News and Events

Crucible Programme seeks Researcher

8 March 2010

Nesta's Crucible programme for researchers aims to give researchers a better understanding of how to engage with areas external to their usual environments which would include media, policy and...

Action Research Programme recruiting HR managers

5 March 2010

Do you work as a manager in Human Resouces in a university in the UK? If so, we'd love your involvement in a group of other HR managers who are meeting to explore the challenges of managing...

University of Bristol's "Discover" event

4 March 2010

The University of Bristol's 'Discover' event, which runs from 11-13 March, is a free exhibition to celebrate its latest research. There are around 20 interactive exhibits covering all aspects of...

Public Engagement Perceptions Questionnaire

25 February 2010

Oakleigh Consulting Limited are evaluating the Beacons for Public Engagement (BPE) initiative on behalf of the funders. An online survey was completed in 2008 forming part of their baseline...

Call Launched for Review of Public Segmentation literature

17 February 2010

The NCCPE has partnered with the ESRC to launch a call into existing academic literature on Using Segmentation Tools for Public Engagement Benefit A synthesis is required looking at what is known...

The Scientific Community and Government must get better at Engaging with the Public

10 February 2010

Science-based organisations and Government need to make greater efforts to engage the public with the sciences, according to a new report ‘Science for All’ published today as part of the UK Science...

Capturing Research Impacts: A review of international practice

13 January 2010

To help inform the development of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), HEFCE commissioned RAND Europe to carry out a review of international approaches to evaluating the impact of research....

Call for HEIs wanting to participate in National Student Volunteer Research Programme

4 December 2009

vinspired students has commissioned the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR), in partnership with Dr Clare Holdsworth at the University of Liverpool, to conduct a piece of research into the...

Successful Bids to Conduct Research Syntheses Announced

24 November 2009

The NCCPE has partnered with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to conduct a series of research syntheses relevant to public engagement and the broader higher education sector, and are...

NCCPE REF Workshop

20 November 2009

We have published a summary of the discussions at our recent REF workshop - and would love to know your views.