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January 9, 2017

Digital Agenda Impact Awards

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The Digital Agenda Impact Awards, celebrating innovations that make a positive impact on the way the UK lives, learns and does business, are open for entries. The awards, sponsored by Nominet Trust, take place at London’s Barbican Centre on Thursday March 2, 2017.

The Impact Awards are open to any business, government or non-profit using digital products or services to make the world a better place. The awards are free to enter and open until January 20 2017.

There are 12 award categories under three broad headings – people, places and business.

People

Education
Employment and skills
Health
Money

Places

Cities
Climate
Food
Smart

Business

Business transformation
Sharing and partnership
Social and economic transformation

Click here for more information and to apply.

December 29, 2016

Promoting evidence-based policy-making in Nepal

Global engagement, Impact, Knowledge Transfer, policy, Public engagement, Publishing, Research communication, Research Training, Training, Uncategorized Edwin van Teijlingen

We had the honour to speak to Parliamentarians (MPs) in Kathmandu today (December 29th) as part of workshop to promote evidence-based policy-making. The workshop was organised by a consortium of three UK universities: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Bournemouth University and the University of Sheffield. Fund the Fund supported this Advocacy Workshop with Parliamentarians and Policy Experts on HV and AIDS (Discussion series IV) in the Himalayan Hotel in Lalitpur in Kathmandu Valley. The workshop was attended by some 30 MPs from all major parties and three or four former ministers. The drive to increase evidence-based policy-making in Nepal is led by Dr. Gangalal Tuladhar MP.

Prof. Padam Simkhada from LJMU and BU Visiting Professor addressed ‘key challenges on evidence-based health care delivery in Nepal’ and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences compared selected different health-care systems in high-income countries.

November 29, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Thursday 1 December

BU research, Festival of Learning, Impact, international, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Thursday 1 December and we’ll be there for you from 8:30am-5pm at Talbot Campus, FG19.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there.

November 28, 2016

Festival of Learning 2017 – What could you do? Only few more days left to apply!

BU research, Events, Festival of Learning, Impact, Public engagement, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

The deadline to submit your proposals for Festival of Learning 2017 is fast approaching, and we would like to remind you that you have only few more days to apply!

Planning your own public event can be a bit of a challenge when you try putting together an event that is interactive and lasts several hours, so how about a film screening followed by a short debate? We all love watching films…who does not like going to the cinema? Film screening is a fantastic way of showcasing your research and let’s be honest, planning it is not that complicated!

Fog of Sex: stories from the front line of student sex work

This event was a screening of an award winning docudrama that brings the real-life testimonies of students currently working within sex industry to the screen. The film was made as part of a pioneering new study called The Student Sex Work Project. The project has transformed understanding about the motivations and needs of student sex workers. The screening was followed by Q&A with criminologist Debbie Jones, who co-led the study, producer Chris Britten and clinical sexologist Sam Geuens.

You do not necessarily need to create your own film to be able to screen a film. Film screening can be an addition to your event that effectively illustrates your research by putting it into different perspective which can trigger some interesting discussion with the audience. As an example we would like to mention ‘The Shelley- Frankenstein legacy: Social science in history and today’ event which was part of ESRC Festival of Social Science 2016 at Bournemouth University. This event was in a form of a ‘question time’ style debate with a film screening that aimed to explore the feminism and sociology of the body from historical and contemporary perspectives. The film illustrated what had been discussed and helped people to gain a better understanding.

There is only one support session left so make sure to come and talk to us about your event idea

Thursday 1 December 8:30am-5pm Talbot Campus Drop In

Remember that the deadline for event submissions is 4pm on Friday 2 December

Find out more about how to apply Here.

If you have any questions about the global Festival of Learning, please contact the Global Engagement Hub: 01202 965112 globalbu@bournemouth.ac.uk

If you have any questions about the UK Festival of Learning, or difficulties using the online application form, please contact the Festival of Learning Team: 01202 961342 FoL@bournemouth.ac.uk

November 25, 2016

Festival of Learning 2017 – What could you do? Apply before Friday 2nd December!

BU research, Events, Festival of Learning, Impact, Public engagement, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Do you have a fantastic piece of research that you’d like to develop into a public engagement event? You still have one more week to apply for Festival of Learning 2017!

What you research often determines how you will engage with the public and who your work will impact; nevertheless people love to learn about what you do and appreciate short demonstrations.

Getting drunk with 302 brain cells – what we learn from a worm?

