January and February 2014 in Selfridges, Exchange Square, Manchester Selfridges Festival of Imagination forms a series of pop-up events curated by Maria Balshaw, director of Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester City Galleries. Expect inspirational talks from some of...
Public Engagement Blog posts
British Council France and Science in Schools – call for outreach proposals
The British Council in France manages the ‘Science in Schools’ programme, which involves UK-based researchers visiting French schools to deliver interactive, engaging and hands-on science workshops in English. We are looking for people/teams to run new workshops in...
Psychology taster day inspires local college students
Through our widening participation activities we inspire college students to study Psychology at the University of Manchester. As an active psychology department we have a lot to share with AS and A-Level students considering a career in psychology. This was...
Nuffield Research Placements: Your help wanted!
Please find below and attached information from Sarah Fenton, who has taken over from Ian Morrison as regional coordinator for the Nuffield Research Placement scheme. As in previous years, they are looking for University of Manchester staff who might be interested in...
engagement@manchester – Working With Schools
The next engagement@manchester session will focus on Working With Schools and takes place on Wednesday 15 January 2014, 1pm - 2pm, Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum. This month’s event is about working with students and teachers from local schools, and will highlight...
Could you be the next Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow? Applications for 2014 now open.
Now in its fourth year, the Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowships scheme aims to support and develop upcoming stars in public engagement with science. You have until 21 February 2014 to apply for an Engagement Fellowship, which provides the freedom, resources and...
Universities Week 2014 – call for public engagement activities
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) are pleased to be one of the partners of Universities Week 2014. Universities Week 2014 is inviting universities across the UK to engage with the public. Ideas for Life, will encourage people to find out...
A workshop on Understanding Participation
How do you analyse participation by individuals, communities or the public in your area of study? What criteria do you use to evaluate participation? What theories or models does your discipline use? The Understanding Participation workshop, taking place Friday 21...
Electricity and the Heart – free public event
The EPSRC-funded network "POEMS: Predictive modelling for healthcare technology through maths" is pleased to announce a free public evening event: Electricity and the Heart - How to mend a broken heart, helped by computers and advanced technology 21 January 2014,...
Training opportunity: Communicate your science
3 March 2014, 10.00-16.00, Dana Centre, London How does your research impact on society? How can social media engage the public? How can you communicate your work better? Communicating your science workshop Through various practical activities, researchers will...
2014 Science Communication Conference – call for proposals
The call for proposals for the 2014 Science Communication Conference is now open. The British Science Association, in partnership with the Wellcome Trust, are keen to hear your ideas for sessions for this conference, which will take place at the University of Surrey...
Engage 2014 Competition
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) are running a national competition to find and celebrate high quality public engagement with research projects. The overall winner will be offered £2,500 to develop or share their engagement work with...
Engagement@Manchester – Supporting Work Experience – 11 December, 1-2pm
Many of you will be bombarded with requests to host work experience students at all stages of their school career, and often many have to be turned away. Find out from colleagues across the University how they deal with such requests, what strategies they have...
Visualising Research – bringing public data to life
A competition for designers, graphic artists, software developers, programmers and anyone with an interest in data visualisation. Aligned with the British Library’s Beautiful Science exhibition, February – May 2014. The challenge Bringing public data to life - Can you...
FameLab UK Comes to Manchester – February 2014
Passionate about science? Engineering? Technology? Mathematics? Then FameLab needs you! Entries for the 2013-2014 FameLab UK competition are now open. If you think you can explain a concept in science, mathematics or engineering in just 3 minutes using only the props...
From Lab Bench to Backbench
Two University of Manchester scientists will be swapping their lab coats for legislation, when they visits the House of Commons for a “Week in Westminster” commencing Monday 2 December as part of a unique ‘pairing’ scheme run by the Royal Society – the UK’s national...
Women’s experiences in the workplace – Share Your Story
The University is a member of Business in the Community. They are currently doing a study of women’s experiences in the workplace, particularly women aged 28-40. If you would like to share your story, please follow the link below. Project 28-40 - A groundbreaking...
The BIG Little Event and Bursaries Available
BIG (British Interactive Group) is thrilled to announce that the Little Event returns to Thinktank in Birmingham on Wednesday 8 January 2014. It’s for people who are relatively new to STEM communication, whether they work in a science centre or museum, volunteer for a...
Pint of Science Festival 2014
Pint of Science is an international science festival taking place from the 19 - 21 May 2014. To launch the event in Manchester, we are looking for four groups of enthusiastic scientists to help manage events covering Neuroscience, Life Sciences, Physics &...
Opportunities to work at our cultural venues: Paid positions for PhD students
Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery and John Rylands Library are looking to recruit first or second year PhD students to deliver educational sessions for their respective secondary and post-16 programmes. The aim is to utilise PhD student's expert knowledge to...
Great British Bioscience Festival – call for exhibits
In 2014 BBSRC will be marking 20 years of pioneering Great British Bioscience. To mark this important anniversary, we are staging a platform to highlight world-leading bioscience at its best: the "Great British Bioscience Festival". This is part of a wider year-long...
Public engagement grant: Engaging in Engineering
Engineering Professors' Council 20th Anniversary Awards Engaging in Engineering Closing date: 18:00, 3 February, 2014 At the Engineering Professors’ Council Congress 2013, one of the major messages from all the key stakeholders and speakers – senior politicians,...
Call for proposals – British Science Festival 2014
The British Science Festival 2014 will take place in Birmingham from 6 - 11 September. Working in collaboration with our hosts, the University of Birmingham and associate partners Birmingham City Council, Aston University and Birmingham City University we are now...
Engagement@Manchester – Citizen Science and Participatory Projects – 20 November, 1-2pm
Engagement@Manchester is a series of lunchtime meetings exploring different aspects of public engagement. All University staff and students are welcome to attend these free events. No registration required – just pop along. The next meeting will focus on Citizen...
Free training and funding opportunity – take your research to a secondary school
Would you like the opportunity to develop an outreach activity and engage with a secondary school in Greater Manchester? Are you passionate about your subject area? Are you interested in bringing your research into the classroom? Then the School-University...