Public engagement has never been more important
February 26, 2021
Professor Susan Anderson discusses her new role with the university’s Institute for Policy and Engagement You are the Institute’s new academic lead for public engagement. Why you? I’ve been an advocate for public engagement for many years. We do an awful lot of public engagement as a university but some of this work by researchers …
Institute for Policy and Engagement: ensuring our research has the impact it deserves
November 27, 2018
It is now nearly three months since I joined the University of Nottingham to lead the new Institute for Policy and Engagement, writes Stephen Meek, Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement. The Institute was created to help connect our world-leading research with policymakers locally, nationally and globally, and to brigade our outstanding work on public …
Update: Institute for Policy and Engagement
March 2, 2018
As part of the University’s Research Vision, we have established the Institute for Policy and Engagement to support the reach, impact and reputation of our research. There are three initial pillars within the Institute: 1) to provide specialist support for global policy impact and engagement 2) to provide the University with a hub to better support public engagement with …
Planet Four: Craters – take part in a citizen science project
April 2, 2015
James Sprinks, PhD candidate at the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training and Lead of the Planet Four: Craters Project, explains how members of the public can change our understanding of the planet Mars. Planet Four: Craters is a citizen science project designed to help planetary scientists identify and measure craters on the surface of Mars. …
Sharing your research — what does Simon Singh think?
May 12, 2014
The Graduate School’s annual Research Showcase takes place on Wednesday 18 June. It’s a great event, showcasing the variety of PhD research taking place at the University. Sixty researchers will present posters they’ve designed about their work — communicating their ideas to people with a limited or no knowledge of their field. For the students, …
Nottingham Catalyst — funding now available
June 27, 2013
We’ve blogged before about the Nottingham Catalyst project — a University project linking research and public engagement across all faculties. It’s now launched a Partnership Fund. The Partnership Fund will provide academic and research staff and students at UoN with grant funding of up to £500 to support public engagement activity. The fund provides the …
Nottingham Catalyst — public engagement opportunity for researchers
January 25, 2013
Not entirely unrelated to our last blog post is a new pilot project being set up by the University’s Community Partnerships‘ team. Nottingham Catalyst is a new programme which helps link research and public engagement across all faculties and schools. The idea is to link up researchers with sections of the public relevant with their area of study, …
