Engagement@Manchester - 20 May 2015 1pm-2pm Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road M13 9PL Are you interested in engagement and involvement? Do you want to meet other like-minded people at the University and hear inspiring ideas? Then please come along to the...
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Early-career STEM Communicator – training opportunity from BIG
Are you an early-career Science Communicator? Want to suck the knowledge and experience out of those who have been at it for ages? Thanks to generous support from Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, The Little Event will take place again on Thursday 15 January 2015,...
The zombies are back! – From Bugs to Drugs Open Day
Have you ever wondered how medicines are made? What the ingredients are, how medicines work, how they reach the right part of the body and how their performance is tested? To find out the answer to these questions, and much, much more, come along to University Place...
Wonder-drugs Roadshow
One week to go before the Wonder-drug Roadshow hits the road.... Come to see a sculpture made by Manchester Health Academy School inspired by 'Medicines Safety' and try our challenges. A team from the Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational...
Engaging with the Media – 15 October 2014, 1-2pm, Manchester Museum, Kanaris Theatre
You don't want to miss this month's Engagement@Manchester session where explore the topic "Engaging with the Media". We hear from academics who have recently featured in the media on a range of topics from Ebola to Papyrus and we find out how the University press...
Nuffield Council on Bioethics – Calling all scientists: what’s it like being you?
Lunchtime discussion Calling all scientists – what’s it like being you? Wednesday 24 September 2014, 12.15-2.00pm (sandwiches available from 12.00), Room 3.101, Manchester Business School (West), University of Manchester What motivates scientists and what pressures...
Dementia Friends Training session
Wednesday 10 September, 12-1pm, in the Jean McFarlane Building Making a Difference Dementia Friends is one of the University's Social Responsibility flagship programmes. Raising awareness of dementia is one very small step that we can all take to make a difference....
Standing up for Science media workshop, London, 3 October 2014
Friday 3 October 2014, 10:30am to 5pm, Society of Chemical Industry, London. Are you PASSIONATE about your RESEARCH? Do you think it is important for GOOD SCIENCE and EVIDENCE to be communicated to a wider audience? What can you do to address SCIENTIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS...
Science meets Art – public engagement funding information event
12-1pm Wednesday 23 July, G.824, Stopford Building Join other scientists and artist to generate ideas and hear more about science meets art public engagement funding activities. The session is open to all postgraduate and postdoctoral science and arts based...
Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition
The Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition opens tomorrow in London. From 1-6 July, the Royal Society welcomes you to join in the excitement. In addition to the opportunity to explore exhibits showcasing some of the most fascinating research currently conducted in...
Local SciBar opportunities
Are you interested in sharing your research in an informal atmosphere? SciBars are informal discussions in a pub. We invite a scientist to present their research and then lead a discussion about it. Run by the British Science Association, these are hugely popular and...
Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics
Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics is the latest exhibition to open at Manchester Museum. This exhibition will examine and explore how the role of Manchester’s Whitworth Park has changed over time. The displays are the result of a local archaeology project...
The Big Bang Fair 2015 – Call for activities OPEN
Applications to run an activity at The Big Bang Fair 2015 at the NEC, Birmingham from 11 - 14 March 2015 are now being accepted! If your organisation would like to participate as an activity provider in The Big Bang Fair 2015, please submit an application via...
Researchers do stand up – 12 June 2014, Manchester Bright Club
Bright Club Manchester is the comedy club where researchers, from all fields and backgrounds, take to the stage to perform short stand-up comedy routines about their work. Our next event Thursday 12 June: Big, small, new, old; ideas make the world go around and there...
Engaging in Unusual Places
Engagement@Manchester is a series of lunchtime meetings exploring different aspects of public engagement. All University staff and students are welcome to attend these free events. No registration required – just pop along. The next meeting will focus on Engaging in...
Universities Week 2014 – call for public engagement activities
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) are pleased to be one of the partners of Universities Week 2014. Universities Week 2014 is inviting universities across the UK to engage with the public. Ideas for Life, will encourage people to find out...
Celebrating biomedical research in the city centre
Saturday 20 July at 2pm, St Ann's Square, Manchester Join us in the sunshine for the next M-cubed event (Manchester Minute Microlectures) this Saturday afternoon. Biomedical researchers will share their enthusiasm and expertise by giving a pitch about their work in...
Manchester Sci-comm Social – 28 May 2013
Following on from our recent successful event, we're having another Manchester sci-commers meal/drinks meetup, this time on Tuesday 28 May 2013. We'll be meeting at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens, from 6.30pm, to eat food and then proceed to a nearby pub. The invite...
University College for Interdisciplinary Learning: a lecture by Tom Bloxham
Come and hear Tom Bloxham, MBE, Chancellor of The University of Manchester, speak about his remarkable journey from Manchester student to founder of an award-winning regeneration company. What: Manchester Helped Make Me: From Studying Politics and Modern History to...
Showcasing world-leading medical research in Manchester
Free public event on International Clinical Trials Day, Monday 20 May 2013 (2pm – 4pm), at the Nowgen Centre, 29 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9WU. Explore research in the NHS and find out why 'It's OK to ask' your doctors about research, as part of International...
Debate on bioenergy asks: should the UK government increase its support?
Monday, 20 May 2013 (4pm to 6pm) in University Place Lecture Theatre A (3.102). Everyone is welcome at a debate on bioenergy. The question for panellists is: "The UK government should increase support for bioenergy. Discuss ..." Bioenergy is set to play a major role...
Engagement@Manchester 15 May – policy and public engagement
This month’s Engagement@Manchester lunchtime meeting is on 15 May 2013 Theme: Policy and public engagement We will explore examples of shaping policy through a range of engagement activities. When and Where: 15 May 2013, 13:00 - 14:00, Dover Street O.1.6 Speakers:...
Public Engagement activities going on in and around Manchester (April – May 2013)
A quick round up of just some of the Public Engagement activities going on in and around Manchester? this April and May. Many of these events feature academics and researchers from the University of Manchester… 8 April 2013, 6:30pm - Bollington SciBar Where: Vale Inn,...
Opportunities for working with The Manchester Museum and other cultural assets
Come to the next Engagement@Manchester event on 17 October. All University students and staff are invited to attend our monthly lunchtime meetings exploring aspects of public engagement. There is a wealth of expertise across the University in this field and we are...
NCCPE Newsletter October 2012
Welcome to the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Newsletter Conference: Engage 2012, 5 & 6 December 2012, Bristol We are delighted to announce that booking has now opened for our 3rd National Conference: Engage 2012. This two day conference will...