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Public Engagement Unit

We facilitate public engagement for our research students and staff to build links with the public.

Make your public event count!


Have you organised or been part of a public event this year? If so, we'd love to hear from you and make sure it is counted in our annual Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey return.

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Public engagement with research

Find out more about what public engagement is, why it matters, how it can benefit you and your research and how to start engaging public groups with your research.


Funding for public engagement

If you have an idea for a public engagement with research activity these funding calls could help make it happen. Find out more about the current funding opportunities available from the Public Engagement Unit and other funding organisations.


This fellowship scheme allows early-career researchers to carry out high-quality innovative research including outreach and public engagement. Open call.

This fund aims to support artists, community and cultural organisations with up to 拢100,000 to help people across England to engage with arts and culture.

This fund aims to enable researchers and organisations to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. Deadlines: throughout year 2024.

Engagement Opportunities

Put your public engagement skills into practice with these engagement opportunities run by the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.


Share your research with an interested and diverse audience over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine at the Salisbury Science Caf茅. Events from February 2024.

Public engagement training and learning opportunities

Develop your public engagement knowledge and skills with these training opportunities and learning resources from the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.


Taught by an ex-BBC science documentary filmmaker, these courses give you the skills to make and promote films about research. 22-24 April

The UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum is an annual event for all those with a passion for ensuring that knowledge makes a positive difference to society. 8-9 May.

This conference will provide a space to explore how the science engagement landscape has changed in the last five years. 8-10 July.

Celebrating public engagement

Find out more about the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards and meet some of the people carrying out high-quality public engagement with their research at the University.


Nominations are now open for the 2024 Institute of Physics Awards - including three for outstanding public engagement.

The award celebrates the fantastic work being done by science communicators across the UK. Deadline: 14 April.

Blogs from the Public Engagement Unit

Keep up-to-date with our latest work and thinking about public engagement from the Public Engagement Unit.


To involve people in research, fair and reciprocal relationships must be nurtured. But what are the impacts of this work on those who hold those relationships?

If you鈥檙e interested in youth involvement, check out these films co-created with young people about their experiences participating in a research project.

The South West's largest celebration of research, the FUTURES Festival, has secured funding to deliver the festival for the next two years.

Public Engagement Unit projects

Discover more about the Public Engagement Unit's projects and initiatives to embed a positive culture of public engagement with research at the 49图库免费资料大全.


Community Matters

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A collaborative project between community organisations and 49图库免费资料大全 researchers to undertake community-based participatory research.

Manifesto for Public Engagement

The 49图库免费资料大全 is a signatory to the Manifesto for Public Engagement. Developed by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, the Manifesto outlines the three principles that support a positive culture of public engagement.


49图库免费资料大全 us

We facilitate high-quality public engagement for staff and students, building mutually beneficial links between our research and the public. We build and sustain institutional capacity for public engagement and aim to support researchers from all disciplines whatever their level of expertise.

Our work covers opportunities for researchers to; develop their skills, practice and understanding of public engagement and be recognised and rewarded for their public engagement work.

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Get in touch if you have any questions about our services.