Are you a new academic in the arts and humanities keen to publicise your research in the media? The AHRC and BBC Radio 3 have announced a new round of their very popular New Generation Thinkers programme for 2012. Last…
Public Engagement With Research: Exhibitions and Catalysts
A couple of opportunities have arisen recently to help you promote your research to a non-academic audience: the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and RCUK’s CATALYSTS Call. Public engagement with research is increasingly seen as a vital part of the…
Ingenious: Ideas for Public Engagement in Engineering
If you’re an engineer who is excited about communicating your work to a wider audience, you should have a look at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Ingenious Public Engagement scheme: You could be an engineer interested in running your own…
British Science Association Media Fellowships
The British Science Association has recently announced an extension to the deadline for its Media Fellowships scheme. You can now apply at any time up to the 24th March. More details below: If you or a scientist you know, would…
ESRC Festival of Social Science To Take Place Later This Year
I’ve blogged here before about the ESRC Festival of Social Science. This is an annual event celebrating diverse research in the social sciences and stimulating debate between researchers, business, government and members of the public. Earlier in the year the…
ARMA/Wellcome Trust Study Tour – 4th Feb 2011
Last Friday I attended a Study Tour of the Wellcome Trust, organised by the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Study tours allow research administrators to gain useful insight into a funder’s vision, values, goals, policies and funding opportunities…