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At BU we promote and celebrate the work done to engage public audiences with BU research.
The public engagement with research team in Research Development and Support (RDS) can help promote your event to relevant audiences through our regular newsletter and social media channels. It also helps us to stay informed on the public engagement work being carried out by BU.
Collaborative Futures Academy 2022: Ethics and Equity in Engagement – Applications open.
Over the past two years, more than 100 researchers and practitioners from across the world have explored how to connect research and the public in innovative and meaningful ways.
Are you ready to push the boundaries of your engagement and join others to shape the future of research dialogue? You can now apply to be part of the Collaborative Futures Academy 2022.
The Academy will empower you to develop a bold, creative and innovative engagement practice with integrity and equity at its heart.
Take a look back at last year’s Academy: CFA 2021
How to apply:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2022
If you have any questions about the programme or application, please contact BerlinSchool@mfn.berlin
Alternatively, if you would like to discuss your application with the Public Engagement with Research team, please contact Adam Morris at publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.
VOICES explores the use of song to teach STEM content at college or secondary school level, and includes reviewed interactive sessions, video-posters, and discussions of interest to both practitioners and researchers.
The fifth conference of Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Educating with Song (VOICES 2022) will be held online on 25 September 2022.
There’s still time to sign up for the NCCPE’s Environmental Engagement in Practice programme: Ethics of engagement and dealing with controversy free, online event on Tuesday 6 September 10am – 4pm.
Join this event for a day of presentations, practical workshops and smaller discussion groups, exploring how to create an ethical engagement practice. Reflect on the role that values play, discuss how to plan thoughtful engagement on controversial research topics and how to engage with the media, and take account of the ethical considerations we need to make along the way.
These events are intended for anyone working with environmental research. This includes researchers, policy makers, artists and community practitioners – if you’re interested in public engagement and knowledge exchange and keen to develop your practice, then please do join.
Please tell us about all your social, cultural and community events for the period 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022. The deadline is Friday 7 October 2022.
Thank you to everyone who has already provided information via the SharePoint site. This data forms part of BU’s annual Higher Education – Business & Community Interaction survey and is used to calculate our Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) grant. It also feeds into our submission to the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) so it is really important for us to provide a full and accurate picture of all our public engagement.
If you’re not sure if your event is eligible for inclusion, the SharePoint site includes further details and guidance.
We collect a wider range of data than is required for HE-BCI, for additional external and internal reporting, e.g. HEIF Annual Monitoring Statement and Athena Swan. For the purposes of the HE-BCI survey, you must record the following:
Without this specific data, we will not be able to include your event in the survey.
The SharePoint site provides details about which data is collected and how, including calculating attendee numbers and staff time, and reporting online activities and multiple related events. If you have any further questions about the HE-BCI return, please contact publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.
At Café Scientifique, you can explore the latest ideas in science and technology in a relaxed setting. Enjoy listening to a short talk before engaging in debate and discussion with our guest speaker and audience.
We’ll be joined by Dr Hiroko Oe and Dr Ediz Akçay on Tuesday 6 September from 6:30 – 8:00pm.
How can cities cope with climate change?
Explore how major cities in Japan and Turkey have adapted to improve their resilience to the effects of climate change.
This event will be held at The Black Cherry in Boscombe, Bournemouth. Although the talk starts at 6:30pm, the café will be open early so we encourage you to arrive early for a drink and a bite to eat before the talk starts.
Attendance is free but booking is required
Should you have any questions about this event, or if you would like to get involved with a future Café Sci talk, please contact the Public Engagement Team; publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk
Photo by Anupam Mahapatra on Unsplash
Join psychology lecturer Dr Sarah Collard at a free online event this Friday to hear how her research is challenging the assumptions around exercising with epilepsy. Dr Collard was awarded ACORN funding to explore the physical activity levels of people with epilepsy in the UK. The project aimed to:
In the online discussion, Dr Collard will outline her findings so far, which will provide important data for people with epilepsy and their families and carers, as well as medical professionals and those working in the fitness and leisure sector.
To join the discussion and hear her findings, sign up here.
