Case studies

Public engagement case studies featuring a range of different purposes, methods, perspectives and people. If you would like to submit a case study, please contact us on nccpe.enquiries@uwe.ac.uk.

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The Everyday Heroes of Postman's Park (mobile app)

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The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice in Postman's Park, London, contains fifty-four memorial tablets commemorating sixty-two individuals, men, women and children, each of whom lost their life while attempting to save another.

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CAER Heritage Project winners

CAER Heritage Project (Caerau And Ely Rediscovering)

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Nestled deep in a West Cardiff suburb, surrounded by houses, is one of the most important, yet little understood, prehistoric monuments in the region – Caerau Hillfort.

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Educating Community Groups About Parasite Infection and its Impact

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Globally, the biggest killer of people under fifty is infection. Many infections such as parasitic helminths are common in developing countries and are a major reason children in the developing world miss out on education. There are major initiatives to eradicate helminthiases by deworming school children, however education surrounding infection transmission is also of great importance.

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Dance for Parkinson's

Dance for Parkinson's

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Parkinson’s attacks people’s ability to move voluntarily: muscles become rigid, tremors develop and movement and thought slow down. Falls, mental illness and social isolation are accompanying problems. There is no cure and medication becomes unreliable over time. Our research found that dance encourages fluid movement that releases tension, gives respite from tremors and improves balance and stability.

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Hospice volunteers project

Hospice volunteers

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Patient public involvement/public engagement (PPI/PE) in palliative and end of life care can be particularly challenging to achieve. In palliative/end of life care, the content and focus of research often include topics that are highly emotive, with strategies for engaging the public in dialogue around this area not yet established.

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ecocentrix flyer

EcoCentrix: Indigenous Arts, Sustainable Acts

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EcoCentrix, was a free, interactive exhibition running for 17 days at Bargehouse in London. It provided unique opportunities for visitors to see, touch and hear contemporary performance-based arts from indigenous communities in the Americas, Australia, the Pacific and South Africa.

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Celestial sirens choir

Celestial Sirens

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University of Southampton The Celestial Sirens is an amateur choir based in southern England that has been performing since 2002. The choir was initiated by researcher Laurie Stras and Deborah...

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danceroom Spectroscopy (dS)

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University of the West of England & University of Bristol danceroom Spectroscopy (dS) is a cutting-edge, interactive public engagement project that invites members of the general public to step...

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Conker Tree Science

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Conker Tree Science is a hypothesis-led citizen science project which engaged around 8,000 people with a pressing ecological problem of an invasive moth species affecting the UKs conker tree population.

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Bright Club: public engagement variety night

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Bright Club provides an enjoyable first-step into public engagement for students and staff. It is run by the UCL Public Engagement Unit and happens every month in a comedy club in London.

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