EuroScience seeks scientific programme ideas for Manchester 2016 Representatives from the ESOF host city of Manchester and EuroScience – a grassroots association which acts on behalf of Europe’s scientific community – are calling for session proposals to populate the...
Public Engagement Blog posts
British Science Week 2015: Tell us what switched you onto science! #My1stExperiment
What was the first experiment which sparked your scientific curiosity? What did you do? Did you realise you wanted to become a scientist? It might be the first experiment that you did as a child or perhaps the first experiment you did once you started studying science...
British Science Festival – September 2015 Bradford – open call
British Science Festival Open Call for proposals: In 2015, the British Science Festival programme is opening its doors to academics, organisations and individuals who want to bring cutting-edge British Science to an adult, non-specialist audience. There are no...
AN 80,000 WORD THESIS WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO PRESENT. THEIR TIME LIMIT… 3 MINUTES!
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition – The UoM Final Monday 23 March, 16:00 – 18:00, Alan Turing Building G.107 What is 3MT? The Three Minute Thesis ®(3MT) competition challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation of their research topic...
Call for Proposals: Science Stalls for Einstein’s Garden at the Green Man Festival 2015
The Green Man Festival is held near the Black Mountains in Wales and attracts 20,000 festival goers. The festival has earned a reputation as one of the great independent festivals in the UK. In 2010 Green Man won ‘Best Medium Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards and in...
Applications are now open for the Josh Award 2015
The Josh Award is an award established to recognise and support up-and-coming talent in science communication, nurture development in the field (with the support of BIG - the skills sharing network for people involved in the communication of STEM) and support the...
Skills Days for STEM Outreach delivery – 20 – 21 April 2015
Do you work in Outreach? Is it your role to manage, develop and deliver research engagement? For example, based in a university or research centre? Over a number years there has been a steady increase in the number of BIG members whose role is managing public...
Are you planning an event for Schools as part of British Science Week 2015, or would you like to? Read on!
British Science Week 2015 will be taking place from 13 – 22 March 2015. Building on the success of last year, we will be hosting a 4-day programme of activities for schools in the North West, featuring a Science Fair, a Science Workshop and a Guest Lecture by a...
#ShareMyThesis competition (Closing date: 9 February 2015, 10.00am)
The #ShareMyThesis competition challenges PhD students past and present to summarise why your PhD research is important in 140 characters or less. Are you currently studying for or have you completed a PhD degree? Do you want to tell the world why your research is...
Bright Club Manchester – New Beginnings
29 January 2015, 7:30 - 10:15pm, Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester Since it is January, we will be thinking about starting anew, with some fresh ideas from a new bunch of researchers. Your compere ANDREW TAYLOR presents SOPHIE HASLETT, a breath of fresh air BEN STUTCHBURY,...
Nuffield Research Placements: Host a Student this Summer
Could you host a sixth form student on a Nuffield Research Placement in July / August 2015? Last the University of Manchester were proud to have hosted more students than any other institution in the UK. They are now looking for researchers and academic staff who...
Standing up for Science Media Workshop – 27 March 2015, Manchester
Standing up for Science Media Workshop - 27 March 2015, 10:30am - 5pm University of Manchester, University Place 6.207 (Apply by 13 March) Are you passionate about your research? Do you think it is important for good science and evidence to be communicated to a wider...
MaD awards – including one for public engagement
The new Making a Difference Social Responsibility Awards have just been launched. The Making a Difference Awards will recognise and celebrate the many different types of social responsibility achievements of the University’s academic and professional support staff,...
Manchester Access Programme Recruitment – 2015 Cohort
I am contacting you with regards to the University of Manchester’s Manchester Access Programme (MAP) as we will soon be recruiting for our 2015 cohort of MAP students and we would like to request your help in spreading the word to any eligible students or teachers you...
Access to Understanding Science – writing competition 2015
Are you a biomedical scientist who acknowledges the importance of accessible scientific research? Are you confident explaining complicated scientific terms and concepts in plain English? If you are, then enter our Access to Understanding Science competition to explain...
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...
Do stand-up about your research!
Manchester Bright wants you! See: brightclubmcr.org.uk
Engagement@Manchester: Summer Schools
Engagement@Manchester is back on 19 November, offering you an opportunity to meet staff and students from across the University who are interested in exploring different aspects of public engagement. This month’s topic is “Hosting a residential Summer School: Top Tips...
Event – The City as Canvas: Designing Creative Places – 28 Oct
The City as Canvas: Designing Creative Places- cities@manchester - Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 6.30pm Contemporary cities serve as sites for a wide range of interventions by designers, ranging from informal graffiti and temporary installations to community murals and...
cities@manchester animated urbanism competition – winners
Our recent Animated Urbanism competition offered University of Manchester researchers, keen to disseminate their work to wider audiences, the opportunity to turn their findings into a short animation made by Toasted Productions. We received a high volume of quality...
FameLab – the science communications competition
FameLab is back! Calling all scientists and engineers with a passion for public engagement. FameLab is inviting scientists, mathematicians and engineers, both in academia and industry, across the UK to take part in its flagship science communications competition....
AHRC call for researchers to present their research at engaging public events (closes 1 Dec)
To mark its tenth anniversary in 2015, the AHRC is looking to extend its partnership with Cheltenham Festivals by inviting applications from researchers to present their research at one of a series of six engaging public events at the Cheltenham Jazz and Music...
Understanding Ebola, 6 November – public event
Understanding Ebola - Thursday 6 November 2014, 5.30pm, Samuel Alexander Theatre The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is pleased to invite you to the annual public Tri-Institute lecture, in conjunction with the Institute for Development and Policy...
NCCPE University’s Week Public Engagement Training
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) have teamed up with Universities Week to offer three free training days for people wanting to develop their engagement skills. With a choice of sessions for beginners, and more experienced engagers, these...
Images of Research Competition 2013 and the winners are…
The votes have been tallied and the judges scores have now been confirmed. We can now announce the winning entries for the Images of Research Competition 2013: Overall winner by Public vote Small loans, big dreams: fighting poverty, one loan at a time – Asad Ghalib...