Guides

Running a competition

This guide from 2015 is based on the experiences NCCPE staff have of running the Engage Competition that saw 230 entries of public engagement with research projects from universities across the UK.

updated on 29 Sep 2023
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Here are some reasons you might want to run a public engagement competition: 

  • To recognise and celebrate excellence in engagement (or engaged research) 
  • To discover high quality public engagement practice 
  • To raise awareness of innovative practice across all engagement purposes, participants, and disciplines 
  • To share practices in ways that can drive change and improve quality 
  • To reward excellence in public engagement to encourage those already involved and to stimulate the interest of those not yet involved 
  • To demonstrate the multifaceted impacts that engagement can have on the participants, the researchers and the research

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