From Stephen.Meek1 at nottingham.ac.uk Thu Oct 1 16:07:26 2020 From: Stephen.Meek1 at nottingham.ac.uk (Stephen Meek) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:07:26 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] Policy Impact and Public Engagement Awards 2020 - Institute for Policy and Engagement Message-ID: Do you know someone who's doing great work on policy impact or public engagement? Have you been doing work yourself that you think deserves recognition? Then why not nominate yourself or a colleague for one of our Policy and Public Engagement Awards? There are six award categories: * Best Policy Impact Initiative * Best Public Engagement Initiative * Rising Star Award - Policy Impact - for early career researchers * Rising Star Award - Public Engagement - for early career researchers * Keystone Award - for staff in a non-academic role who have played a key role in the success of policy impact or public engagement work * Finally, this year we will also be awarding a special award for pandemic response to recognise the invaluable contribution University research staff have made to the public response to Covid-19. The winners will be announced before the end of the Autumn term. You can find more information on the awards, the criteria and the submission process on the Institute Sharepoint pages. The deadline for all submissions is midnight on 30 October 2020. If you have any questions, please email us. We look forward to receiving your nominations. 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In this month's bulletin... * Update from the Institute for Policy and Engagement * Nottingham Digitally Engaged 2020 * Upcoming virtual events * Useful Publications * External funding opportunities Don't forget to keep us and your colleagues updated on all your public engagement plans via the Public Engagement mailman list. To post to this list, please send your email to public-engagement at lists.nottingham.ac.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter - @UoN_Institute. And of course you can contact us any time for advice and support on theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk. Update from the Institute for Policy and Engagement This week has seen us holding virtual briefing sessions on how researchers and students can get involved in Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity. Rick Hall and Megan Shore from Ignite! joined us to explain how the event may look in 2021, how they are continuing to work with schools and what support they can lend to people with ideas for content. There is still time to register your interest in hosting an event, more details here. We are also excited to have launched our awards for those doing great work on policy impact or public engagement. There are six categories - * Best Policy Impact Initiative * Best Public Engagement Initiative * Rising Star Award ? Policy Impact - for early career researchers * Rising Star Award ? Public Engagement - for early career researchers * Keystone Award - for staff in a non-academic role who have played a key role in the success of policy impact or public engagement work * Finally, this year we will also be awarding a special award for pandemic response to recognise the invaluable contribution University research staff have made to the public response to Covid-19. You can self nominate or put forward a colleague, full details are on the Institute Sharepoint pages. The closing date for applications is 30 October and winners will be announced before the end of term. Nottingham Digitally Engaged 2020 [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/0b2552a3-2d50-4e94-86ec-87a7efc97f6b.jpg] In the place of an in person, day-long Annual Conference, The Institute for Policy and Engagement will be hosting a series of events, webinars and online workshops for colleagues across faculties, schools and campuses at the University. With a line-up of impressive internal and external speakers, we will be exploring recent developments in policy and public engagement. In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the UK?s departure from the EU and new reliance on digital ways of engaging, sessions will encourage debate, learning and information sharing on new approaches to engagement. We are delighted to announce sessions are now open for booking, via individual Eventbrite links: * 16 November Has COVID changed evidence-based policymaking? (online panel event) * 17 November Tri-campus roundtable with Vice Chancellor, Prof Shearer West (online roundtable) * 17 November Policy impact in a digital world (webinar) * 18 November Public Engagement in a digital world (webinar) * 19 November Hyper-local engagement (online workshop) * 20 November All in this together? (webinar) * 23 November Grant writing (webinar) * 24 November Collaborating with the Third Sector (online workshop) * 25 November Citizen Science (webinar) * 26 November Sustainability research, policymakers and the public (online workshop) We hope you find something of interest and look forward to welcoming you. Upcoming Virtual Events [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/9bbe28d6-373d-4e9f-8774-4b2a8ad8c0a4.jpg] Black History Month Various throughout October, follow link above for full listings A number of events are taking place at the University throughout October in celebration of Black History Month, acknowledging history is being made not just during this month but every minute, every hour, every day, every week and month. Black History Month has been celebrated in the UK for more than 30 years. It acknowledges signature moments in the history of the UK and is a celebration of the magnificence of cultural diversity and the enriching value in peaceful co-existence. At Nottingham we are committed to supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for our staff and students and will be celebrating Black History Month virtually for 2020. [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/03461004-aad9-4250-bb19-7a8db071bd71.jpg] Making Electrons Work Harder: The Future of Energy Storage and Transportation Part of the Science Public Lecture Series 15 October, 6-7 pm Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised portable electronics and begun electrification of the UK automotive sector. However, Li-ion batteries cannot store enough energy to solve all of our future energy-storage problems. In this lecture, Darren Walsh will describe how new research into chemistry and materials discovery is leading to the next generation of batteries that will go ?beyond lithium-ion? and power transportation in the future, on the ground as well as in the air! Useful Publications Research for All 4(2) UCL Press This issue celebrates the great work happening on co-production, the value of listening, and how to ensure our approaches bring a diverse range of knowledges and experiences to bear. Funding Opportunities Digital Economy Telling Tales of Engagement Competition The Digital Economy (DE) Theme is running a competition designed to help capture and promote impact arising from existing DE research grants supported by one of the UKRI DE Theme partner councils: EPSRC, ESRC or AHRC. Three prizes of ?10,000 are available to support researchers or users in any sector to further tell the story of their previously funded DE research grant impact in an interesting and engaging way. Applicants must demonstrate tangible impact, and plans for successful public engagement in the context of COVID-19. The Telling Tales of Engagement (TTE) 2020 competition has three aims: 1. To capture the impact and benefits that DE Theme-funded research is having, how this impact unfolded and what benefits to society and the economy have been, or are expected to be, delivered through your research, particularly highlighting any impacts that are relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; 2. To help the wider research community learn examples of best