The Manchester team are looking to recruit volunteers for the next Pint of Science Festival (14-16 May 2018)! Pint of Science is a three day festival taking place across Manchester, where scientists are brought to the pub to share their research with the public. The...
Public Engagement Blog posts
Help us mark World Antibiotics Awareness Week
The University Flagship Programme ‘One Student, One Campus, One Life – Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance’ invites staff and students to attend a number of events to mark World Antibiotics Awareness Week and European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Events include: Tuesday...
Public Engagement Funding Event – 12-2pm 3rd Nov, Whitworth Hall
Public Engagement Funding Event, Friday 3 November 2017, 12:00 – 14:00, Whitworth Hall Find out about the latest public engagement funding and training available across the University of Manchester. Hear about successful previous projects. Network with likeminded...
See our researchers in action at the Manchester Science Festival – 19-29 October 2017
Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival returns for 2017 (Thursday 19 October - Sunday 29 October) and you can see our researchers involved in a host of events and activities. Here are some just of the highlights where you can see them in action: Sentinel - Thursday 19...
After School Science Club – MSF event needs your help!
After School Science Club: BLOCKS - Friday 27 October, 6.30pm-10pm, Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester, Tickets £9.50, adults 18+ (bar open all night) Finished school, but still excited about science? After School Science Club is a night of...
INVITE – SUPI Networking Event 2017
School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI) Networking Event Are you a researcher interested in engaging with local schools? Want to share your passion for research and your subject area with teachers and students? Want to develop your public engagement and...
Engagement Matters: Evaluating your public engagement
In this Engagement Matters post, Suzanne Spicer shares her top tips for evaluating the success of your public engagement activities. Evaluation can be perceived as a daunting task but when used correctly, it is an effective tool to reflect on and improve your public...
Call for Scientists and Engineers – Take part I’m a Scientist & Engineer competitions (apply by 2 Oct
Do schools outreach from your desk in I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer! I'm a Scientist and I’m an Engineer are online STEM outreach competitions that get scientists and engineers talking about their work with school students across the UK. You are invited to apply...
SUPI: Engaging with Schools Training for Researchers
Would you like the opportunity to develop an outreach activity and engage with a local school? Are you passionate about your subject area? Are you interested in taking your research into the classroom? Want to develop your outreach skills? Then this free public...
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...
Engagement Matters: Public engagement framework “share, inspire, involve” launches
I am delighted to inform you that the public engagement framework has been launched for the university. We use the term 'public engagement (PE)' to describe the ways in which we involve, connect and share our work with the public. PE can apply to any discipline and...
Engagement@Manchester – Storytelling and public engagement, 18 Oct 2017, 1-2:30pm, Manchester Museum
Looking for some more inspiration, insights and shared experiences about public engagement activities taking place across The University of Manchester? Then come along to our first enagement@manchester event for 2017/18… Storytelling and public engagement - 18 October...
Engagement Matters: Developing Table Top Science Activities
In this Engagement Matters post Sheena shares her six top tops developing a table top science activity. There are lots of things to think about if you want to create a successful table top activity. Before you do this it may help to go (or help at) an event in which...
Public Engagement Funding round-up (August 2017)
A quick round up of some current public engagement / outreach funding opportunities on offer: British Ecological Society Outreach Grants (closes: 11 September 2017) Grants of up to £2,000 to increase public understanding of and engagement with ecology, stimulate...
Become a Manchester Museum PhD Demonstrator – educational sessions for secondary school 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. This will be a paid position for the delivery of education sessions (which includes set-up and...
Engagement Matters: Top Tips for short talk format research presentations
In this Engagement Matters post, Ceri Harrop shares her top tips for the ever-popular short talk format for presenting research in three minutes. Researchers of all disciplines often work and study in a communication bubble, where the people around them know and...
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition (closes 31 Aug 2017)
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition closes for entries at midnight on 31 August. The overall winner will receive £500, while winners of the individual categories will receive £250. The competition is open to scientists, and winning entries are chosen...
The Brilliant Club – PhD Tutor Recruitment
Are you a PhD student or Postdoc looking for meaningful, paid teaching experience? Through working as a tutor with The Brilliant Club, you will: Develop teaching experience and other employability skills Receive high-quality training in teaching pedagogy Enhance your...
Science Spectacular 2017 – Applications of Interest – Now Open (closes 11 Sept 2017)
Science Spectacular - our annual university-wide family fun science fair - returns for the Manchester Science Festival 2017, and we hope you can join us. Science Spectacular is a key event in the University's calendar of public engagement events. It provides an...
Summer Science Exhibition – Call for proposals open now (closes 1 Sept)
The Royal Society is looking for brilliant science and scientists to feature at the Summer Science Exhibition 2018. The Exhibition features the UK's most inspiring research and is a chance for scientists to showcase their work to over 14,000 people, including everyone...
Call for PhD researchers – become a paid widening participation fellow
Are you a PhD student passionate about your subject area? Would you like the opportunity to work with local school children? …then the Widening Participation Fellow programme might be for you! The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Team are recruiting PhD...
Science and Poetry – call for scientists to take part in Manchester Science Festival
As part of Manchester Science Festival 2017, we are looking to pair up a selection of Manchester-based scientists with local poets to develop a series of interdisciplinary performances. This is a really fun and engaging event that has sold out for the past two years,...
Engagement Matters: Table Top Science: Practicalities on the Day (FAQs)
In this Engagement Matters post Sheena continues to share her top tops on the logistics of delivering table top science activities at public facing events. I recently wrote about how to set up and prepare for delivering a table top activity at a science festival...
Critical Conversations: Co-producing Research with Community Researchers
Are you an academic working with or training community/peer researchers? Are you interested in opening an honest and critical space which can confront some of the assumptions, challenges and pitfalls that working with community researchers can entail? Are you keen to...
Engagement Matters: Preparing for Table Top Science: tips on what info you will need to consider
In this Engagement Matters post Sheena shares her top tops for the logistics of preparing to deliver table top science activities at public facing events. We are just in the throes of preparing to do a festival event in which we will have a table top* activity to try...