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Applications are now invited for a Public Engagement Masterclass being held 08-10 July 2019, at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.

Designed to support researchers from all disciplines who aspire to be research leaders in their fields, this course will provide the tools to help establish a reputation for quality and embedded public engagement in the context of a research portfolio.

Supported by all the major UK funders of research and facilitated by leading UK and European engagement specialists, the course will empower researchers through a mix of inspirational case studies, practical sessions and bespoke support to develop a personalised and proactive public engagement plan.

Researchers receiving funding from Wellcome, UKRI, Royal Society or European schemes may be eligible for bursaries or funding. All application and bursary requests MUST be received by 16 April.

Find out more and apply now

Sessions include:

Public engagement with research in context, across the UK and European settings
Leadership in public engagement
Quality in public engagement
Audiences and their expectations
The power of partnership
Evaluation
Funding and the role of PE in grant making
Working with education audiences
Exploiting links with the priorities of the city or region
Collaboration with the third sector – including cultural bodies and museums
Ambassador for the embedding of PE within a research group, project or field
Interventions for the advocacy of wider institutional culture change towards PE