From Maria.Richards at nottingham.ac.uk Tue Sep 1 10:25:25 2020 From: Maria.Richards at nottingham.ac.uk (Maria Richards) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 09:25:25 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] In the Limelight - new training opportunity for UoN research staff Message-ID: Dear Colleagues The Institute for Policy and Engagement together with Lakeside Arts are excited to announce the launch of In the Limelight, a new public engagement training programme for UoN research staff. Over the course of a month, with mentoring from a team of experts, you will learn how to develop an idea for a live session and deliver this from the Djanogly Theatre stage. The performance will be recorded with support from a full technical crew and broadcast on a platform that best suits your intended audience. This represents an incredible opportunity to share your research with the public and continue to connect at a time when face to face engagement is not possible. Programme Summary Tuesday 13 Oct, 10-11 am Introductory Webinar Tuesday 27 October, 90 mins Planning Your Event Tuesday 3 Nov, half day Performance Training (facilitated by Martin Berry, Head of Participation at Nottingham Playhouse) 9-11 Nov, half day slots Deliver Performance Full details of the programme, eligibility and application process can be found here. Please note this opportunity is for staff only and cannot be offered to PhD students. The closing date for applications is Monday 21st September, queries about all aspects of the programme can be sent to Maria Richards, Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement). Best wishes Institute for Policy and Engagement team 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. 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Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 77745 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk Tue Sep 8 12:15:06 2020 From: theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk (Br-The-Institute) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 11:15:06 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] Public Engagement Opps Bulletin - September 2020 Message-ID: [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/23f9e664ba0b0620d1f884ed5/images/ea2d37da-0fce-436d-a110-34233abb36e2.png] Public Engagement Bulletin September 2020 [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/cb57e5f8-50af-47b3-a682-188019875fe9.jpg] The Public Engagement Opportunities Bulletin is a monthly round-up of key opportunities to support high quality engagement, brought to you by the Institute for Policy and Engagement. In this month's bulletin... * Update from the Institute for Policy and Engagement * In the Limelight - new training opportunity for UoN researchers announced * Useful publications * Upcoming virtual events * 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 Over the summer we have been busy planning for the upcoming academic year and have many exciting new initiatives we look forward to sharing with you. The next offer is our In the Limelight training programme, full details given below. We are also drawing up the full programme for Nottingham Digital Engaged 2020, a two week virtual series of events that will replace our usual annual conference. This takes place in November and we will share full details in the next issue. Our popular Science Public Lectures continue to take place monthly, with our next talk being delivered by Darren Walsh from the School of Chemistry on 15th October (email Charlotte Lee for further details). Rachael Pearson, Head of Public Engagement, left the Institute at the end of July. She did a wonderful job in helping to establish us as a source of information and support for public engagement activity and we wish her all the best on her next adventure. In the Limelight [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/8b7526b9-4806-40b3-ba17-e678a560fdd5.png] The Institute for Policy and Engagement together with Lakeside Arts are excited to announce the launch of In the Limelight, a new public engagement training programme for UoN research staff. Over the course of a month, with mentoring from a team of experts, you will learn how to develop an idea for a live session and deliver this from the Djanogly Theatre stage. The performance will be recorded with support from a full technical crew and broadcast on a platform that best suits your intended audience. This represents an incredible opportunity to share your research with the public and continue to connect at a time when face to face engagement is not possible. Programme Summary Tuesday 13 Oct, 10-11 am Introductory Webinar Tuesday 27 October, 90 mins Planning Your Event Tuesday 3 Nov, half day Performance Training (facilitated by Martin Berry, Nottingham Playhouse) 9-11 Nov, half day slots Deliver Performance The closing date for applications is Monday 21st September, queries about all aspects of the programme can be sent to Maria Richards, Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement). Useful Publications [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/f53d0693-5e2a-41e5-a042-54c4efaf3d1d.png] Safety in Numbers? A research agenda by communities for communities Institute for Community Studies This agenda sets out the questions that matter to communities, as told to the research team and prioritised by over three thousand people across the UK. This publication is the result of a nationally representative process of research and co-creation, which listened to the experience of people about the issues, opportunities and challenges they face in their local communities. Engaging at a Distance Being Human Festival The Being Human team have developed a new toolkit about planning and delivering public engagement events during social distancing - including a new online events checklist and some tips and guidelines about holding in person socially distanced engagement events. More resources on events management are available here. Upcoming Virtual Events [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/37cfa192-d42c-4d04-9d11-cf1b5a7668e0.png] Hockley Hustle Presents Green Hustle 19 September An online festival celebrating the best of Nottingham?s green scene and all of its amazing communities. From the soil to the sky, Green Hustle will be shining a light on all the ways regular people are making positive changes for their neighbourhoods and for the planet. Packed with music, creativity, learning, interactive discussions and workshops galore from all corners of the city. Find further information here. [https://mcusercontent.com/27dbe2623b441ebb6de9121f2/images/821402f0-326c-4184-8a84-be8dbaa60928.jpg] Building Back Better: Public Engagement with Research 15 October, 1-4 pm, online The National Forum for Public Engagement in STEM will be hosting its third bi-annual networking event. They are hosting an online conference event, that will focus on how we build back better for more effective engagement with research. To get the most from this event, they suggest attendees either have responsibility for and oversight of public engagement as a key part of their role or take formal and informal responsibility for championing and embedding public engagement across their organisation and/or community. They aim through this event to provide the opportunity to learn more about the activity of the National Forum and to feed into collective priorities moving forward. Items for discussion include: * Sharing and mobilising learning about public engagement during a global health emergency. Help us identify and understand ?what works? when communicating science in a crisis. How can we mobilise our networks as quickly as possible to share learning? How are we adapting our activities and venues for social distancing, working with our partners in new ways? * How can we build back better from COVID-19? What are the outcomes that we?re looking for? What partnerships do we need to generate these outcomes? How can we help develop those? How can funders better direct their resources to build the future we want to see? * There will also be a small number of workshops focused on the work of the STEM Forum. Including in areas such as diversifying routes in public engagement careers, place-based engagement, public engagement with climate change and developments in audience monitoring and science capital. Places are limited, in order to register your interest please complete the expression of interest form here by 12th September. All places will be confirmed by 27th September. Funding Opportunities Biochemical Society's Scientific Outreach Grants The Biochemical Society?s Scientific Outreach Grants are currently open and will be accepting applications until 24 September 2020. This popular scheme supports the development of scientific outreach and public engagement activities that communicate the excitement of molecular bioscience to young people and the community with sums of up to ?1000. They accept applications from anywhere in the world, and you don?t need to be a member of the Biochemical Society to apply. Get in touch with education at biochemistry.org if you have any questions, or would like to chat about an application. Public Engagement Sparks Award The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its public engagement spark awards. These support programmes of novel public engagement that 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 align to the science and technology work of the council?s national and international laboratories and facilities. Applications that highlight the social, ethical, and economic benefits of research are welcomed. Applicants are encouraged to propose novel or innovative approaches towards engagement, and to propose engagement with audiences considered to have low science capital. They are also explicitly invited to work with the wonder initiative?s target audience of eight to 14 year olds and their families and carers from the 40 per cent most socioeconomically-deprived areas of the UK. Digital content is only funded as part of a wider engagement programme. Applicant organisations must be based in the UK and must have audited accounts. The target audiences of the project must be primarily UK residents. Almost anyone may apply, including grant-funded researchers, STFC scientists and engineers, facility users, schools, museums, science communicators and amateur astronomy groups. Each application must include a researcher in an STFC-funded area of science or technology. Awards are worth up to ?15,000 each, closing date for this round is 22nd October. 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The festival reached over 10,000 participants in February 2020, with over 60 events and more than 50 UoN staff and students involved. The festival team, which includes a wide partnership of representatives from UoN, NTU, Nottingham City Council, Ignite!, and other cultural and educational organisations, is planning on delivering the next festival with a highly adaptive programme that includes both virtual and in-person activities. If you're interested in getting involved and want to find out more, join Megan Shore (Festival Producer) and Maria Richards (Institute for Policy and Public Engagement) for a 30 minute Zoom call. These briefings will be tailored to your faculty, giving examples of successful activities that have inspired participates in the past and allowing you to explore how to make your idea work. Please click on one of the links below to register - please note you do not have to join the session aimed at your discipline. Science, Medicine and Health Science Wednesday 7th Oct 1-1.30 pm https://intro_fosac_science.eventbrite.co.uk Arts, Social Science Monday 12th Oct 11-11.30 am https://intro_fosac_artsss.eventbrite.co.uk Engineering Monday 12th Oct 2-2.30 pm https://intro_fosac_eng.eventbrite.co.uk/ If you've already got an idea for the festival, please fill in Call for Contributors form here and we'll be in touch (closing date 13th November). For more info, please contact Megan Shore (megan at ignitefutures.org.uk). We hope to see many of you there. 