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By Briony Fleming, on 19 February 2019
This blog has been written by Laura Katus, PhD Student in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry Section, based in UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. For me as a neuroscientist, there’s hardly anything more exciting than the human brain. When embarking on a PhD in a community where neuroscience thus far hadn’t been a […]
By Briony Fleming, on 31 January 2019
This Blog has been written by Beacon Bursary awardee Joanna Morrison, for a project working with 10 artists from the Janakpur Women’s Development Centre (JWDC) in rural plains Nepal and researchers from HERD International Nepal, who are conducting research about diabetes and healthy lifestyles. On arrival in Nepal 16 years ago I was greeted with […]
By Briony Fleming, on 29 January 2019
This is an interview with Muki Haklay, as part of our series focusing on the Provost’s Awards for Public Engagement, looking at previous winners and their experiences with Public Engagement. Muki won a Provost’s Award for Public Engagement in 2018 in the category ‘Institutional Leadership’ What is your role and what does it involve? I’m […]
By Briony Fleming, on 21 January 2019
This is an interview with Claire Elwell, as part of our series focusing on the Provost’s Awards for Public Engagement, looking at previous winners and their experiences with Public Engagement. Claire won a Provost’s Award for Public Engagement in 2012 in the category ‘Established Career Academic/Research’ What is your role and what does it involve? […]
By Briony Fleming and Lizzy Baddeley, on 14 January 2019
This Blog has been written by Lizzy Baddeley: Project Manager (EPSRC Community Engagement), who is leading the Trellis project. Trellis is exploring methods for knowledge exchange between university and community partners. So, what’s the best way to bring together a group of artists and a group of researchers who have never met before to help […]
By Briony Fleming, on 28 November 2018
This blog has been written by Josie Mills: a student engager currently undertaking a PhD in Archaeology. What is a Student Engager? There are 17 of us in total, who you might meet and chat to in any of the three museums around campus: UCL Art Museum, the Grant Museum or the Petrie Museum. We […]
By Briony Fleming, on 21 November 2018
Today we’re looking back at reading week, and some of the activity the UCL Engagement Team delivered. We were all hands on deck with a week of events and training to support researchers and staff improve and develop their skills and understanding of Public Engagement. Public Engagement: Skills and Practice. On Wednesday 7th November, we […]
By Briony Fleming, on 29 October 2018
This post has been written by Helen Craig: Public Engagement Manager (SLMS) Does evaluation for impact always have to mean a questionnaire? The latest Public Engagement Network meeting was all about Creative Methods for Evaluating Impact, so that’s the question 20 UCL researchers came together to explore on Wednesday October 10 2018. Dr. Gemma Moore […]
By Briony Fleming, on 31 July 2018
We have had a hugely busy summer in east London. £100m secured for UCL East as part of East Bank On the 5th June the Mayor of London, Saddiq Khan, hosted an event to launch of East Bank (formally the Cultural Education District) where we received final confirmation of the commitment of £100m capital funding […]
By Briony Fleming, on 15 May 2018
On the 25th April, together with the Arena Centre, the Public Engagement Unit hosted their most recent network meeting. The event was focussed on Public Engagement in the curriculum and we heard from a range of speakers outlining their experiences of trying to embed engagement work in their teaching.