up to £50,000 – deadline 31 October
Through this fund, the Royal Society of Chemistry aim to support the development of projects that raise awareness of chemistry in people’s everyday lives, and/ or develop the science communication skills of those who are already highly trained in chemistry. Members or anyone else organising such activities are invited to apply for financial support. There are three categories of support available: small grants up to £2,000; medium grants between £2,000 and £10,000 and large grants of between £10,000 - £50,000. The deadline to apply is the 31 October. To find out more and to apply please visit: rsc.li/outreach-fund.
4. Opportunities to apply for Bristol 2015 funding – various deadlines
Bristol 2015 Ltd, the organisation set up to facilitate Bristol’s year as European GreenCapital, has a call for three strands of funding: Strategic Grants; Small Grants; Neighbourhood Partnerships. The Strategic Grants Fund will provide grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 and has ‘an intention to bid’ deadline of 10 October. If you are interested in making an application please contact fiona.hyland@bristol.ac.uk at the Centre for Public Engagement. http://www.bristol2015.co.uk/get-involved/apply-grant-funding/
Events and training
5. Wildscreen Fringe Festival – 18 – 30 October, various venues
The Wildscreen Film Festival is back in Bristol, and this year you can see over 60 amazing wildlife films from around the world. There is also the opportunity to hear from some of the biggest directors and producers from the wildlife TV and film industry as well as a spectacular comedy night at the Colston Hall: ‘Stand Up for Ugly Animals!’. To find out more about the programme please visit: http://fringe.wildscreenfestival.org/programme/programme.html
6. Communicate 2014: Changing stories – 4 & 5 November, At-Bristol Science Centre, Bristol
We are living through a time of immense and accelerated change: environmental, technological and social. Are our well-rehearsed environmental messages and our tried and trusted communications tools still relevant in today’s rapidly evolving world? Communicate 2014: Changing Stories will address this question. Join for two days of inspirational sessions, thought-provoking discussions, practical workshops and outstanding networking opportunities at the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators. Develop your skills, share best practice and debate the latest challenges with over 150 delegates from NGOs, public sector, media, academia and beyond. For more information and to book please visit: http://www.bnhc.org.uk/communicate/
News and opportunities
7. Public Attitudes to Science 2014: Toolkit
As part of a wider Public Attitudes to Science survey, a ‘Day of Discovery’ was run on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, during which over 100 members of the public were engaged in a conversation about science and science engagement, using the results of the 2014 survey as stimulus. These materials have now been revised and made available as a toolkit to enable others to run similar events. For more information on the toolkit please visit: http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3441/Public-Attitudes-to-Science-2014-Toolkit.aspx
Monday, 10 March 2014
Engager’s Digest 10/3/14
In this edition:
University
of Bristol engagement
1. NCCPE Engage competition: entry deadline 31
March
2. University of Bristol Engagement Awards: deadline 9 April
3. Advertise for
volunteers with the UoB Students’ Union Volunteering Hub: ongoing
Funding and awards
4. NC3Rs launches small awards scheme: application
deadline 25 April
5. The RIO’s
Challenge Fund round three now open: deadline for applications 2 May
6. Society of Biology
Science Communication Awards 2014: deadline 30 May
Events
and training
7. London
PUS Seminar ‘Public attitudes to science in 2014 – how far have we come in 25
years in Britain?’: 19 March, London School of Economics
8. British Science Association citizen science
and social media event: 20 March, Dana Centre, London
9. Patient and public involvement in research – best
evidence and future directions: 1 April, Vassall Conference Centre, Bristol
10. 'Communicating health, communicating
disease' film discussion: 25 March, London School of Hygiene and Disease
Medicines
News
and opportunities
11. PLOS
Genetics call for blogs: deadline 14 March
12. SHARE
researcher development think tank, Oxford: 21 March
13. I’m a Geoscientist – Get me out of here!
Launch event: deadline for applications 17 March
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Engagers' Digest 12/3/13
In this edition:
University of Bristol engagement
University of Bristol engagement
- REF impact case studies workshop: 24 April 2013, 2pm
- Public event - Education horizons: Identifying new drivers of change: 19 March, 5pm
- Performance - The psychology and neuroscience of decision making - 'If you decide to stay' by Silvia Rimat: 25 March, 12pm
- AHRC/BBC 'Our Place in the First World War' project: deadline 22 March 2013
- BSA Media Fellowships: deadline 18 March 2013
- Interested in running a workshop at Skirting Science? 20 June 2013
- Volunteers needed for the Cheltenham Science Festival: application deadline 5 April 2013
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Engagers' Digest - Engage reminder
We'll be sending out a full Engagers’ Digest in the next week or so.
However, in the meantime this is a reminder to sign up for our Engage
conference and please pass this information on to interested colleagues:
University of Bristol Engage conference: 26th September
What do research funders think of public engagement? How do they see it fitting with their ethos and plans for the future? Hear the perspectives of funders including the AHRC, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Wellcome Trust at Engage - the University of Bristol's annual conference about public engagement. Get inspired by colleagues' activities here at Bristol and meet and exchange ideas with potential partners over a networking lunch.
Registration is free and open to academic and support staff, students and external guests. The booking form can be found at http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cpe/engage2012 and more details are available at http://www.bris.ac.uk/public-engagement/staff/training/engage2012.html.
Venue: Arnolfini, BS1 4QA
Time: 10:30-14:30
University of Bristol Engage conference: 26th September
What do research funders think of public engagement? How do they see it fitting with their ethos and plans for the future? Hear the perspectives of funders including the AHRC, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Wellcome Trust at Engage - the University of Bristol's annual conference about public engagement. Get inspired by colleagues' activities here at Bristol and meet and exchange ideas with potential partners over a networking lunch.