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. 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Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 77745 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk Thu Sep 17 11:09:12 2020 From: theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk (Br-The-Institute) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:09:12 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] REMINDER - Applications for new public engagement training programme close on 21st SEPT Message-ID: Dear All In case you were on annual leave when this email was originally sent around, please note there is still time to apply to our new public engagement training programme In the Limelight. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to take to the stage and share your research with the public. All applications must be received by COP on Monday 21st September. Best wishes Maria Maria Richards Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement) From: public-engagement-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk On Behalf Of Maria Richards Sent: 01 September 2020 10:25 To: public-engagement at lists.nottingham.ac.uk Subject: [Public-engagement] In the Limelight - new training opportunity for UoN research staff Dear Colleagues The Institute for Policy and Engagement together with Lakeside Arts are excited to announce the launch of In the Limelight, a new public engagement training programme for UoN research staff. Over the course of a month, with mentoring from a team of experts, you will learn how to develop an idea for a live session and deliver this from the Djanogly Theatre stage. The performance will be recorded with support from a full technical crew and broadcast on a platform that best suits your intended audience. This represents an incredible opportunity to share your research with the public and continue to connect at a time when face to face engagement is not possible. Programme Summary Tuesday 13 Oct, 10-11 am Introductory Webinar Tuesday 27 October, 90 mins Planning Your Event Tuesday 3 Nov, half day Performance Training (facilitated by Martin Berry, Head of Participation at Nottingham Playhouse) 9-11 Nov, half day slots Deliver Performance Full details of the programme, eligibility and application process can be found here. Please note this opportunity is for staff only and cannot be offered to PhD students. The closing date for applications is Monday 21st September, queries about all aspects of the programme can be sent to Maria Richards, Programme and Project Manager (Public Engagement). Best wishes Institute for Policy and Engagement team 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 [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: From Stephen.Meek1 at nottingham.ac.uk Thu Sep 24 19:30:36 2020 From: Stephen.Meek1 at nottingham.ac.uk (Stephen Meek) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:30:36 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] URGENT - PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY - Festival UK 2022 Message-ID: Dear all ? with apologies for the short notice (we have only just been alerted to the opportunity), please see below information about a major call for ?jaw-dropping public engagement acts on a global scale? for the ?Festival UK 2022?. These are funded opportunities, and there is a lot of cash available (?100k for 30 ideas selected for development, more for the 10 selected for production). The timescale, however, is eye-watering. There is a live Q and A on the morning of the 29th, and bids need to be in by 16 October. More details can be found on the website here https://www.festival2022.uk/ The website and the email below is all the information I have so PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE WITH QUESTIONS as I won?t be able to answer them! However if you are interested in pulling together a bid please let Maria and I know. Sorry again for the short notice. Stephen Stephen Meek Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement Twitter: @UoN_Institute Website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-engagement/home.aspx If this email has been sent outside your normal working hours then please do not feel obliged to respond until your next working day For queries, meetings etc: Charlotte Lee Executive Assistant +44 (0) 115 74 87401 charlotte.lee at nottingham.ac.uk +44 (0) 7966373248| nottingham.ac.uk [cid:image001.jpg at 01D44539.C4D6A240] From: Alex Favier Sent: 23 September 2020 21:02 To: Stephen Meek Subject: Fwd: Festival UK 2022 Alex Favier (n? Miles) Director of Global and Political Affairs Chair, CASE Europe Annual Conference 2018-20 a: External Relations, Vice-Chancellor?s Office t: +44 (0) 7917115197 | w: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/government-relations Twitter: @alextomiles WeChat ID: alextomiles85 Executive Support: Natalie PearceNatalie.Pearce at nottingham.ac.uk Begin forwarded message: From: "Wright, David (Cities and Local Growth)" > Date: 23 September 2020 at 17:20:07 BST Subject: Festival UK 2022 ? Good afternoon, You may have seen this in the press recently though wanted to share with you for info. as it may be of interest to you and or the businesses and networks you work with. Festival UK* 2022 is inviting Creative Teams (made up of organisations and individuals from across the STEAM sectors) to apply to take part in a paid R&D project to create compelling, ambitious and jaw-dropping public engagement acts on a global-scale. The deadline for submission of applications is 3pm BST Friday 16 October. The R&D project will take place between November 2020 and January 2021. Up to 10 Creative Teams, selected from the 30 teams participating in the R&D project, will be shortlisted to have their idea taken into full commission and be part of the Festival UK* 2022 public project which will be launched in autumn 2021. 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