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Enterprise Fellows Interview with Dr Martine Abboud
Dr Martine Abboud (MPLS Enterprise & Innovation Fellow 2019-20) is the founder of CREO Incubator, a learning platform that garners the power of microlearning and gamification to deliver unique experiences in skills and entrepreneurship through 15-min daily learnings and tailored live experiences. Martine has a DPhil in Chemical Biology from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology. She is a passionate scientist, tech founder, and educator. Previously, Martine worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She has been recognised as a CAS Future Leader, and was named as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 - Europe.
Announcing: Oxford Sparks Ambassadors
The Oxford Sparks Ambassadors scheme is a new initiative to provide hands-on training and support for researchers to create online videos to share with the wider public about their research. Read about the first ever cohort of six researchers to take part in this scheme.
Guide: Evaluating online engagement (events)
Research Services have produced a new guide to take a look at the different ways you can evaluate online events (meetings, festivals, workshops, etc), and include a range of pointers to different tools, illustrated with real-world examples of use.
New toolkit to support communications with research participants
Parkinson's UK have published a new clear and simple communications toolkit to help researchers share updates with participants. This is useful for any study that involves participants.
British Society for Neuroendocrinology Outreach and public engagement grant, no deadline
The British Society for Neuroendocrinology offers up to £500 to support its members to organise public engagement activities aimed at school children or the wider public to communicate the science of neuroendocrinology.
Evaluating Exhibitions and Displays - A recipe for evaluating museum exhibitions and displays
This guide and case study, was produced by the PER team in Research Services and takes you through a step by step process to plan, undertake and write up evaluation of the museum display or exhibition using the Traces of of the Past case display in the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Watch: Introduction to Evaluating Public Engagement with Research workshop
The presentation portion of this workshop, delivered by the PER team in research services, is now available to watch.
Watch: Introduction to Evaluating Public Engagement with Research workshop
The presentation portion of this workshop, delivered by the PER team in research services, is now available to watch.
10 Free Tools for Science Communication Social Media Marketing
This summary, from the Shared Microscope, provides a run-down of some useful tools you can use to share and promote science using social media.
New Oxford Sparks videos - call for proposals
Would you like to share your research with others, through a live action video? Submit an expression of interest now!
Engaging the public through art-research collaborations: New guide from NCCPE
This new resource from the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement pulls together useful information on establishing and doing art-research collaborations for engagement, illustrated throughout by case studies, and incorporating tips from experiences from public engagement professionals.
Two Oxford researchers awarded Stephen Hawking Fellowships
Dr Alexander Mushtukov or Dr Orazio Scarlatella (Physics) are amongst 11 researchers being awarded the Stephen Hawking Fellowship that aims to answer the greatest unanswered questions in science and bring these fundamental questions about the nature of the universe to a wider audience through public engagement activities.
Learning how to be a podcaster - Conservation Optimism
A guest post by Conservation Optimism about their recent podcasting mentoring programme for the Department of Zoology (part of a project funded by the Departmental Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund). Conservation Optimism is "a global community dedicated to sharing stories and resources to empower people from all backgrounds to make a positive impact for wildlife and nature".
Talking to science deniers and sceptics is not hopeless
Lee McIntyre writing in Nature talks about how to go about engaging with science deniers and skeptics.
Gov't Research and development, people and culture strategy
This strategy sets out government’s ambition to build the research and innovation workforce the UK needs, working in a positive and inclusive culture.
Hook your audience: book available for free for limited time
Hook Your Audience is a toolkit of performance techniques to emotionally engage child and family audiences in interactive, educational presentations. It's been made available for free until the end of October.
Oxford Sparks - Summer 2021 Update
Exciting change is afoot at Oxford Sparks, with a relaunch planned for Michaelmas 2021!
Congratulations to Dr Peter Hatfield (Physics): awarded MPLS Impact Award for Public Engagement with Research
Peter Hatfield, Hintze Research Fellow in the Department of Physics has been awarded the MPLS Impact Award in the Public Engagement with Research category for his work with the Institute for Research in Schools.
New Enterprising Women SeedWISE programme - what, why and how?
Blog post explaining the SeedWISE programme aims, content and next iteration.
Zoology (Julia Migné and Sofia Castello Y Tickell) awarded Departmental Capacity Building Seed Fund
Congrats to Julia and Sofia on a successful application to the Departmental Capacity Seed Fund. You can read their project overview here. Applications for this have now closed, but watch this space for news on how this scheme may run in the future.