Wednesday 26 March 1.30pm – 2.40pm

Room 5.212, University Place, Oxford Road (in-person)

A community of practice: share, learn, connect

Are you interested in public engagement? Would you like to hear and share some inspiring ideas and practice? Do you want to network with other like-minded engaging people? Then come along to this series of informal sessions exploring different aspects of public engagement.

Open to: All University staff, students and community partners.

We are keen to encourage new people to take their first steps in public engagement, as well as support those with more experience.

In this shared practice session on 26 March, we’ll explore creative practices or creative ways to engage communities through a series of short case studies and talks sharing practice from recent projects, a Q&A and time to connect with other attendees.

Speakers include:

• Dr Jenna Ashton, Faculty of Humanities (Hidden in the soil and scrub)
• Dr Binish Khatoon and Dr Suzanne Johnson (Tree of Life: How exploring diversity can create unity project)
• Stephanie Gillibrand (Manchester Memories)

You can also find out more forthcoming public engagement opportunities. 

We will supply tea/coffee and cake, and you are welcome to bring your lunch along to the session. Please let us know if you are coming by  signing up for the session [forms.office.com].

If you’d like to join us and don’t have a University of Manchester email address, please email engagement@manchester.ac.uk

Future Engagement@Manchester dates:

• Inclusive Practice on Wednesday 7 May 12.30 -1.40pm, Room 2.220 University Place
• Collaborative Practice on Thursday 26 June 12.30-1.40pm, Room 5.206 University Place