Help us learn more about what help researchers need to engage with communities. We are looking for researchers to participate in a 1 hr one-to-one online interview and a 2 hr in-person group workshop on campus, in a project that aims to develop a Community Engagement...
public engagement
Share your thoughts on how well we engage the public in our research, teaching and cultural activities
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...
Get Involved, be part of the team: Pint of Science 2023
Get involved in Pint of Science 2023 Volunteer to help design, develop and produce events for the 2023 Pint of Science festival.Get experience in public engagement and event management.Different roles to suit your interest and experience. Pint of Science is a...
Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2023 – call for exhibitors
Apply now to be part of the Royal Society’s flagship Summer Science Exhibition in 2023. We are looking for researchers to take part in our festival celebrating the cutting-edge of UK science. “One of the most enjoyable and satisfying outreach opportunities that I have...
CALL TO ACTION: Opportunity for Early Career Researchers & Academics to get involved in primary school outreach in GM
An opportunity for Early Career Researchers & Academics to get involved in a local primary outreach This week saw the launch of the Great Science Share Clean Air Challenge - a new project developed by SEERIH and The Royal Society that will involve 25 Greater...
I’m a Scientist & I’m an Engineer Moderators wanted – Nov 2021
Moderator Vacancies: November 2021 We're looking for three moderators to work with us throughout November on the I'm a Scientist and I’m an Engineer activities. It's a temporary, remote job helping to run the site and moderate chats between school students and...
ScienceX is back for 2021!
ScienceX is back for 2021, but with a new home. On 23 & 25 October, this free weekend-long science and engineering festival, organised by the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University, will be held at the Manchester Central Library. With a focus on...
STFC Spark Awards – closing date 28 October 2021 4pm UK time
The Spark Awards call is now open for funding to engage the public with STFC-supported science, technology or its facilities. This opportunity is open to a wide range of organisations and your project must involve at least one researcher in an STFC-funded area....
Open Call: The Collaborative Futures Academy
Can we push the boundaries of how we engage and who we engage with? How do we break out of our comfort zones, address historic inequities and initiate challenging conversations in challenging times? ‘The Collaborative Futures Academy: Pause, Engage, Reflect!’ is an...
Migrant Voices Musical Living Library in Longsight – 2 October 2021
The Migrant Voices ‘Living Library’ invites members of the public to meet celebrated musicians from the local community, hear their stories and musical performances, and share their own oral histories with historians from the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah (AIU) race centre. The...
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...
Funding Opportunity: Public Engagement with Environmental Science
Growing Roots: Public engagement annual call. Deadline 16:00 September 10, 2021. NERC are delighted to announce the launch of our new annual funding opportunity to engage public groups with environmental science research. With this funding call NERC welcomes...
Creative Climate Connections – Funding Opportunity
Creative Climate Connections - Arts-based public engagement with climate change Apply for funding for a new collaborative public engagement partnership, as part of the ‘creative climate connections’ opportunity. Your partnership will engage members of the public with...
Talking Maths in Public Online Conference 2021
We are very excited to announce that booking is open for the biennial maths communicators conference Talking Maths in Public (TMiP), which will be running online from 25 - 28 August 2021, virtually hosted by the ICMS in Edinburgh. The TMiP conference is for anyone...
Our annual Community Festival returns with a series of exciting digital events
We’ve teamed up with Manchester Museum, the Whitworth, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, and staff and students from across the University to create a series of fun and exciting digital events, aimed at families, schools and local communities....
STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum – Call for Applications 2021
STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum Call for Applications Closing date: 16:00, Thursday 3rd June 2021 The STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum (the ‘PEER Forum’) will support talented scientists and engineers in the early stages of...
The Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference PCST 2021
The Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference starts on the 24 May but the pre-conference activities start this week with a series of live visual presentation sessions focused on different themes. Each session has a number of speakers. We hope that you...
BIG Event 2021 – The Call for Session Proposals closes 10 May
BIG Event 2021 - an online conference for people in STEM - 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 July Every year, BIG members get together (virtually at the moment) to exchange ideas, compare disasters, find their next employer and have a grand time with the work and...
Evaluating Public Engagement workshops – May 2021
An opportunity to explore approaches and techniques for evaluating your public engagement work. There are two evaluations training sessions taking place in May. Beginner’s Guide to Evaluating Public Engagement When: Tuesday 25/05/2021, 9:30 – 12:00, via Zoom What:...
Evaluating Public Engagement workshops – Feb & March 2021
Not sure how to evaluate your public engagement? Where to start? Or perhaps you have done some evaluation of your public engagement but you would like to reflect on your own practice, and consider how to maximise the value of evaluating your activities. We are running...
ISSF PE SkillSharing Programme: Creating Digital Content for Engagement
The next event of the ISSF Skills-Sharing Programme will take place on the 11 February 2021. This session will explore how to create different types of digital content to engage audiences with your work. For more information and to book your FREE ticket:...
Virtual Community Science Camp Intro Event – February 2021
NERC Virtual Science Camp Online We invite environmental researchers to boldly re-imagine how to co-create environmental solutions with community partners in order to recognise, respect and respond to the needs of communities, science and society. This online...
Live with Scientists public engagement project – call for staff and student volunteers
Live with Scientists is a public engagement project funded by the Biochemical Society and organised through staff and students at The University of Manchester. Monthly talks by local scientists formerly held as part of the 'Café Scientifique' programme have been...
NHS at 70: Covid Conversations: Historians, Archivists and Curators
NHS at 70: Covid Conversations: Historians, Archivists and Curators Tuesday 20 October 12.30-1.30pm UTC+1 FREE Online event - please register on Eventbrite here What should a national collection of Covid-19 personal testimonies contain? Supported by a grant from UK...
Global Science Show – call for scientists to take part
The Global Science Show returns - Friday 30 October 2020 A virtual science festival, encouraging scientists to showcase STEM through videos, images and more on Twitter. Register to become a presenter here:...