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These awards celebrate the dedication, courage, ambition and inspirational contributions of our people, and their commitment to excellence in pursuit of Oxford’s core mission, including categories for Research Engagement, plus 'Local Community Engagement' and 'Making a Difference Globally'.
Enhancing Recognition for Engaged Research
We’re developing criteria to formally recognise engaged research in career progression, empowering researchers to pursue impactful public, policy, and industry collaborations. Our goal is to embed engagement into academic careers, fostering a culture where it’s encouraged and rewarded. Stay tuned!
Announcing the 2024 MPLS Public and Community Engagement with Research Fellows
Five projects have been awarded PCER Fellowships, with the aim of working towards a more supportive culture for PCER within departments across the MPLS Division. Find out more about the projects here.
Celebrating the Success of the DPhil Public Engagement with Research Training Programme
DPhil students in the AIMS and StatML CDTs plus invited guests gathered at Lady Margaret Hall to celebrate the achievements over this year-long training programme, and award prizes.
Opening soon: the University's refreshed PCER Fund - PLUS reviewers wanted, deadline 14 August
The University's refreshed Public and Community Engagement with Research Fund will be open for applications in the autumn. In the meantime they're looking for members of the internal review panel. Read more to find out about changes plus how you can sign up to be a review panel member.
Congratulations to Chenying Liu - Josh Award 2024 winner
Chenying Liu (Engineering) has won the Josh Award, a national prize for early-career science communicators celebrating science communication that demonstrates fun with a purpose.
Celebrating Excellence in Public Engagement: Oxford Physics Researchers Receive Awards
Huge congratulations to Dr Laurence Wroe, Prof Alan Barr and collaborators for their awards, and their colleagues Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley for being highly commended at the SEPnet and IRIS awards. Read more about their achievements here.
RSC outreach grant to support Oxford Chemistry showcase at community events
The Department of Chemistry has been awarded a grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Outreach Fund to help attract a new generation of young people to study chemistry and continue a successful Science Together pilot collaboration.
Announcing: Oxford Sparks Ambassadors 2022-23
The Oxford Sparks Ambassadors scheme is back, providing hands-on training and support for researchers to create online videos to share with the wider public about their research. Read about the 2022-23 cohort of five researchers taking part in this scheme.
DPhil students win awards for their public engagement with research activities
DPhil students in the StatML and AIMS CDTs were awarded prizes during a celebration of the public engagement activities they delivered as part of their training course.
Check out these PER projects funded through the University's seed fund
The University's annual PER Seed Fund supports a range of engagement activities - the scheme usually opens towards autumn so why not take a look at these for some inspiration and start getting your ideas ready.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
KEF results: Oxford top 10% for Public & Community Engagement of all UK Higher Education institutions
The results of the Knowledge Exchange Framework were recently published, recognising the University of Oxford as a UK leader in Knowledge Exchange. The university performed well across many dimensions, and of course what I'm interested in... public and community engagement.
Lost and looking for help? PER support available from MPLS
If you're interested in doing some public engagement with research (PER) but not sure where to find help, we offer a range of support or can point you in the right direction: from training sessions to answering your questions during help desk hours.
Prof Nick Hawes appointed as MPLS Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research
Professor Hawes (Associate Professor in Engineering Science) takes over from Professor David Pyle (Earth Sciences) who was the Division’s first PER Champion, to provide leadership and support to progress the embedding of engagement into research practice.
Congratulations to Dr Becky Smethurst - awarded IoPs Mary Somerville Medal
Dr Becky Smethurst (Department of Physics) has been awarded the Mary Somerville Medal for exceptional early career contributions to public engagement within physics in recognition of the success of her YouTube channel, Dr Becky.