We know that there is some fantastic public engagement work going on across The University of Manchester, but have you considered how you will evaluate your success? Then why not come along to our free masterclass. The session is open to Academic, Research Staff and...
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Call for Contributions – Science in Public 2019
This is just a short note to say that the Science in Public Conference 2019 will be taking place in Manchester from 10 – 12 July at Manchester Metropolitan University, and in collaboration with The University of Manchester and the University of Salford. The Call for...
Public Engagement training opportunities: engagement with blind and visually impaired audiences
Tactile Universe – free training workshop in communicating astronomy to blind and visually impaired young people - Mon 14 January, 10am-4pm, Schuster Building, University of Manchester The Tactile Universe is an STFC Nucleus Award funded public engagement project...
UoMStories: A Ted Talk-Style Event for PhD students
Dear PhD and Doctoral Students, Start off 2019 ignited and inspired! UoM Stories is a Ted-Talk/Humans of New York-style event for PhD and Doctoral students, with a vision to create a story-telling culture at the university. We are pleased to announce our line-up of...
Join us for another evening of true, personal stories about science on 6th December 2018
The Story Collider: True Stories about Science' Performance by The University of Manchester - 6pm-9.30pm, Thursday 6th December The University of Manchester welcomes back The Story Collider Team as they continue their mission of finding science stories from as many...
UoM Event: Adam Rutherford: In Conversation 17 Jan 2019
Adam Rutherford, Thursday 17 January 2019, 7pm University Place, University of Manchester The AHRC Double-Helix History project and Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to present an evening with self-proclaimed ‘author, broadcaster, scientist, geek’ Adam...
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 for Story Collider Pitches – 6 November 2018 deadline
Call for pitches: The Story Collider is delighted to be partnering with The University of Manchester to hold a science storytelling show at The Birdcage on 6th December 2018. For this show, we're seeking true, personal stories about science to be told live on stage....
Looking for speakers for Cafe Scientifique Manchester
We are looking for motivated science communicators to contribute to our talk series this academic year. Our events typically involve a 30min interactive talks and Q&A sessions but could take other formats as well (we’ve done plays and magic shows, etc.). We are...
We hope you can join us at Science Spectacular 2018!
Saturday 20 October 2018, 11am – 4pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, Oxford Road. Free, drop in, family fun science day! Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival is nearly here and The University of Manchester is playing host to...
New Generation Thinkers – Applications close 4 October 2018, 16.00
The aim of the scheme is to provide a development opportunity for early career researchers to cultivate the skills to communicate their research findings to those outside the academic community. The scheme wants to find a new generation of academics who can bring the...
Hack night to develop a tool for public engagement on food and climate change
We are running a hack night to develop public engagement tools for estimating the contribution of food to greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the Greenhouse Gas and Dietary choices Open source Toolkit (GGDOT) project funded by N8 Agrifood www.ggdot.org. We have made...
The Story Collider: True Personal Stories about Science
The University is delighted to welcome The Story Collider team to Manchester. Their mission is to find science stories from as many different voices as possible and empower people with the skills needed to connect with diverse audiences. To help you develop these...
The University of Manchester is recruiting Science Buskers…
Join our science busking team! If you love science and engaging with the public then we want to hear from you! The University is taking part in the Manchester Science Festival, and as part of our family fun science fair event – Science Spectacular – we are are seeking...
Do you want to help inspire the engineers of the future?
Do you want to help inspire the engineers of the future? A new engineering curriculum project aimed at local primary schools is being developed by Vector STEM Partnership with the support of the University’s Science & Engineering Education R&I Hub (Faculty of...
Tell us what you think about public engagement at Manchester – Engage Watermark Survey (Closes 28 Sept 18)
Another opportunity for you to contribute to our Engage Watermark application for public engagement – help us achieve a gold award. “We need to hear from you about what you think about public engagement at the University as part of achieving a Watermark from the...
Online STEM engagement competitions – I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer – back for November
What are I'm a Scientist and I'm an Engineer? Online events where school students get to meet and interact with scientists/engineers. It’s an X Factor-style competition between scientists/engineers, where the students are the judges. Students challenge the...
University of Manchester Wellcome ISSF Public Engagement 2018-19 Funding Schemes – Round 1 now open
The University has been awarded Institutional Strategic Support Funding (ISSF) from Wellcome. In addition to supporting research, there are two funding schemes to support FBMH academic staff and postgraduate students to develop and deliver public engagement activity...
Methods@Manchester – qualitative evaluation workshops
Methods@Manchester are hosting two half-day Quantitative Evaluation workshops at the University on 12 October 2018. Both workshops are suitable for a variety of levels and can be taken individually or together as a package. They aim to improve capacity for conducting...
The Wellcome Photography Prize is now open for entries.
The Wellcome Photography Prize is now open for entries. We are inviting photographers, researchers and other image makers from all disciplines to enter the prize, which celebrates compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science. The overall...
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...
Encouraging Collaboration BRC Public Engagement Fund
The Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is offering funding for BRC researchers, staff and students to develop and deliver projects and activities that engage the public in BRC research in line with the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement strategy....
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...
Evaluation of Public Engagement – We want to hear from you
We need your help It’s increasingly important for researchers and universities to be able to track and measure the ‘impact’ of their public engagement activities, but there appears to be a widespread lack of confidence in how to effectively evaluate public engagement,...
Wonder Match Programme – launch events
Are you a scientist or an engineer who has a hunger to share the wonder of your research with others? Are you keen to learn more about how to engage with new audiences? Then Wonder Match could be perfect for you. The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement...