Our University currently holds a Gold Engage Watermark which recognises our commitment to and the ways in which we engage the public in our research, teaching and culture activities. Our public engagement activity is supported by our strategic goal of Social...
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Bright Club research-themed standup comedy, 22 March, ‘Light’
Bright Club is a regular stand-up night where the comedians are all researchers and academics and the routines are related to their field. The 22 March session has two slots left for people to present on the theme of 'light' (they're flexible on how you interpret...
Raise your research profile through UoM’s Climate Questions campaign
We are looking for academics and early career researchers, keen to get involved in activities to support our Climate Questions campaign. This autumn, The University of Manchester will launch a communications campaign to showcase our role at the forefront of the...
Global Science Show – Biodiversity Bonanza
The Global Science Show is a virtual science festival that has taken place on Twitter every month from March 2020. You can check us out at @GlobalSciShow on Twitter, we're also expanding out to Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. We invite people to share their own little...
Manchester Histories Festival 2020 – applications for taking part now open
Manchester Histories Festival takes place Thursday 4 June to Monday 8 June 2020. The main hub for the festival will be at Manchester Central Library but your event could take place in any other venue across Greater Manchester. Your event can be a talk, performance,...
Call out for Science Fiction: Late – 18 March 2020, Science and Industry Museum
The Science and Industry Museum are looking for individuals and groups working on projects inspired by science fiction to support the delivery of their next Late on Wednesday 18 March 2020, which is going to look at how science fiction has predicted developments in...
Do you work with technology? DigiLab needs you!
DigiLab is running a two week residency from 4th -15th November (weekdays only, 11am – 4pm) and we’re looking for demonstrators and lightning talks. DigiLab is a library run service which allows all students and staff to access new technologies, chat to companies and...
Call for activities for ScienceX 2020
Once again, ScienceX will be taking over Manchester’s intu Trafford Centre for a weekend-long science extravaganza. With the help of staff and students in FSE, ScienceX takes science, engineering and research to the general public at this popular venue. Here we are...
Call for sustainability activities for the Festival of Manchester 31 August
Public engagement opportunity with the Science and Industry Museum Festival of Manchester - Saturday 31 August, Platt Fields Park This one day festival of music, food, sport, crafts and culture began in Platt Fields Park, Manchester in 2018, when it was attended by...
Manchester Youth Zone (Harpurhey area) seeking summer STEM activities
Manchester Youth Zone’s Holiday Clubs support over 30 local children who experience ‘Holiday Hunger’ where families have less access to hot and nutritious meals without support from schools. We want to inspire children aged 8-12 to think about STEM subjects and...
Cafe Scientifique – Call for science communicators!
Working in collaboration with MADLab at PLANT NOMA, Cafe Scientifique is an informal open dialogue event where anyone is invited to come and explore the latest ideas in science and technology. It is a forum for debating science issues, and is currently looking for...
Science Week and Lates event at Eureka! Halifax
Eureka! The National Children's Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire are hosting a range of activities to celebrate British Science Week. Alongside our own events we are looking for STEM professionals with a passion for inspiring and enthusing primary age children (and...
Sci Comm Podcast – contributors call
Following several discussions that have been happening in parallel across the UK's #scicomm community, we thought that it would be a good idea to create a community podcast. The aims and objectives of this podcast would be as follows: To engage scicomm communities and...
Call out for Bee Late at the Museum of Science and Industry
The Museum of Science and Industry is very excited to be one of the locations for the Bee in the City sculpture trail this summer and to mark the occasion we are having a bee-themed Late on Wednesday 25 July from 7pm - 10pm. See Bee in City:...
Call for: Artists & Scientists – Castlefield Gallery
Artists & Scientists @ Castlefield Gallery - 29 May 2018, 18.30 - 20.30 The May Castlefield Gallery Associates session takes a look, from both sides of the lab bench, at artist/scientist co-operation. Jon Biddulph and Dave Griffiths will talk about their...
MakeFest 2017 – call out for Makers
MakeFest is the Museum of Science and Industry’s annual celebration of hands-on, do-it-yourself making. Artists, makers, crafters and coders will take over the museum for a whole weekend to show off their skills and encourage everyone to have a go at making something...
BIG Event 2017 – Call for session proposals OPEN
The call for session proposals for the BIG Event 19 - 21 July 2017 at the Centre for Life, Newcastle is now open. http://www.bigevent.info Every year, STEM engagement professionals get together for a three-day bash to exchange ideas, compare disasters, find their next...
Terrific Scientists – Closing date for submissions 30 Nov 2016
This is an amazing opportunity to engage with school children through BBC Learning. Our FMBH digital media team can help with making the videos – if you are intending on being part of this - please contact Dr Sheena Cruickshank (University Academic Lead for Public...
Apply now for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition - deadline 26 September
There is just a week left to apply to be part of our 2017 Summer Science Exhibition. This is a fantastic public engagement opportunity for researchers and collaborators, at The Royal Society’s biggest public event of the year. The exhibition is a diverse celebration...
MakeFest at Museum of Science and Industry – call for science maker activities
MakeFest is a makers fair that is held annually at the Museum of Science and Industry, this year on the 20th and 21st August, and aims to explore a wide range of making and maker techniques, and to engage audiences with makers and making in a hands-on, creative and...
Be part of Biology Week 2016
Biology Week is an annual celebration of life science with events all over the UK and beyond for everyone from children to professional scientists. It is a great opportunity to share your passion for biology as part of the biggest week in the life sciences calendar,...
NERC Into the Blue – free-to-exhibit opportunity
Into The Blue: Science we live and breath - 25-29 October 2016 Get involved with this event by submitting an exhibit idea. NERC are offering a free-to-exhibit opportunity to have an exhibition stand or run public engagement activities as part of our Into The Blue...
Scientists for Fun Palaces – 1 October 2016
We are planning to turn all our libraries (and our bookshop) into Fun Palaces on 1 October 2016 and we would were wondering if any volunteers may be able to facilitate some science activities for us? We’d love to have a scientist in every library but even one...
Invitation to contribute to JustFest 2016
Do you work on issues of social justice that you’d like to bring to the wider student audience? If so, you might be interested in contributing to JustFest 2016, the University of Manchester’s very own social justice festival, which takes place on March 9th, right here...
Call for Session Proposals BIG Event 2016 – OPEN
The call for session proposals for the BIG Event - 20 July 2016 at W5 in Belfast is now open. If you are a science communicator, a STEM engagement person, or someone who thinks communicating science to all sorts of publics is a skill you should hone. You might like...