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The British Educational Research Association invites nominations for its public engagement and impact award. This award recognises the impact of research and practice in the education community and how they have demonstrably engaged the public.

Applications are sought from

• Individuals or teams whose educational research work has shown demonstrable public engagement or impact

• Practitioners or researchers whose work is grounded in educational research and has led to demonstrable public engagement or impact

• Those whose activities have boosted public engagement with educational research or its impact, or whose efforts have increased recognition and support for education research in public

Two awards, worth £500 each are available. One is given to an individual’s research and the other for a team of researchers. The winners will also have a featured article in BERA’s magazine.

For the purposes of this Award, ‘public engagement’ is broadly defined as activities that bring research and/or researchers and the public (or specific groups within the public) together. It is more than just disseminating research – effective public engagement is about two-way communication, with the researchers listening to and learning from participants or other stakeholders at different stages in the research process.

UKRI provide a helpful definition of public engagement

‘Impact’ is broadly defined as an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia. It includes, but is not limited to, an effect on, change or benefit to:

the activity, attitude, awareness, behaviour, capacity, opportunity, performance, policy,
practice, process or understanding; of an audience, beneficiary, community, constituency, organisation or individuals; in any Geographic location whether locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.

Nominations are scored by a BERA selection panel and are framed by the following criteria:

Judging Criteria

Relevance of the work to the strategic objectives of BERA
Quality of the work undertaken to facilitate public engagement/realise impact
Originality of the approach adopted in engaging the public/realising impact
Significance and contribution of the work (e.g. evidence of impact for stakeholders/research users – such as children and young people, practitioners, policy-makers)

Prize Details

£500
Featured article in BERA’s magazine Research Intelligence
The recipient will work directly with Emerald Publishing’s marketing and design teams to create a bespoke and engaging research summary
The award winner will be promoted on BERA’s website, social media channels and in newsletters to the wider research community.
The award winner may be asked to play a BERA ambassadorial role. This may include speaking about your research at BERA Conference and/or other events, submitting a BERA blog, involvement on twitter, or being asked to record audio or video for BERA’s website.

Closing Date

Friday 15 October 2021

The primary applicant must be a BERA member

Apply here

Contact

For more information, please email: enquiries@bera.ac.uk

Alternatively, please contact Adam Morris (BU Engagement Officer) if you would like advice on planning or submitting your application: publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk

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