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Public Engagement Unit

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

Public Engagement Unit

The Public Engagement Unit is a central team that works across the 性视界 to support high-quality involvement and engagement with research. Find out more about the team, our approach and our work.

Keep up-to-date with our latest work and thinking about public involvement and engagement at the 性视界.

Funding opportunities

If you have an idea for public involvement and engagement in research activities, find out more about the current funding opportunities available from the Public Engagement Unit and other funding organisations.

The STFC Public Engagement Nucleus Award aims to fund public engagement that involve target audiences with stories of STFC science, technology and facilities.

Two tiers of grants are available to fund activities that engage people with the science of genetics up to 拢5,000.

This fund aims to enable researchers and organisations to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. Deadlines: Friday 3 October

Engagement opportunities

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

Fancy using the social news website Reddit to engage people with your research online? Get in touch to find out more about hosting an event.

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 2025.

The Festival of Tomorrow blends the creative arts with science and innovation to explore the ideas that will shape our future. Deadline: 21 September.

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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Training and professional development opportunities

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

Find out more about our Help and Advice Surgeries, and how the Public Engagement Unit team can help you with your public involvement and/or engagement work.

Taught by an ex-BBC science documentary filmmaker, these courses give you the skills to make and promote films about research. 20-22 October 2025

This two-part online session is designed to help you craft compelling narratives that bring your science to life. 23 and 30 September 2025.

This online course is a chance to explore science communication in a different way, not through slides or data, but through poetry.

Get help and advice about public engagement with research

Need some help with public engagement with research? Whether you're applying for research funding and want to discuss your ideas for involving and engaging people with your work or troubleshooting some issues you're having with your engagement work, the Public Engagement Unit can help.

Drop us a line, and we can book a chat.

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Reward and recognition opportunities

Find out more about the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards and the opportunities run by other organisations that celebrate your public involvement and engagement achievements.

Grants are available for any public engagement activity designed for a non-scientific, public audience that meets the application criteria.

Blogs from the Public Engagement Unit

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

Laura Steen shares her reflections and learnings working as Project Officer on the ParticipatoryResearch@Bath project over the last year.

Since 2023, residents in Twerton & Whiteway have been developing a new Community Research Network. Find out what they've been up to and their future plans.

Lucy Maddox (Department of Psychology) receives the prestigious award 2024 from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

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 性视界.

Engaged360@Bath

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Embedding a positive culture of public engagement with research at the 性视界.

ChallengeCPD@Bath

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Investigating the provision, uptake and impact of training and professional development opportunities for researchers in public engagement.

ParticipatoryResearch@Bath

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Investigating the culture of participatory research at the 性视界 and working to enhance conditions for involving people in research meaningfully.

Community Matters

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A collaborative project between community organisations and 性视界 researchers to undertake community-based participatory research.

Manifesto for Public Engagement

The 性视界 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.

性视界 us

We work to advance and improve connections between 性视界 research and society through high-quality public involvement and engagement.

The Public Engagement Unit works with staff and community groups to build and support the practice and thinking around high-quality public involvement and engagement with research.

Contact us

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