Recruitment of Lay Members for the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health’s Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Forum. Are you a member of the public involved or engaged with the Faculty’s research and/or teaching? Do you have experience of Patient...
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Volunteer with Manchester Museum to inspire school pupils – ongoing applications
Calling all UoM Science Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students: Conservation in genetics workshop callout at Manchester Museum - Volunteer Positions The Manchester Museum is looking for volunteers to assist with a newly created genetics workshop for secondary schools...
MAP Academic Tutors Needed – applications open until 3 Feb
MAP 2020 - Academic Tutors Needed! The Manchester Access Programme is now recruiting academic members of staff or PhD students for academic tutors for 2020. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the social responsibility goals of the University whilst also...
Be part of the UoM Community Festival 2020
Get involved in the next University-wide Community Festival, Saturday 27 June 2020 As part of our commitment to enhancing our relationships with members of our local community, we will be holding our annual University-wide Community Festival on Saturday, 27 June 2020...
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...
Would you like to do public engagement with research at Glastonbury Festival 2020?
For the 50th Anniversary, there will be a new science area in the Green Futures field, and the organisers are welcoming applications for exciting interactive science stalls. The applications portal is now open: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/traders...
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...
Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 2020 – Call for submissions
Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, 26-28 May 2020 in Aberdeen - Call for Proposals & Submissions for Workshops, Performances and Speakers’ Corner. Call for Proposals for Abstracts closes for the main programme closes on 12 October 2019...
Call for activities for Platform for Investigation at the Science and Industry Museum
Platform for Investigation is part of the Science and Industry Museum’s Contemporary Science programme that will run for nine days during October half term. It is a platform for scientists, researchers and STEM professionals to demonstrate their work and research...
Call out for Researchers – European Researchers Night, Manchester Museum 27 September 2019
Friday 27 September is European Researcher’s night and for the fifth time Manchester Museum will be hosting a special late opening showcasing Manchester’s finest researchers and their work for an adult audience. There’ll be research on show, music, drinks and a lively...
Call out for The Sun public events at the Museum of Science and Industry
The Science and Industry Museum is looking for individuals/groups working on projects inspired by the Sun to support the delivery of a creative and contemporary science events programme. This programme will accompany The Sun: Living with our star, the museum’s next...
STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum
STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum - Call for Applications: Closing date: 16:00, Monday 3rd June 2019 https://stfc.ukri.org/public-engagement/training-and-support/peer-forum/ The STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum (the 'PEER Forum')...
Call for Science Stalls at Einstein¹s Garden, Green Man Festival 2019 are now open
Einstein’s Garden is Green Man’s area of science and nature. This year the festival takes place 15 – 18 August. Each year we curate a line up which fuses together performance, art, music and public engagement with research and brings science and the environment to...
Nuffield Research Placement Scheme – register your interest now!
Every year, The University of Manchester hosts sixth form students participating in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme. The placement is a brilliant way of working with talented young people from local schools who are interested in academic research, and who meet...
Demonstrator Vacancies at Manchester Museum: Paid Positions for PhD Students
Manchester Museum is looking to recruit PhD students to deliver educational sessions for their Secondary (11-16 year olds) and Post-16 (16-18 year olds) programmes. The aim is to utilise PhD student’s expert knowledge to enrich the student experience for our formal...
PGR Applications of Interest – Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2019 – Win £500
Once again the University of Manchester will be taking part in the national Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. About 3MT challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes...
Open Call: Arts and Health – Late event, 6 March 20919
The Science and Industry Museum are hosting their next adult Late event on Wednesday 6 March. It will explore the connection between physical and mental healthcare and the arts. They are looking for event contributors – researchers, practitioners, artists and...
Call for UoM Community Festival 2019
Would you like to be part of the next University-wide Community Festival being held on Saturday 15 June 2019? As part of our commitment to enhancing our relationship with members of our local communities, we will be holding our annual University-wide Community...
Science Spectacular 2018 Applications of Interest Now Open
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Science Spectacular – our annual university-wide family fun science fair – returns for the Manchester Science Festival 2018, and we hope you can join us. Science Spectacular is a key event in the University’s calendar of public engagement...
Call out for Manchester Science Festival electricity events (closes 5 September 2018)
The Museum of Science and Industry is looking for STEM professionals working in the field of electricity to support the delivery of a bold, creative and ambitious events programme supporting Electricity: The Spark of Life. There are just two weeks left to submit...
Fun Palaces at Manchester Libraries – call for applications of interest
Fun palaces coming to a library near you! Fun palaces are a way of bringing together Art, Science, local community and FUN!! They’re inspired by Article 27.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which says: “Everyone has the right freely to participate in the...
Widening Participation Fellowships – Info session and Call for PhDs out now
Paid fellowships to develop and deliver a range of activities to inspire and engage schools and college students from across Greater Manchester. We aim to widen participation to higher education to low participation groups by showcasing university as real opportunity...
MakeFest 2018 – calls for makers (scientists, engineers, artists and more)
MakeFest is back! This year, our family festival of making, building, coding, crafting and tinkering has new dates and an exciting programme to celebrate the Year of Engineering 2018. But it’s still all about hands-on, do-it-yourself making at a festival that will...
Call for interactive activities – Space Late at the Museum of Science and Industry – 14 March 2018
Tim Peake's Soyuz space capsule is landing at the Museum of Science and Industry and to mark the occasion we are having a Space: Late on Wednesday 14 March from 7pm – 10pm. See https://www.msimanchester.org.uk/whats-on/soyuz-spacecraft Our Lates are informal,...
Take part in the University’s Community Festival – 16 June 2018
If you haven’t already signed up then there’s still time to get involved in the 2018 Community Festival Following the huge success of the first University-wide Community Festival in 2017 we are looking for staff and students to offer an activity at our 2018 Community...