practice in research and project partner engagement from your experiences; 3. To engage the public with DE research, focusing on ensuring audiences are diverse and activities are inclusive, and finding innovative ways to involve the public in the context of COVID-19 restrictions, while helping to address UKRI?s equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Applications are open to teams as well as individuals, across all career stages in academia (including PhD students), industry, users and the third sector. Only one application for a TTE award is accepted per eligible DE research grant. Closing date for applications is 16th December at 4 pm. Public Engagement Nucleus Awards The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites proposals for its public engagement nucleus awards. These support novel public engagement programmes that inspire and involve target audiences with stories of STFC science and technology, and build and sustain public engagement networks that develop communities of practice. Proposed programmes must focus on a topic within the council?s remit, which includes astronomy, solar and planetary science, particle physics, particle astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics and accelerator science, or clearly align to the science and technology work of STFC?s national and international laboratories and facilities. Applications that highlight the social, ethical, and economic benefits of research are welcomed. Applications are encouraged to propose novel or innovative approaches towards engagement. Applications that propose engagement with audiences considered to have low science capital are also encouraged. Applicant organisations must be based in the UK and the target audiences of the project must be primarily UK residents. Applicants may include grant-funded researchers, STFC scientists and engineers, facility users, schools, museum, science communicators, universities and colleges. They must be eligible to apply on behalf of the organisation to hold the award. Each application must include a researcher in an STFC-funded area of science or technology. The maximum value that may be sought by organisations covered by fEC is ?125K, and the maximum payable by STFC is ?100K. Closing date for applications is 14 January 2021. Key contacts Stephen Meek, Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement: 07966 373248 Maria Richards, Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement): 07976 951571 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are six award categories: * Best Policy Impact Initiative * Best Public Engagement Initiative * Rising Star Award - Policy Impact - for early career researchers * Rising Star Award - Public Engagement - for early career researchers * Keystone Award - for staff in a non-academic role who have played a key role in the success of policy impact or public engagement work * Finally, this year we will also be awarding a special award for pandemic response to recognise the invaluable contribution University research staff have made to the public response to Covid-19. The winners will be announced before the end of the Autumn term. You can find more information on the awards, the criteria and the submission process on the Institute Sharepoint pages. The deadline for all submissions is midnight on 30 October 2020. If you have any questions, please email us. We look forward to receiving your nominations. 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In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the UK's departure from the EU and new reliance on digital ways of engaging, sessions will encourage debate, learning and information sharing on new approaches to engagement. I want to bring your attention to sessions that have an exclusive focus on public engagement. Public engagement in a digital world 18 November 3-4pm A webinar with Christopher Gell from the Digital Research Team. He will share new approaches to digital engagement with the public, provide case studies and outline internal support available to researchers. Booking required, please follow this link - public-engagement-digital-world Hyper-local engagement 19 November 10-11.30 An online workshop led by David Owen (Associate of National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement), featuring Rachel Fenely (Lakeside Arts). They will explore how to engage with local communities under current restrictions, using a blended approach (both digital and non-digital methods). The focus will be on working with smaller groups, rather than mass engagement. This is a workshop rather than a webinar, so will involve breakout spaces for discussion. Booking required, please follow this link - hyper-local-engagement Citizen Science 25 November 10-11.30 A webinar with Rick Hall (Founder of Ignite! and passionate advocate for involving communities in research) presenting an introduction to citizen science and an exploration of how the term is expanding to cover more disciplines. He will go through the ten principles of citizen science, provide examples of citizen science in action and talk about how to do this work in partnership. Booking required, please follow this link - citizen-science Events are free and open to all staff. I have also included an attachment that details the full programme, including a Tri-campus roundtable with Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West. We hope to see you at one of the sessions. Best wishes Maria Maria Richards Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement) Coronavirus (COVID-19): The University remains open for business, but to comply with Government Guidance all staff in the Institute for Policy and Engagement will be working from home until further notice. Many thanks for your understanding and patience. We are grateful for your continued support in these unprecedented times and send our best wishes to you and your families. Institute for Policy and Engagement A21, Highfield House University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD Work mobile: 07976 951571 My working days are Monday to Thursday. University of Nottingham colleagues can stay up to date with public engagement news by signing up to our internal newsletter here. [A picture containing drawing Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When we have a live event we have a keynote speaker, 4 demonstrators and a concluding speaker. I am therefore interested in finding 6 speakers/demonstrators, preferably those with European Funding (specifically Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions) and on the theme of "What has Nature Ever Done for us?", which is anything from bio medical research to the positive impact of nature on human mental health. The idea is that staff and students at any level demonstrate their research in a 20 minute piece of film. If you are interested in this opportunity to engage with young people please send me an email by Wednesday 4th November and I will pass your details on to Sue. Best wishes Maria Maria Richards Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement) Coronavirus (COVID-19): The University remains open for business, but to comply with Government Guidance all staff in the Institute for Policy and Engagement will be working from home until further notice. Many thanks for your understanding and patience. We are grateful for your continued support in these unprecedented times and send our best wishes to you and your families. Institute for Policy and Engagement A21, Highfield House University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD Work mobile: 07976 951571 My working days are Monday to Thursday University of Nottingham colleagues can stay up to date with public engagement news by signing up to our internal newsletter here. [A picture containing drawing Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 77745 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: