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Enriching Engagement, now in its second pilot, offers two levels of funding (up to £40k or £100k) for wellcome-funded researchers to realise their public engagement with research ambitions, and provides support for planning, development, evaluation, and this time a session to help you meet potential community and cultural partners.

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Interact 2022: An Engagement Symposium for the Physical Sciences, 14 Sept

As part of UKRI ,the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and partners are pleased to announce this landmark symposium will be returning as a face-to-face event on Wednesday 14th September 2022 at Cardiff City Hall in partnership with Cardiff University.

Free online course: How to Write About Science for Kids

Lifeology has created this free step by step guide that takes you through some of the key ingredients of good science writing for kids.

Science Communication Masterclass, 20-23 June 2022

The University of the West of England's Bristol's Science Communication (SCU) Masterclass is an intensive, short course (four days) created to provide professional development in science communication.

Watch: How to manage press coverage of your science

This webcast from Nature Careers is designed to help researchers both attract and manage press coverage of their work.

Evaluating impact with surveys, online training, 5 May 2022

Dr Eric Jensen provides online training that includes a live session and online training module and more to take you through practical guidance on how to develop high-quality impact evaluations.

Cumberland Lodge Fellowships, deadline 8 April

Cumberland Lodge offers doctoral students in the UK a unique opportunity to benefit from a close association with our work and discussions for two years, including developing skills and networks around public and policy engagement.

Science Communication 101, 31 March

This external online course is run by a group of excellent science communicators, and is suitable for those with little or no experience of doing science communication.

Online Public Engagement Evaluation Workshop, 28 April

This workshop is offered by Jamie Gallagher, an experienced public engagement practitioner with experience of developing impact case studies for the REF. Places cost £45.

Public engagement skills training retreat by the sea – 23-24th March 2022

Malcome Love, an experienced PE practitioner and trainer, is running a two day intensive training course at Lytham St Annes in Lancashire for anyone who wants to develop their public engagement skills.

Three Minute Thesis Competition 2022, deadline to register Fri 25 March

3 Minutes, 1 Slide…..Your Thesis! An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present; how about in just 3 minutes with the aid of a single slide? DPhil students are invited to apply to take part. Training and prizes are available! Training and final will be held online.

Evaluating Public Engagement with Research: a collection of resources and tools

Research Services have compiled their guides, tools and training for evaluating public engagement with research into one place, with the addition of three new short training videos.

Talk: How to Engage with Millions of People, 10 Feb

Roger Highfield, director of the Science Museum, is giving a talk at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. No booking required.

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.

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.