Thank you to everyone who has already provided information via the SharePoint site. The deadline for reporting is Friday 7 October 2022.
This data forms part of BU’s annual Higher Education – Business & Community Interaction survey and is used to calculate our Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) grant. It also feeds into our submission to the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) so it is really important for us to provide a full and accurate picture of all our public engagement.
If you’re not sure if your event is eligible for inclusion, the SharePoint site includes further details and guidance.
We collect a wider range of data than is required for HE-BCI, for additional external and internal reporting, e.g. HEIF Annual Monitoring Statement and Athena Swan. For the purposes of the HE-BCI survey, you must record the following:
Without this specific data, we will not be able to include your event in the survey.
The SharePoint site provides details about which data is collected and how, including calculating attendee numbers and staff time, and reporting online activities and multiple related events. If you have any further questions about the HE-BCI return, please contact publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.
The workshop INDIA@75 celebrates the 75th anniversary of Indian independence and the myriad facets of the UK-India bilateral relationship, which is poised at a critical point this year with the Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations going ahead towards a Diwali timeline.
The workshop also examines the growing role and importance of India at the Commonwealth and the multilateral level at the WTO. The FTA talks are expected to the central to the wide ranging deliberations and interactions but will also touch on the trade and economic exchanges that touch on all areas of lives from the cultural and creative collaboration in crucial sectors such as climate change, healthcare, technology, innovation and much more, with the Indian diaspora in the UK acting as the living bridge of this deep bond.
For this event, the keynote speakers and members of the panel include specialists from international trade, UN Sustainable Development Goals and IB fields. The workshop will include both academics and practitioners, and provide meaningful insight and impact, for fusing policy, business and trade within the context of ever growing UK-India relationship.
We also invite researchers, doctoral research students and collaborators, who will pick up key themes and findings from the workshop, to attend and facilitate research culminating in a series of Policy Briefs and research papers for submission to appropriate 3-star journals.
Refreshments will be provided, including lunch.
Host institution: Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics, Bournemouth University
Prof. Sangeeta Khorana skhorana@bournemouth.ac.uk
Dr Peter Howard-Jones phowardjones@bournemouth.ac.uk
Dr Festus Fatai Adedoyin fadedoyin@bournemouth.ac.uk
If you’re interested in sharing your scientific research with a friendly public audience – complete our form.
We’re currently organising our series of Café Scientifique events for Sept 2022 – July 2023 and we’re looking for people interested in getting involved. Café Scientifique is a public event format, popular around the world, where anyone can come along to explore the latest research in science and technology in a casual café setting. Following a short presentation by a researcher, there is plenty of time for questions and discussion from a varied public audience.
Taking place on a weekday evening, Café Scientifique events run monthly from June (excepting August and January). They’re organised centrally by the BU Public Engagement with Research Team, part of Research Development and Support (RDS). It’s a fantastic opportunity to get experience in engaging with the public in a friendly atmosphere and gain surprising insights into your own work.
We welcome academics at all career stages, although this is particularly valuable for those just getting started in engaging with the public. We also encourage collaboration between less experienced and more experienced public speakers – to provide a valuable learning experience with the support to keep things going smoothly.
Regarding your research – although we use a broad definition of ‘science’, the audience do have certain expectations from the name, so we do not tend to feature research outside of the broad ‘science’ theme.
Whether we will be able to host your talk, and at the time you want, depends on several factors including the subject matter, timing and other events, so completing this form does not guarantee you will be able to take part. If everything does align, we will be in touch to invite you to speak at an upcoming event.
We’re looking to involve a wider range of people from across BU to make our Café Scientifique series a success and a true BU community project. As well as speaking, you could get involved in a number of flexible ways;
If you have any questions about speaking at, or are interested in helping to host or organise these events, then please get in touch with the public engagement team at publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk. There’s no commitment, we can start from there and see what would work best for everyone.
Start reporting your data for events with external audiencesWe are now collecting information for the annual Higher Education – Business & Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey. This data is used to calculate our Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) grant and feeds into our submission to the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), so it is really important that we can provide a full and accurate picture of all our public engagement.
