Public Involvement in Research
This case study describes an initiative to build a strategic approach to involving health and social care service users in research in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at UWE Bristol.
Future animals: Friend or Food?
‘Future animals’ was an integrated arts and science project that brought together teenagers, Cardiff University staff and students, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, and an artist to discuss how human manipulation of past animals produced animals of the present day, and to design animals for...
Trinity College Dublin are marrying the universities knowledge with the expertise of people with aphasia, to develop a framework to support student assessment in the Department of Clinical Speech and Language
Molecular biology and human disease PhD students from Nottingham University engaged A-level students with their research and gave them the opportunity to see what life is like in the lab.
Developing Durham Local Food Network: the role of a Master's student
Co-inquiry partnership (community-university research partnership), centred around the provision of a masters Postgraduate bursary awarded to Amy Mycock to develop a website for Durham Local Food Network.
Sustainable Living and the Older Community
A campaign to engage the older (65+) UK community in public debate on sustainable living and what it means to them.
A series of public & school engagement activities took place in Manchester to highlight important issues surrounding food security & urban agriculture, which culminated in a 'Finale Day' on 3rd July 2010 at the Manchester Museum
Real World Science – Engaging with the Experts
The collaboration between The University of Manchester research scientists and museum educators to design and host a programme of ‘Engage with the Experts’ A-Level Study days entitled ‘Genes to Phenotype’ and ‘The Hard Cell’ Stem Cell Debate day.
Since 2005 occupational therapy students have participated in the Study of Occupation course from first to fourth year, a component of which involves service-learning through the ‘Study of Occupation Practice’ (SOOP) course.
What can academics, practitioners and parents do to fight the odds for children who do not sail through life easily? This question has driven the work of the Bouncing Back project team.
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and several science partners in the city joined together to develop interactive activities for visiting schools for National Science and Engineering Week.