Registration is free and open to academic and support staff, students and external guests. The booking form can be found at http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cpe/engage2012 and more details are available at http://www.bris.ac.uk/public-engagement/staff/training/engage2012.html.
Venue: Arnolfini, BS1 4QA
Time: 10:30-14:30
Friday, 27 July 2012
Engagers' Digest 27/07/12
In this edition:
Centre for Public Engagement
- Job: Public Engagement Officer
- Job: Seeds of Change Outreach Officer (part-time 17.5 hours per week)
- University of Bristol Engage conference: 26 September 2012
- ‘Building public involvement across health research and service delivery’: 7 September 2012
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Engagers' Digest - 13/1/10
Dear all,
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Engagers' Digest of 2010. Please don't hesitate to contact me about your public engagement projects, or if you are looking for funding for your work. I'd be happy to help.
Best wishes,
Philippa
Discover 2010
The University of Bristol's celebration of research will be taking place from 11-13 March 2010 in The Mall Galleries, Broadmead and Cabot Circus, among other venues. We're planning a range of activities for schools and families from interactive stalls to a giant bubble challenge. If you need publicity for events taking place in Bristol during National Science and Engineering Week, or the Festival of Social Sciences, please get in touch with Dane Comerford. Last deadline for submitting stall ideas/proposals is tomorrow, Tuesday 19 January.
British Science Association Award Lectures 2010 - deadline 26 February
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/WhatsOn/TheAwardLectures2010.htm.htm
British Science Association Media Fellowships 2010 - deadline 2 March
These 3-8 week Media Fellowships create a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, clinicians, social scientists and engineers. www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Royal Society Partnership Awards - deadline 5 March
The Royal Society are looking for enthusiastic teachers, scientists and engineers to collaborate on innovative projects in schools that will help show students how exciting science can be!
The Royal Society can offer up to £3000 to schools as part of its Partnership Grants scheme.
For more information on the scheme, go to http://royalsociety.org/partnership
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Engagers' Digest of 2010. Please don't hesitate to contact me about your public engagement projects, or if you are looking for funding for your work. I'd be happy to help.
Best wishes,
Philippa
Discover 2010
The University of Bristol's celebration of research will be taking place from 11-13 March 2010 in The Mall Galleries, Broadmead and Cabot Circus, among other venues. We're planning a range of activities for schools and families from interactive stalls to a giant bubble challenge. If you need publicity for events taking place in Bristol during National Science and Engineering Week, or the Festival of Social Sciences, please get in touch with Dane Comerford. Last deadline for submitting stall ideas/proposals is tomorrow, Tuesday 19 January.
British Science Association Award Lectures 2010 - deadline 26 February
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/WhatsOn/TheAwardLectures2010.htm.htm
Do you know a brilliant science communicator? Nominations for the 2010 British Science Association Award Lectures are now open.
- Joseph Lister Award - Social sciences
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award - Engineering, technology and industry
- Charles Lyell Award - Environmental sciences
- Charles Darwin Award - Agricultural, biological and medical sciences
- Lord Kelvin Award - Physical sciences and mathematics
British Science Association Media Fellowships 2010 - deadline 2 March
These 3-8 week Media Fellowships create a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, clinicians, social scientists and engineers. www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Royal Society Partnership Awards - deadline 5 March
The Royal Society are looking for enthusiastic teachers, scientists and engineers to collaborate on innovative projects in schools that will help show students how exciting science can be!
The Royal Society can offer up to £3000 to schools as part of its Partnership Grants scheme.
For more information on the scheme, go to http://royalsociety.org/partnership
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Wildlife detectives - Bristol BioBlitz
Who needs Glastonbury? The real action on the weekend of 26 June 2009 was happening just over the Clifton Suspension Bridge at the Ashton Court Estate in Bristol, where hundreds of volunteers, children and members of the public braved some damp conditions for Bristol's first ever BioBlitz.
Read the full story on the Public Engagement Stories website at the University of Bristol.
Photo by: BioBlitz Bristol
Monday, 6 July 2009
Engaged teaching and learning
Notes from the Engage 2009 session on "Engaged Teaching and Learning".
Characteristics of engaged learning
- It’s an attitude/mindset - can't be taught > has to be learned experientially
- Service learning > rendering a service to a community group
- Informal settings for learning
Examples
- Engaged teaching > Physiology and Pharmacology final year students (became teachers)
- Engaged learning > BA in English Literature and Community Engagement > participation
Why is it important?
- Experience: "Translating the value of education into the rest of their lives"
- Increases through engaged teaching > affects other people's lives
- Deeper understanding of your own subject
- "One of the best ways to learn a subject is to teach it"
Potential at University of Bristol
- Undergraduates are currently involved in outreach
- Formalise as part of their courses > Dissertation?
- Harnessing what you're already doing
- Engaged teaching as a vehicle for skills development > subject-specific
- Give courses a unique dimension, something distinctive
- Experiential way to gain transferable skills > employability
- Understanding the value of your work, education and subject > works with vocational and non-vocational courses > broader view
- "Translating the value of education into the rest of their lives"
- Can harness to what you're already doing
- Employee/student satisfaction
- Students reflecting on their educational experiences
- Going to lose didactic teaching time
- How are people (i.e. future employers) going to know that this has been part of your course?
- Resource implications
- Unclear drivers
- Lack of student interest/acceptance
- Quality assurance
- What does success look like and how do you measure it?
- "Failure" can have far-reaching consequences – for students and for the communities engaged
- Research is valued over teaching, never mind "engaged teaching"
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