Engagers’ Digest 19/06/2014

University of Bristol engagement

1. Last chance to apply for two student internship positions in the Centre for Public Engagement – application deadline 23 June, 9am

2. Applications open for event proposals for Thinking Futures Festival – deadline 3 July

3. Schools public engagement training (introductory session) – 3 July

4. Researchers’ Night 2014: University of Bristol researchers urgently required to assist with theatre/ science project – expressions of interest by 3 July

 

Funding and awards

5. Royal College of Pathologists public engagement grant scheme – deadline 30 June

6. Science Learning+ grants – deadline for phase one, 10 July

7. Call for funding from the Cabot Institute – deadline 8 September

 

Events and training

8. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement – 30 June

9. Networking lunch with British Council from Japan – 17 July

 

News and opportunities

10. National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Engage (NCCPE) competition winners announced

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Engagers’ Digest 5/06/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

 

1. Two student internship positions in the Centre for Public Engagement – application deadline 23 June, 9am

2. Applications open for event proposals for Thinking Futures Festival – deadline 3 July

3. Schools public engagement training (introductory session) – 3 July

 

Events and training

 

4. Breaking news and building bridges: how journalists and academics can be friends – 10 June 2014

5. People & Research West of England (PRWE) course: Involving the public in your research – 25 June

6. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement – 30 June

 

News and opportunities

 

7. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project throughout June

8. Communicate science in a new way! Science busking at Festival of Nature – 14 June

9. Volunteer opportunities with The Big Bang Fair – 26 June

10. Volunteers needed for At-Bristol activities – 27 & 28 June

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Engagers’ Digest 14/05/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Day in a life of a PhD student: Universities Week Twitter project – deadline for expressions of interest 6 June

2. Paid evaluation work at Bristol Festival of Nature – 14 & 15 June

3. Thinking Futures Festival: deadline 3 July

Funding and awards

4. Science Communication Awards 2014 – deadline 30 May

5. Wellcome Trust People and Society Awards – deadlines July and October 

6. The Biochemical Society scientific outreach grants – deadline September

7. British Ecological Society outreach grants – deadline 8 September

Events and training

8. Research in context: training and training the trainer day – 17 & 26 June

News and opportunities

9. Volunteers required for Bridgwater Science Festival, 30 May

10. Volunteers required for Women in Science workshop, 20 June

11. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project

12. Breaking boundaries: thinking differently about public involvement in research – deadline for comments 28 May

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Engagers’ Digest 29/4/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Schools public engagement training – planning and sharing best practice: 8 May

2. Next round of EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account public engagement awards: deadline 30 May

3. Paid evaluation work at Bristol Festival of Nature: 14-15 June

4. #UoBEngage – follow engagement opportunities on Twitter

Funding and awards

5. Seven x £50 travel bursaries for PhD workshops on public engagement/ impact: deadline 2 May

6. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Bristol and Bath design research project: deadline 22 May

7. Science Learning+ grants: deadline for phase one, 10 July

Events and training

8. Pint of Science, Bristol: 19 -21 May

9. Biochemical Society – science communication training day: 11 June 2014

10. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement: 30 June 2014

News and opportunities

11. Festival of Nature – naturalists wanted

12. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project

13. Online community engagement – from tools to strategy

14. At-Bristol science centre – volunteers needed with a passion for science communication

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Engagers’ Digest 7/4/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1.     Bristol Food Connections volunteering opportunity: apply by 17 April

2.     New public engagement stories: gender & violence, philosophical blogging and nanoscience for all

Funding and awards

3.     Society of Biology regional grant scheme: deadline 14 April

4.     Royal College of Pathologists public engagement innovation grant scheme: deadline 30 June

5.     Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) public engagement large awards: deadline 6 November

Events and training

6.     British Science Association (BSA) - Science communication conference: 1-2 May, booking deadline 27 April

7.     National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) - After the Research Excellence Framework (REF): taking stock: 6 May

8.     Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts (BIRTHA) – Mind, brain and behaviour, is there a best way to understand pain and healing: 7 May

9.     Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) - Collaborative skills training programme – call for participants: deadline 15 May

News and opportunities

10.  Festival of Nature – naturalists wanted

11.  Festival of Nature – Wild About Chew

12.  Pervasive Media Studio’s graduate and new talent competition: deadline for applications 25 April

13.  London Science Festival: open application deadline 30 April

14.  Organise an event for National Women in Engineering Day: ongoing until 23 June

15.  The Guardian: University public engagement: 20 tips from experts in the sector

16.  British Science Association: Public attitudes to science survey results

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