To support this, we are starting the process to collect the data earlier than usual. You can enter details of your events now by going to the SharePoint site. All events need to have taken place between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022.
If you’re not sure if your event is eligible for inclusion, the SharePoint site includes further details and guidance.
We collect a wider range of data than is required for HE-BCI, for additional external and internal reporting, e.g. HEIF Annual Monitoring Statement and Athena Swan. For the purposes of the HE-BCI survey, you must record the following:
Without this specific data, we will not be able to include your event in the survey.
The SharePoint site provides details about which data is collected and how, including calculating attendee numbers and staff time, and reporting online activities and multiple related events. If you have any further questions about the HE-BCI return, please contact publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Apply now to showcase your research at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition next summer.
The Royal Society is looking for researchers to take part in their flagship event celebrating the cutting-edge of UK science.
Taking place in July 2023, the Exhibition provides an excellent opportunity to engage a variety of audiences with your research, including members of the public, school groups, policy makers and potential funders and fellows of the Royal Society. Each year, they welcome thousands of visitors through their doors and reach many more through national coverage on TV or in the media.
It’s a great opportunity to raise the profile of UK research and gain valuable experience communicating with diverse audience groups. The Royal Society also helps applicants every step of the way, from guidance on submitting a proposal to preparing and coordinating an exhibit.
Find out how to apply or read the case studies from previous exhibitors to find out about their experiences first-hand. The deadline for proposals is 12 September 2022.
If you have any questions about the exhibition, please contact exhibition@royalsociety.org. For help developing your proposal, please email the Public Engagement with Research team as we can offer support and advice.
Creating social media posts that aim to build health or information literacy is challenging. It is one thing to get likes on a video of a cute dog dancing or your latest holiday pics, it is another to develop reflective, empathetic understanding of complex phenomena in a bite-sized image or video.
To help guide people through the process of creating social media stories for information and health literacy, Professor Feigenbaum designed the Pick N Mix strategy. This Pick N Mix method is based on research findings from her team’s UKRI/AHRC COVID-19 Rapid Response project that analysed over 15,000 webcomics to look at the role this medium played in public health messaging on Instagram during the first year of the pandemic. The guide also draws from current research in psychology, graphic medicine and media studies. It was designed by creative studio partners Minute Works.
We are inviting expressions of interest for Nepal-based academic with an interest in gender and development issue to participate in our Writing Workshop: “Promoting Publishing in the field of Gender and Development in Nepal”. Bournemouth University is leading two separate three-day workshops for early career researchers (ECRs) working across various universities in Nepal to encourage and support them to publish in peer reviewed journals in the field of social sciences, in Kathmandu (from 17-19 August 2022), and in Pokhara (from 21-23 August 2022). The funding for these exciting workshop is provided by the British Academy. 
There will be a mixture of presentations, group discussion and other interactive exercises, and independent writing exercises. The workshop involves practical sessions to help attendees to make their research idea clear and compelling to reviewers, and finalise their papers for publications. One-to-one sessions with our expert advisers will allow attendees to work through different aspects of their own research papers, methods and ideas.
How to apply: If you are an ECR based in Nepal and have some idea (or/and data) to work towards publication in gender and development, then please send us:
Female ECRs are highly encouraged to apply. Please use Subject British Academy Writing Workshop 2022 and email to sdhakaladhikari@bournemouth.ac.uk, with a copy to both: pregmi@bournemouth.ac.uk and rashmi.rajkarnikar@cdec.tu.edu.np . The faciliators will inform you about your selection for the workshop by the middle of July 2022. Selected participants will be asked to to submit their first rough draft by 3rd August, so that this can be discussed further during the workshop (17-19 August 2022).
The Writing Workshop facilitators are three BU scholars, Dr Shovita Dhakal Adhikari, in the Department of Social Sciences & Social Work, Dr. Pramod Regmi in the Department of Nursing Sciences, and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen in the Department of Midwifery & Health Science in collaboration with Dr. Rashmee Rajkarnikar, at Nepal’s oldest and largest university, namely Tribhuvan University.
