Find out the latest from our college MVLS Engagement Team, Alison Caldecott and Becky Hothersall, including funding opportunities and events.

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Experience/taster week for schools seeking life science presenters

This year our Widening Participation (WP) activities, designed to give S4 and S5 pupils an idea of university life and the exciting subjects on offer, are moving on-line.

The WP team are seeking support to offer life science based activities.

  • Experience week S5 students, 07 to 11 June 2021. Seeking two life science themed sessions - self-led workshop (1.5hr) for students to complete in their own time plus a follow up live webinar (1hr).
  • Taster week S4 students, 24 to 27 May 2021. Seeking two live webinars (1hr), providing a broad introduction to a subject area within life sciences.

These popular events are for Glasgow school children considering university and offer an excellent opportunity for you to engage with youngsters as part of a structured and managed event. Sessions are remunerated. Please note your interest as soon as possible and ideally before Monday 08 May 2021 CONTACT wpsummerschool@glasgow.ac.uk  

Public engagement training

Events and competitions

#UofGEngage Forum

  • Arts-STEM Collaborations & Engagement 
    Thank you to all who attended. Event recording and presentation on funding sources available now Engage Forum Arts-STEM Collaborations Event 5 March 2021
  • New #UofGEngage Podcast
    Exploring postgraduate researcher experiences of public engagement with MVLS’s Teteh Champion and others
    #UofGEngage Podcast - episode 3
    The #UofGEngage Forum is a new space for staff and students interested in public and community engagement to come together, share ideas, learn skills and build a community. To learn more visit: #UofGENGAGE FORUM
  • FAMELAB 2021
    Scottish Finals Thursday 15 April 2021 6pm
    We have three MVLS entrants in the final! Our congratulations and best wishes to Carmen Blaque, Megan Griffiths and Madeleine Hayman, who along with Becky Cummings (College of Science & Engineering) complete a very strong line up from UofG. Show your support and watch the finals live via YouTube.
    Each year Famelab encourages scientists across the UK to develop their communication skills while engaging and entertaining audiences with a 3-minute talk on a STEM subject.

Awards

  • Calling any technicians doing public engagement
    UK Higher Education Technicians Summit 2021, Papin Prizes, are prestigious awards and the UK’s only awards entirely focused on recognising technical excellence in higher education and research. Included within the nine award categories is one recognising Outreach and Community engagement. If you are a technician, or know of one, undertaking engagement activities then do consider applying. Nominations are online and include a statement (300 words) plus two letters of support. Full details
    Internal UofG Deadline for nominations: Friday 30 April 2021.
    The University’s Technician Commitment Steering Board is supporting applications. Before applying please contact: MohammadAli.Salik@glasgow.ac.uk 
    The MVLS Engagement Team would also be happy to support any MVLS engagement applications.

Funding

  • For public engagement funding opportunities including the MVLS Engagement with Research Fund
    Visit MVLS PE funding and check out our Funding Top Tips
  • MVLS engagement funding success
    Our congratulations to Professor Katie Hampson of BAHCM, whose project TRACE: Tracing Rabies and Communities’ Experiences has received funding from the ScotPEN Wellcome Engagement Award. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Ifakara Health Institute will work with locals and community leaders on Pemba Island, Tanzania, where they have carried out long term rabies research and surveillance. Together, they will create an accessible, interactive platform illustrating research findings and the individual experiences of people affected by rabies. Sharing this with decision makers and other rabies-affected communities in East Africa will help local communities influence rabies research, management and policy.
  • The Ideas Fund
    This new grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome, seeks to enables the UK public to develop and try out ideas that address problems related to mental wellbeing.  They are offering a series of workshop to support applications.
    "What does Mental Wellbeing mean to you?" webinar recording and other resources is available on their blog.
    You can also sign up to further regional webinars 
    Full details at  The Ideas Fund website. Anyone interested in applying is invited to contact MVLS-Engage@glasgow.ac.uk 

MVLS Engagement Team
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
University of Glasgow

First published: 28 June 2018

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