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Posts Tagged ‘outreach’
17 December 2012, 09:30-16:30, Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
Audience: Postgraduate researchers, research staff and academic staff with little or no public engagement experience.
Keen to engage the public with your research but not sure where to begin?
An engaging researcher is just like any other researcher - with one important difference. Engaging researchers go out of their way to more…
Tags: outreach, public engagement, training, vitae
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Do you have a fantastic idea for making physics accessible? Do you want to reach a wider audience? Do you need some support to make your outreach activity happen?
The first round of the 2013 Public Engagement Grant from the Institute of Physics is now open for applications. The grants are worth up to £1500 and more…
Tags: funding, Institute of Physics, outreach, public engagement
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The Royal Academy of Engineering is offering training to engineers who would like to improve the way they engage the public with their work.
Run by expert science communicators and performers Matt Parker and Timandra Harkness, participants will learn about giving great talks and outreach hints and tricks.
Participants will then get the chance to see more…
Tags: outreach, public engagement, RAEng, training
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Tickets have launched today for the very first Hack Manchester, an exciting 24-hour coding event that will take place at the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) as part of this year’s Manchester Science Festival.
From 27-28 October 2012, teams of hack-enthusiasts will get creative with their coding skills as they have more…
Tags: competition, manchester science festival, outreach
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A three month secondment opportunity to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) open to EPSRC funded PhD students. Closing Date: 3 October 2012
Full details of this opportunity can be found here.
Background
Parliament passes laws, scrutinises Government and acts as a forum for debate on issues of concern. Science based issues permeate all more…
Tags: outreach, policy, POST, public engagement
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Free advice, resources and ideas at informal information sessions across the country…
National Science & Engineering Week (NSEW) is an annual 10-day celebration of science and engineering. In 2013 it runs from 15 to 24 March with the theme ‘Invention and discovery’. Lots of different organisations use the Week as a platform for raising more…
Tags: NSEW, outreach, public engagement, science communication
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Are you passionate about your subject area? Would you like the opportunity to work with local school children? Then the Widening Participation Award Holder programme might be for you!
The Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team is currently recruiting Postgraduate students for the position of Widening Participation Fellows. These positions support the University’s widening participation activities more…
Tags: outreach, public engagement, widening participation
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Calls for proposals to Ingenious - the Royal Academy of Engineering’s grant scheme for creative engagement with engineering open today.
Applications will close on Friday 21 September 2012.
For full details see: www.raeng.org.uk/ingenious
About the Ingenious Call
We’re looking for new projects to fund through Ingenious - our grant scheme for creative public engagement with engineering projects. more…
Tags: funding, outreach, public engagement
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The deadline for applications to become the IOP’s Schools and Colleges Lecturer for 2013 is this Friday, 25 May. If you’ve any queries, please contact Natasha (details below).
Schools and Colleges Lecture 2013 - Call for Proposals
The Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges Lecture has been delivered by a series of acclaimed physics communicators on more…
Tags: IOP, outreach, public engagement, science communication
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Hello EPS Post-Doctoral Research Staff,
Are you looking for career inspiration, new direction or simply need to take some time and space to review your career choices? If so, then try out the Pathways event on June 8th. This is an event designed to support research staff and PhDs in making career choices, exploring future more…
Tags: careers, communication skills, competitions, facilitation, funding, leadership, outreach, public engagement, research skills, research staff, skills training, teaching, training, web resources, women in science
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