News and events
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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programme 2013
03 May 2013
Community Participation in Research: from paradigms to practice The School of Allied Health Professions (AHP) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is taking a leading role in highlighting the...
Call for papers for the 6th Living Knowledge Conference
01 May 2013
An Innovative Civil Society: Impact through Co-creation and Participation 9-11 April 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark The conference will seek to explore experiences with research and innovation for, with...
19 April 2013
News from the Higher Education Funding Council for England: Evaluating Impact in the REF An evaluation of the rewards and challenges for institutions in preparing submissions detailing the impact of...
IUA Campus Engage National Coordinator vacancy
15 March 2013
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) represents, promotes and provides support services for the seven Irish Universities. The IUA is a non-profit making body with charitable status. The IUA...
11 March 2013
We are asking community partners who are working with universities and those who are interested in working with universities in the future, for their views in order to inform the development of a UK...
Upcoming events
Public Engagement and Impact: Articulating Value in Art and Design
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London A symposium exploring the social, cultural and political challenges around measuring public engagement in relation to evidencing impact, and the implications of...
Adult learning: Making a difference through partnership
Manchester Museum is pleased to be hosting the fourth international conference of the LEM project www.lemproject.eu.
Public Engagement Ambassadors event June 2013
The next Public Engagement Ambassador event is taking place on Thursday 6th June, and will be held at Cardiff University. The event will run from 11am – 4pm, with registration from 10.30am. We...
Transforming Postgraduate Research: Engaging with the Digital World
University of Oxford This one day interactive training initiative is for postgraduate students across the arts and humanities interested in public engagement and digital media. It aims to provide...
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an online event where students get to meet and interact with real scientists. It’s an X Factor-style competition between the scientists, where students are the...
I’m an Engineer, Get me out of Here! is an award-winning engineering enrichment and engagement activity, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. It takes place online over a two week period. It’s...
Public Engagement - what's in it for PGRs and HEIs?
SRHE, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), Postgraduate Issues Network are hosting a...
Connected Communities Edinburgh Showcase
The second Connected Communities Programme showcase event will take place on 4th July 2013 at Edinburgh Conference Centre at Heriot Watt University. Through a mix of presentations, workshops,...
Registration is now open for the BIG Event with Early Bird discount before 31 March 2013 Glasgow Science Centre The BIG Event is a three-day conference providing an unmissable opportunity to squeeze...
Manchester The established annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference is the largest dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing...
Community Partner Network Summit II
This Summit, taking place in Bristol, will bring together 40 community leaders and practitioners from across the UK to collectively examine, debate and identify ways to build community partner...
UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres 2013 National Conference Science Museum, London Save the date! This lively one day national conference will bring together professionals from the UK's...
The social impact of academic research
Westminster Higher Education Forum Keynote Seminar, Central London The social impact of academic research with Dr David Halpern, Director, Behavioural Insight Team, Cabinet Office; Andrew Miller MP,...
Digital Engagement in Theory and Practice
#postC20literaryresearch Day one: Wednesday 13th November, 2013 Venue: ThinkLab at the University of Salford Day two: Tuesday 17th December 2013 Venue: MediaCity UK, Salford
Engage 2013: Partnerships that count To realise the promise of the impact agenda, and to develop genuine mutual benefit from their engagement, universities are increasingly confronting challenges in...
An Innovative Civil Society: Impact through Co-creation and Participation
Living Knowledge Conference, Copenhagen The 6th Living Knowledge Conference will seek to explore experiences with research and innovation for, with and by civil society, and develop policy...
