The Curiosity Playground is part of this year’s Festival of Learning and celebrates the creative, fun and wacky research happening at Bournemouth University. Hosted by the BU Research Staff Association (RSA), the event will involve researchers showcasing their work though creative and interactive methods, including props. The props will help to engage children, to enable the researchers to talk to them and their parents about their research. The purpose of this event is to increase public awareness of the spectrum of research that Bournemouth University conducts, and the key message is that research is fun, interesting and amenable to all.
If you are interested in being involved in the Curiosity Playground, please attend the next BU RSA Coffee Morning on 26 April (10-11am) in R302, Royal London House, Lansdowne Campus. The FoL organising team will be there to provide some info about how to plan a public engagement activity, with examples of what has worked well in the past. They’ll be on hand to help you shape your ideas and think about innovative ways to share your research.
Eight lucky researchers will be chosen to take part in the event in July, and will be provided with a small budget to develop their activity for the day.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
BU Research Staff Association
‘Curiosity’ funding from Wellcome and Children in Need
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