The Higher Education – Business & Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey is a mandatory annual return that BU makes to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This data is then included as part of the information used to determine how much Higher Education and Innovation Funding (HEIF) BU receives. Table 5 of the survey captures data about social, community and cultural events intended for the external community.
We want to ensure BU’s public engagement with external audiences is fully represented, so we are starting the data collection earlier than usual. To upload your data, please go to the SharePoint site. The form will stay open for you to add your activities until the end of Friday 7 October 2022. We encourage you to add your new data regularly throughout the year, while the details are easily recalled.
We collect a wide range of data via the SharePoint site which is used for additional external and internal reporting, e.g. Knowledge Exchange Framework, HEIF Monitoring Statement and Athena Swan. For the purposes of the HE-BCI survey, you must record:
If this data is not available, we will not be able to include the event in the return.
For the 2023 HE-BCI return, the eligible dates are 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022.
The SharePoint site provides details about which data is collected and how, including calculating attendee numbers and staff time, and reporting online activities and multiple related events. If you have any further questions about the HE-BCI return, please contact publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.
The call for game-changing research concepts is currently open to enable the growth of BU’s Strategic Investment Areas.
This is your opportunity to put forward concepts for which BU will be known in the years to come. Concepts that are prioritised for development by the SIA Steering Groups, will benefit from tailored institutional support to turn your idea into a reality. This could include identification of match-funding, support from estates, personalised funding development support and much more – you tell us what you need to make a transformative idea a reality.
Game-changing research concepts are welcomed from all of our academic community across all career stages.
To learn more about the SIAs, the open call and to discuss what you could do, please find further details on the staff intranet.
You can also come along to one of our short briefing sessions to ask any questions that you like and to learn more:
Bite-size briefing events – 30-minute sessions – email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk to receive a diary invitation
Discuss your plans with an SIA convener:
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
Learn more from successful applicants:
To learn more from previously successful applicants, discuss potential ideas or identify potential BU partners are taking place on the following dates/times:
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
Coming Friday the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences has the pleasure of hosting the official launch of a new Mental Health Care in Paramedic Practice written by BU’s Dr. Ursula Rolfe and Mr. David Partlow, Somerset County Council Adult Social Care Strategic Manager. The launch will take place in the Bournemouth Gateway Building at noon on May 6th in room BGB 302.
Mental Health Care in Paramedic Practice is the first guide written specifically to support paramedics in understanding a range of different mental health conditions in their practice. This new book provides essential information on recognising and managing a range of conditions. It offers case studies written by paramedics with first-hand experience of managing mental health issues, and includes a section on legal changes and policy descriptions as well as on the importance of interprofessional working. One of the online reviewers declared that this is an important read for Emergency Medical Service staff.
Congratulations!
Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen
Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH)
Reference:
Rolfe, U., Partlow, D. (eds.) (2022) Mental Health Care in Paramedic Practice, Class Publishing [ISBN: 9781859599242]
The call for game-changing research concepts is currently open to enable the growth of BU’s Strategic Investment Areas.
This is your opportunity to put forward concepts for which BU will be known in the years to come. Concepts that are prioritised for development by the SIA Steering Groups, will benefit from tailored institutional support to turn your idea into a reality. This could include identification of match-funding, support from estates, personalised funding development support and much more – you tell us what you need to make a transformative idea a reality.
Game-changing research concepts are welcomed from all of our academic community across all career stages.
To learn more about the SIAs, the open call and to discuss what you could do, please find further details on the staff intranet.
You can also come along to one of our short briefing sessions to ask any questions that you like and to learn more:
Bite-size briefing events – 30-minute sessions – email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk to receive a diary invitation
Discuss your plans with an SIA convener:
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
Learn more from successful applicants:
To learn more from previously successful applicants, discuss potential ideas or identify potential BU partners are taking place on the following dates/times:
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
If you would like to join the meeting, email sia@bournemouth.ac.uk for a diary invitation or click on the link to join the meeting on the day: Click here to join the meeting
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