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April 2019

Hello Bristol Public Engagement Network and welcome to Connect, our monthly bulletin for staff and students interested in public engagement. Our Conversations that Count festival kicks off later this month (30 May-11 June) and we hope to see you there!

The Public Engagement team

Check out all the Conversations that Count events

Register for events in our Conversations That Count festival (30 May-11 June). It includes an Engaged Learning workshop on creating effective partnerships for curriculum engagement and a short public performance Alonely exploring loneliness-based reflections of older people in Bristol. Info about all the events are on our website.

Join us to welcome Dr Rajesh Tandon, UNESCO Co-Chair of Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, to launch the festival. His talk will explore how universities can be more socially responsible and connect with communities (30 May). It’s not one to miss! Get your tickets on Eventbrite.

Tell us about your public engagement. As part of the festival's launch, we are creating an exhibition to highlight all the fantastic public engagement work of staff and students. If you'd like us to feature your project - big or small - email Ellie Cripps asap for more info.

Develop skills in facilitation for Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) activities as part of a workshop (19 June) hosted by People in Health West of England.

Find out about science communication at the Sci Comm South West conference (21 June) featuring talks, workshops and networking opportunities.

Find out about all of our learning opportunities online

Get involved in the University’s biggest public engagement event of the year. You can still register to take part in FUTURES to celebrate European Researchers’ Night on 27-28 September. Check out our website and email the FUTURES team asap to take part.

Join our team as an intern this summer to support the delivery of FUTURES 2019. One role will support marketing and social media and the other will support events development and delivery. The roles are open to current undergraduate and postgraduate students and will be 2 days/week, July - September. For more info contact the FUTURES team.

Make a short film to tell a story related to human health during the LabCut Science Film Workshop (13-15 June) at the University of Warwick. The workshop is free and films created will be screened at the British Science Festival.

Share your engagement story at the annual Engage conference (4-5 December, Bristol), coordinated by the NCCPE. You can propose workshops, talks, posters and more on their website (deadline 18 June). If you’d like a hand to shape your ideas, just email us.

Talk to local science teachers about your research (25 June). The School of Education are looking for researchers who can give a 30-min engaging talk about their work which links to the secondary school science curriculum. Email Ellie Cripps for more info.

Inspire school students and families from across the UK with hands-on STEM Activities at Big Bang UK (11-14 March, Birmingham). Email us for advice (deadline 31 August).

Engage the people of Sherborne with your research. Sherborne Science Café are looking for speakers for their regular events on the fourth Wednesday evening of the month. For more info contact the PE team.

Need funding for engagement? Calls open now include:

£30,000 from Alzheimer’s Research UK (deadline 31 May)
£3000 from the Institute of Physics (deadline 31 May)
£1000 from the Royal College of Pathologists (deadline 3 June)
£3000 for exploratory impact activities from the ESRC IAA ( deadline 6 June)
£5000 to promote inclusion and diversity in chemical sciences (deadline 16 June)
£1000 from the Biochemical Society (deadline 17 June)
£500 to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table (deadline 15 July)

Explore all of our engagement opportunities online

Read the paper by PhD students Dani Carrillo and Chanelle Lee about workshops they led to inspire school students in France about robotics. The activity was supported by our Public Engagement Seed Fund which will relaunch later this summer. Read the abstract and contact Dani Carrillo for the full paper.

For more engagement inspiration, check out the Creative Reactions exhibition of scientist-artist collaborations (2 May-1 June) or the Research Without Borders showcase to see a range of engaging exhibits from Bristol PhD students (15 May).

Find your Public Engagement team contact

Engaging Environments: Lessons from the NERC-funded Engaging Environments programme celebrates outcomes of the major NERC-funded public engagement programme and highlights successes and learning to help researchers plan and deliver high-quality public engagement activities. Download the booklet and get inspired.

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Let us know if you’d like a project to be featured in Get Inspired.
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