Prof Lindy Holden-Dye from Southampton University studies the brain of a simple nematode worm, which has just 302 brain cells, to learn how alcohol affects the human nervous system. In October she gave a talk to Café Scientifique’s audience in which she talked about her research but also showed the equipment she used in a lab. Prof Lindsy Holden-Dye also talked about her relations with the worms and event brought few with her to show them to the audience.We have appreciated short demonstrations on how to handle nematode worms as well as the process of getting them drunk.

Make sure to come to one of our drop-in support sessions to talk to us about your event idea!

There are only two sessions left:

Monday 28 November 9am-11am, Executive Business Centre Cafe

and

Thursday 1 December 8:30am-5pmTalbot Campus

Remember that the deadline for event submissions is 4pm on Friday 2 December

Once you are ready to submit your event proposal you will need to complete the online application form. Applications for both the global Festival of Learning and the UK Festival of Learning will be handled via one form. The form can be saved and edited up until the point you submit. To help make the process as easy as possible we have also provided a planning document that includes a list of questions and requested response lengths.

Find out more, download the planning document and take a look at dates for our drop-in sessions.

If you have any questions about the global Festival of Learning, please contact the Global Engagement Hub: 01202 965112 globalbu@bournemouth.ac.uk

If you have any questions about the UK Festival of Learning, or difficulties using the online application form, please contact the Festival of Learning Team: 01202 961342 FoL@bournemouth.ac.uk

November 23, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Thursday 24 November

BU research, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Thursday 24 November and we’ll be there for you from 11am-12pm at Naked Coffee Shop (next to RLH, Lansdowne).

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

November 21, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Wednesday 23 November

BU research, Festival of Learning, Global engagement, Impact, international, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Wednesday 23 November and we’ll be there for you from 2pm-3pm at Poole House Atriume.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

November 14, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Tuesday 15 November

BU research, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Tuesday 15 November and we’ll be there for you from 4pm-5pm at Executive Business Centre Cafe.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

November 11, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Monday 14 November

BU research, Festival of Learning, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Monday 14 November and we’ll be there for you from 8:30am-10am at Fusion Building – coffee area.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

November 9, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Friday 11 November

BU research, Festival of Learning, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Friday 11 November and we’ll be there for you from 12:30pm-1:30pm at EB204, Executive Business Centre.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

October 31, 2016

Festival of Learning 2017 – What could you do?

Events, Fusion, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

If you are still searching for some inspiration for Festival of Learning 2017, you can find our previous blog post here with some suggestions for engaging events. But most importantly, make sure you come along to one of our drop-in ‘Support for developing your idea sessions’ and talk to us! Additionally, we’re also offering a bookable training session for you to find out more about ‘Developing a public engagement event’. Please book your place via OD.

You may have already planned your event and now looking for ways of making it more appealing to members of the public. Regardless of the stage of event planning that you are at, we have a few extra ideas to give your event a boost!

The forefront of gene therapy

This event was a presentation from two experts Michael Linden and Nick Clarke, exploring how viruses can be used as tools to replace or repair faulty genes. To boost the interest of the audience and get them more engaged, the academics used an interactive voting system. Through the presentation they had some fun questions for the audience, related to genetics in general but not necessarily to the actual research. Examples of questions that captured audience’s attention were:

What percentage of genes do we share with a cabbage?

What percentage of genes do we share with bananas?

You may be surprised to know that humans share 50% of genes with bananas and 45% with cabbage.

Antarctic ice shelves

During this presentation Bernd Kulessa and Suzanne Bevan shared their tales from ten years of working in Antarctica. To give the audience a better idea of what life in the frozen wilderness looks like, the academics used not only photographs, but also 3D google maps. The maps show all of the stops they made on the journey to Antarctica, which not only added different dimension to the talk but also made it more personal.

The secret life of animals

How do you track whales diving deep underwater or birds flying high above us? Rory Wilson has developed pioneering electronic tags that allow researchers to monitor movement, behaviour, energy exposure, temperature and feeding patterns of hard-to-observe animals. Sounds interesting, but how do you translate these readings in simplified language to ensure your audience stays engaged? You simply organise for someone in penguin costume to copy the movement readings of actual penguin, while planking on a chair!

These events took place as part of the British Science Festival in Swansea, 2016.

October 26, 2016

Innovation awards

Business Engagement, Impact, innovation, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team jcodling

SME innovation awards (2016) – small business were honoured on Tuesday evening at an awards ceremony at the Houses of Parliament.

The awards recognise the many innovative successful projects that Innovate UK has co-funded. They celebrate the projects and companies that show the impact of innovation on business growth and the economy.

There were 5 categories – 4 specific and 1 overall award for inspirational innovation. Could we consider research and collaboration at BU for such an award? KTP’s also form part of this funding and contributed to Mech Tool Engineering Ltd, Gaist Solutions Limited and University of York and Phasefocus being shortlised.

