Professor of Literature and Culture in the Department of English, American Studies and Creative Writing I am interested in how people understand the past, and the ways in which 'history' is told. So I am interested in what people think of popular forms like TV, film,...
Public Engagement Blog posts
Naomi Curati
Public Engagement Manager for the Mathematics of Waves and Materials group, Department of Mathematics The Mathematics of Waves and Materials group work on the theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects of materials and waves, employing ideas from materials...
Bentley Crudgington
Creative Facilitator, CHSTM I am a creative facilitator and public engagement lead for the Animal Research Nexus and Multispecies Medicine projects. Their research focuses around the cultural relations and ethical obligations that society creates by collaborating with...
Sarah Crowther
Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences My research looks at the evolution of the early Solar System through laboratory-based chemical analysis of extra-terrestrial materials. A large part of my research focuses on age-dating meteorites, to...
Georgina Binnie
Recruitment and Training Officer, Manchester Cancer Research Centre and Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre Before joining the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre, I worked as an Impact and Research Fellow (Writing Back Project)...
Mathieu Augustin
PhD candidate at School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering My research aims to refine seismic hazard and improving risk assessment for nuclear power plants located in the UK. Specifically, I look at the different methods available worldwide for evaluating...
Public Engagement Champions
The Public Engagement Champions Network is an initiative to empower and develop staff and students to help shape and deliver the University's public engagement vision. The initiative looks for people who are passionate about their own engagement and committed to...
Policy, health and culture
This session took a closer look at policy, health and culture. Improving health and wellbeing has been recognised as important by policymakers, and engaging in the arts is proving to have an impact on building health and wellbeing. Speakers Colin Lorne Colin is a...
Digital engagement
Over three sessions, we hosted a programme of skills sharing sessions on engaging audiences digitally as part of The University of Manchester's Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) Public Engagement schemes. During these three online sessions we...
Engagement@Manchester forums
Are you interested in public engagement? Do you want to meet other like-minded people at the University? Would you like to hear some inspiring ideas? Then come along to this series of informal sessions exploring different aspects of public engagement. All university...
Guides
Take a look at some of these useful guides and toolkits, which aim to help support your public engagement activities.What's in it for me? The benefits of public engagement for researchers (UKRI) Researchers from across the UK share some of their personal highlights...
University of Manchester funding
Funding available from our University.We offer funding to support and encourage staff and postgraduate students to share, inspire and involve the public with our work in line with our Public Engagement Strategy. If you are new to public engagement, up to £500 is...
Multidisciplinary funding
Funding opportunities across all disciplines.National Lottery funding can help you to make a difference in your community within the UK. We offer funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities. Each country is running its own programme....
Arts, humanities and social sciences funding
Funding opportunities in arts, humanities and social sciences.Academics and film-makers are being encouraged to enter their work into the Research in Film Awards, designed to encourage, stimulate and recognise the body of work created at the interface between research...
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) funding
Funding opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).Small grants are available to schools, community groups and individuals undertaking projects that concern the environment and involve people from ethnic communities. Find out more on the...
Health and life sciences funding
Funding opportunities in the health and life sciences.The Inspire Fund provides up to £25,000 in funding for innovative projects that engage the public with dementia and the life-changing research going on into the condition. Find out more on the Alzheimer's Research...
+Culture Shots; How Museums & Galleries Can Enhance Wellbeing
This was a week of events held in hospitals to promote the programmes of Manchester's museums and galleries. The events offered a chance for hospital staff to find out why culture works, and how they can use the expertise within Manchester's museums and galleries to...
Think About It!
This project involved engaging with young Manchester women to explore feminism and their aspirations around education. Dr Niamh Moore, from the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC), worked collaboratively with Amelia Lee, a local youth worker from...
All My Worldly Possessions
This was an intergenerational family open day exploring stories of Guernsey/Bury World War 2 evacuees. Gill Mawson researched the Guernsey/Bury evacuee experience during WW2. She worked with Bury Archives to hold a family open day in October 2010 at Ramsbottom...
Wriggly Rangoli
This project saw large-scale public art (Rangoli) raise awareness of parasitic infections. A group of immunology researchers worked in partnership with Inspired Sisters, an Asian women's group from Longsight in Manchester. The aim was to demonstrate the role science...
Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance
Antibiotic drug resistance needs to be everyone's concern, because it's on target to kill more than ten million people a year worldwide by 2050. Drs Roger Harrison and David Allison have led a series of public engagement initiatives to raise awareness and...
Multilingual Manchester
In Manchester, more than 200 languages are spoken and more than 50 languages appear on signs in public spaces. Multilingual Manchester, a research, learning and engagement initiative led by Professor Yaron Matras, promotes awareness of language diversity both on...
NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives
Over 70 years ago, the NHS was created to provide free and universal access to healthcare. The lived experiences of workers, patients, volunteers and the public encapsulate a unique part of British history. The NHS's political and policy history has been well studied...
Changing Futures: Exploring Gene Therapy and Cystic Fibrosis with Teenagers
Creating an educational resource in partnership with teenage patients, artists and researchers The Changing Futures project brought together teenagers with cystic fibrosis (CF), clinicians, artists, scientists and education specialists to develop online resources...
PRIMER
Primary care is often someone's first point of contact with the NHS, and it covers GP practices, dental practices, community pharmacies and high street opticians. In 2008, PRIMER, the first public involvement group to focus on primary care, was set up at the...