The Council of the All Party University Group has announced the launch of a new series of parliamentary lectures. The purpose of the lectures, Frontiers of Knowledge is to bring leading research teams to Parliament to explain their work to…
Robots could lend a helping hand
With a rapidly ageing population, the number of people with dementia and other age-related disabilities is expected to soar by 2050. Coupled with warnings about future shortages of health workers and doctors, it’s clear other options need to be found.…
Garden grown by social media is all a Twitter at Chelsea
Twitter will be in control of a unique digital garden at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Fresh garden ‘Digital Capabilities’ will respond to live Twitter activity, enabling the public to directly influence how the garden appears at…
University of Lincoln backs community arts festival
The University of Lincoln is supporting a new arts festival which will take place in the city later this spring. Lincoln Inspired is a community-focused arts festival that is set to run from 7-12 May. The festival will see a…
NCCPE Event: Tackling Ethical Challenges in Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an increasingly popular approach. Whilst many of the ethical challenges are common to social research generally (informed consent, anonymity, issues of ownership of data and findings), there are many distinctive ethical challenges when communities and…
BBSRC Public Engagement Training Course
A new date has been added for the BBSRC public engagement training. It is designed for those interested in doing public engagement but aren’t sure where to start, and can help researchers exploring science which raises challenging issues or controversy.…