Read the blog post in full including the winners and organisations shortlisted and how their areas of innovation became award winning.

Live funding competitions.

How to apply for funding.

Case studies.

October 25, 2016

Influencing Public Policy Workshop

BU research, Impact, policy, Research communication, Research news hjones

Calling all researchers! Would you like your research to influence policy?

BU’s Policy Advisor, Jane Forster, will be running a workshop this Thursday 27 October to help you to use your research to influence policy makers.

Working alongside policy makers is a useful tool to get your research recognised and used by professionals in your relevant field, which can then have an impact on society.

Influencing policy is a great way of raising the profile of the research, this can also help benefit society and help raise the profile for the academic behind the research. This also creates room for new partnerships and future collaborations, for both the research and the academic.

Research is a useful tool to influence policy, as this provides evidence based change or amendment to legislation. This is a powerful way of developing research impact. As this can be a complex process, Jane Forster will explain the process of influencing policy and how your research can influence policy makers.

The workshop will run from 09:30-11:30 on Lansdowne Campus. You can find out more information here or you can complete the booking form here.

October 25, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Thursday 27 October

BU research, Festival of Learning, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Thursday 27 October and we’ll be there for you from 11am – 12pm at Naked Coffee Shop (next to RLH, Lansdowne).

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

October 24, 2016

Developing a public engagement event – Workshop

BU research, Festival of Learning, Impact, international, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t forget to book your place on our Developing a public engagement event, which is going to focus specifically on developing a public engagement event.

The workshop is going to take place on Monday 31st October, from 1pm-4pm at Student Hall, Talbot House, Talbot campus

The workshop will explore:

How public engagement can provide an opportunity to share your research with the public
Event design for public engagement events
How to engage the audience you want to target
How best to evaluate your events
What makes a good Festival of Learning event, with examples of effective past events

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival! Find out more and book your place via Organisation Development here.

We’re hoping to see you there!

October 17, 2016

Festival of Learning 2017 – What could you do?

Festival of Learning, Impact, international, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

With the call for proposals now open for Festival of Learning 2017, we want you to get involved.

Why? There are many benefits of taking part, as the festival is an excellent opportunity to showcase your research and gain valuable feedback from members of the public. In a previous post we shared the idea of an audience-led event, which you can find here. This time we want to show you that public engagement events can also be artistic and creative.

Come to one of our drop-in support sessions to talk to us about your event idea and book your place on ‘Developing a public engagement event’ training session via Organisation Development here.

Moonbrella

At the British Science Festival 2016 in Swansea, Moonbrella was one of a number of interactive, drop-in sessions incorporated into an event called Creatures of the night. This took place in Plantasia – a tropical haven of exotic plants and animals. The location was unique in itself, but Moonbrella really stole the show.

Despite the fact that over 150 craters on the moon are named after real scientists, only 28 are named after women. Moonbrella showcases research through poetry, allowing participants to celebrate these inspirational women. At Creatures of the night, event attendees walked through the tropical garden, and as they began to climb towards the top of the dome they were given a ‘Moonbrella’ – a glowing umbrella. This owed its unusual properties to battery powered fairy lights attached inside. Additionally, there were some graphics of the scientists, and an mp3 player and headphones, which were carefully taped to the umbrella. The audience walked under the Moonbrellas, popped on their headphones and listened to poetry about a female scientist as they wandered through the tropical garden. Each Moonbrella celebrated a different scientist, and Moonbrellas could be swapped to hear about another scientist. Visually, this looked fantastic under the night sky, as the umbrellas lit up the paths between the tropical plants and for a minute it felt like you weren’t in Swansea anymore.

Moonbrella is just one of many creative ways to showcase your research through the arts! Now grab a few colouring pencils, scissors and some tape and get creative! We hope to hear more about your own amazing ideas at one of our drop-in sessions.

This event took place as part of the British Science Festival in Swansea, 2016.

October 17, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Wednesday 19 October

BU research, Festival of Learning, Global engagement, international, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Wednesday 19 October and we’ll be there for you from 11am – 12pm at Fusion Building – coffee area

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

October 11, 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Wednesday 12th October

BU research, Festival of Learning, Global engagement, Impact, Public engagement, Research communication, Uncategorized Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Wednesday 12th October and we’ll be there for you from 11am – 12pm at Naked Coffee Shop (next to RLH, Lansdowne)

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

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Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Thursday 27 October

Developing a public engagement event – Workshop

Don’t forget to book your place on our Developing a public engagement event, which is going to focus specifically on developing a public engagement event.

Festival of Learning 2017 – What could you do?

With the call for proposals now open for Festival of Learning 2017, we want you to get involved.

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