The Royal Photographic Society has launched a Call for Entries for the world’s best scientific and engineering images. Open to scientists, students and the public, one hundred images will be selected by a jury of scientists, photographers and experts, to form a...
Public Engagement Blog posts
Two new Academic Leads in Social Responsibility appointed
Two new Academic Leads have been appointed to help take forward key elements of the University’s social responsibility agenda Academic Lead for Environmental Sustainability Reporting to Professor James Thompson (Associate Vice-President for Social Responsibility),...
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is coming to Manchester
Think you can reduce your 80,000 word thesis into less than 180 seconds? About Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The exercise challenges YOU to present a compelling oration on your thesis...
Outreach Grants available from the British Pharmacological Society
Have you got a great idea for a pharmacology outreach or public engagement activity? Apply for one of our outreach grants and put your plan into action! Grants of up to £1500 are available to support innovative pharmacology outreach and public engagement activities....
Nominations open for Royal Society Faraday Prize
The Royal Society’s medals, awards and prize lectureships provide an opportunity to celebrate outstanding achievement. Nominations for the Michael Faraday Prize are now open. This prize lecture is given by a scientist or engineer whose expertise in communicating...
AHRC New Generation Thinker scheme
The Arts & Humanities Research Council, BBC Radio 3, and BBC Arts are looking for the UK’s next intellectual broadcasters in the arts and humanities. The New Generation Thinkers scheme is seeking innovative programme ideas, talent, and expertise from early career...
British Science Association 2015 Science Communication Conference – call for proposals
The call for proposals for sessions at the 2015 Science Communication Conference is now open. If you'd like to propose a session that you would like to help organise, complete this online form - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2QXKYYY Your session could look to the...
Present your research at the British Science Festival 2015
The British Science Association is pleased to announce that the nominations for the annual Award Lectures and the Call for Proposals for the British Science Festival 2015 are now open. Open Call for Proposals – Deadline: 23 March 2015 To find out more about our open...
Your invite to the Famelab Manchester Final – 8 Dec 2014, MOSI
Famelab - Monday 8 December 2014, 18:30 - 21:30, Museum of Science and Industry Witness the region's finest science communicators as they battle it out to win a place in the FameLab national final. Armed only with their wits and a few props, our challengers will...
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...
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,...
Would you like to become a Dementia Friend?
To find out more, book your place on one of the monthly information sessions between December 2014 and July 2015 Dementia Friends is a national initiative run by Alzheimer's Society and one of the University's social responsibility flagship programmes. Raising...
Exploring the Community Shares model and shaping a research agenda
Event to discuss impact of community enterprises - Manchester Business School is hosting a workshop on the impact of community enterprises and how to drive the agenda for how universities, practitioners and the development community can work together. Community shares...
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...
Take 1… minute for chemistry in health
Can you explain the importance of chemistry to human health in just 1 minute? If you’re up to the challenge, you could win £500 in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s video competition. Take 1... minute for chemistry in health, now in its second year, is a competition...
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...
SUPI Project Listing Portal – submit your idea for a project with schools
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? Read on for an opportunity for researchers submit project ideas for collaborative research-led activities for...
Royal Astronomical Society: RAS 200: Sky and Earth programme
The Royal Astronomical Society is running a major outreach and engagement programme, RAS 200: Sky and Earth, to commemorate the Society’s 200th anniversary in 2020. Details can be found at www.ras.org.uk/200 With a budget of £1 million its aim is to fund around 10...
Do stand-up about your research!
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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...
Museum of Science and Industry’s Graphene Programme Needs You
The Museum of Science and Industry is developing a learning programme of events and activities based on graphene, ahead of National Graphene Week in 2015 and the opening of our Graphene Exhibition in 2016. Would you like to be involved? Whether you work with graphene,...
Artefacts and Experiences – Reframing Narratives Across Medicine and Health
Manchester Central Library, 22 October - 7 November 2014 An innovative and thought-provoking exhibition that explores the spaces where art, medicine, health, and technology meet. Collaboratively curated by The Museum of Medicine and Health and Anatomy Projects, the...
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....