From Maria.Richards at nottingham.ac.uk Fri Oct 6 11:28:07 2023 From: Maria.Richards at nottingham.ac.uk (Maria Richards) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 10:28:07 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] City as Lab workshops: telling stories about the city using digital and data (cross-Faculty invitation) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please see below a message about two workshops being run through City as Lab, which may be of interest. Best wishes, The Institute for Policy and Engagement ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City as Lab is a new creative engine for digital research and engaged academic practice at UoN, connecting researchers, communities and partners in collaborative projects that tackle real-world challenges in the Nottingham city region. Developing from the Digital Nottingham initiative, City as Lab brings people together to create, co-produce and test new ideas, tools and technologies that put local challenges at the heart of activities. In 2023-24, City as Lab is inviting colleagues to participate in two challenge themes: 1) Telling stories about the city using digital and data; 2) Improving the lives of young people. Please see below, inviting participation in the first theme. Telling stories about the city using digital and data City as Lab will run a 9-month programme to July 2024 to support engagement with collaborators and partners around an identified challenge where the outcome of your activity could be conceived as a new 'story' about the Nottingham city region. The goal is to harness data to surface diverse stories (across disciplines and with different partners) that provide insight, and shape understanding, of the city region for people, places and policymakers in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire By participating, you will * Be able to apply for HEIF funding to enable KE and collaborative activities, partnership development and public engagement (from ?500-?5K) - e.g. equipment, event costs, PDRA time * Be part of an interdisciplinary community developing people-centred, place-led approaches using digital/data interventions * Have access to City as Lab pilot space (from January 2024) on the university's new city-based Castle Meadow Campus (for activities such as ideation, partner engagement, showcasing and exhibition). There are two potential routes to involvement: 1. You already have data about the Nottingham city region that relates to a challenge area that you would like to find ways to communicate or share with a particular community (challenge areas could include health, skills, sustainability, community connection, economic development, inclusion, environment, etc etc). You may be seeking to find ways of involving a particular stakeholder group for instance. This sharing could be via workshops and engagement events and/or it could be through the development of digital assets or visual materials that support the wider communication and broader stakeholder engagement as an important step in knowledge exchange or to support a specific impact initiative. Projects will need to define a specific output format as part of their proposal. 1. You would like to engage with a specific community group to generate new data to support a particular city-based story and challenge question (the scope of this is wide so do interpret both 'data' and 'challenge' broadly!). This engagement could the take the form of workshops, events, consultation activities, focus groups, creative activities etc (the only limit here is your imagination and your preferred methods) and/or it could be through the development of new creative outcomes that illustrate this new data, as above. For instance, a creative activity that involves a community group in the development of creative materials related to a particular research and knowledge exchange concern (mental health, sexuality, climate change etc. etc.) For each of these routes, we would encourage you to think about how you might embed digital methods, approaches or expertise within your activity (from data collection to data exhibition and dissemination). We are also particularly interested in promoting and supporting interdisciplinary working and our programme of engagement will help promote this across the scheme. To apply to participate: Sign up to one (or both) of the two workshop strands scheduled in October using the following form by Wednesday 11th October https://forms.office.com/e/1GCYzzewQX Event 1: I HAVE DATA 19th October (E06 Monica Partridge) 10 - 13 (lunch provided) Event 2: I WANT DATA 20th October (E06 Monica Partridge) 10 - 13 (lunch provided) At the workshops we will work with you to develop a short proposal that you will submit either at the end of the day following your session or very soon thereafter (the proposal requirements will be light touch). If selected for funding you will have approximately 6 - 9 months in which to complete your activity and will be required to complete a short reporting form. Towards the end of the programme of activity there will be the opportunity to bid for further funding to contribute to a City as Lab showcase of these stories. Professor Paul Grainge Academic Director, City as Lab Professor of Film and Television Studies Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies University of Nottingham Room B75, Trent Building University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD paul.grainge at nottingham.ac.uk [A blue background with orange flowers Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 76339 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk Mon Oct 30 14:15:14 2023 From: theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk (Br-The-Institute) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:15:14 +0000 Subject: [Public-engagement] EXTENDED DEADLINE: Institute Academy Programmes 2023-24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, The Institute for Policy and Engagement recently announced that applications are now open for our Institute Academy programmes for the academic year 2023-24. We are pleased to say that we have extended the deadline for applications, so now the closing date is 9am Tuesday 7 November. These programmes are your opportunity to access individualised training and support to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in order to achieve policy impact or civic engagement with your research. Each programme is available to researchers in any UoN faculty. There are five places available on each of these three programmes, which will be decided via a competitive applications process. Policy Impact Pathways Programme (PIPP) The PIPP is our programme for early career researchers wanting to take a first step into engaging policy makers with their research. This programme may be for you if you are interested in policy impact and have some idea of how your work might be relevant to policy makers, but you have yet to make a start on engaging with policy. Policy Impact Accelerator Programme (PIAP) The PIAP is aimed at mid-career researchers, or those who have already started to engage with policy partners in some way. This programme may be for you if you have started to develop relationships in the policy space or have taken your first steps into the policy impact world, but would benefit from a structured programme of support to help you develop your skills, knowledge and confidence. Civic Impact Champions Programme (CICP) The CICP aimed at researchers at all career levels, who have some experience of engaging with external partners and/or the public on research projects. This programme may be for you if you have an interest in responding to local need, want to develop your skills in partnership working and are looking to increase your knowledge of local government structures. If you are looking for seed funding and assistance in building networks outside the university then consider applying. In addition to the three competitive programmes, we will also be able to offer bespoke support to academics who are working on high potential policy impact or public engagement initiatives, and who would benefit from specific support beyond what is available in our self-service training offer. This support will be available by agreement with faculties, so if you are interested in this, please contact your faculty impact team in the first instance. For more information on the various programmes, please see our FAQs document and our more detailed breakdown of each programme, which are linked above. How to apply The new deadline for applications for the three competitive programmes is 9am Tuesday 7 November. To apply, please complete the relevant application form below, ensuring you have a letter of support from your school before submitting. If you have any questions before submitting your application, please contact us on theinstitute at nottingham.ac.uk. You can apply for PIPP here You can apply for PIAP here You can apply for CICP here Best wishes, The Institute Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: