National contacts for training, funding, advice and more National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE): www.publicengagement.ac.uk Wellcome Trust (regular large and small scale funding calls): www.wellcome.ac.uk UKRI Public Engagement: https://www.ukri.org/our-work/public-engagement/ The Brilliant Club (WP scheme taking researchers into schools to teach EPQs): www.thebrilliantclub.org Searchable database of REF 2014 impact case studies (for help with grant writing, funding proposals and impact evaluation): www.impact.ref.ac.uk/CaseStudies/ E.g. University of Southampton REF 2014 impact case study, ‘Public engagement with deep ocean research’: www.impact.ref.ac.uk/CaseStudies/CaseStudy.aspx?Id=42992 Wellcome Trust report ‘Factors Affecting Public Engagement By Researchers’: www.wellcome.ac.uk/PERSurvey Speakezee (national network of academic speakers for public engagement and news feed of live public events): www.speakezee.org
University of Southampton — Making Contact
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Public Engagement with Research Unit: 023 8059 4189 (internal extension 24189) Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/per Email: peru@soton.ac.uk Postal address: PERu, Building 176/2031, University of Southampton, SO16 7QF |
Student Ambassador Scheme: 023 8059 9010 (internal extension 29010) Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/studentambassadors Email: ambassador@southampton.ac.uk |
Tip: Making contact with the University Each faculty and a lot of subject/research groups have their own outreach teams — searching ‘soton outreach’ in an online search engine brings up links to the most active subject-specific public engagement & outreach teams. You can also go to the faculty/subject/research group website and look for the ‘outreach’ tab (you may have to press the right-hand arrow as it it often the last tab!). E.g. School of Chemistry: www.southampton.ac.uk/chemistry/outreach/index.page Faculty of Engineering & the Environment: www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/outreach/index.page |
Schools and Colleges Outreach, WP & Recruitment Team: 023 8059 4737 (ext. 24737) Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/schools-colleges Email— Pre 16: outreach@southampton.ac.uk Email— Post 16: liaison@southampton.ac.uk |
Southampton — Training and Development
MSLC — STEM CPD for teachers & technicians in the South East: 023 8059 8810 (internal extension 28810) Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/mslc Email: mslc@soton.ac.uk Fax: 02380 598811 Postal address: Mathematics and Science Learning Centre, Level Three, Building 29, The University of Southampton, Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ |
CHEP — academic professional development for all staff across UoS: 023 8059 3471 Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/chep/index.page? Email: chep@soton.ac.uk Postal address: CHEP (Centre for Higher Education Practice), Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, 32/2135 Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ |
Doctoral College — UoS doctoral training & researcher development: 023 8059 3253 Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/doctoral-college Email: doctoral-college@southampton.ac.uk Postal address: Doctoral College, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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PERu training opportunities, both internal (book via Gradbook and/or Staffbook) and external: 023 8059 4189 (internal extension 24189) Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/per/support/training.page Email: peru@soton.ac.uk Postal address: Room 2052, Bldg 27, The University, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
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Winchester Science Centre — training for STEM Ambassadors and CPD for teachers |
Bright Club — where researchers become comedians! Public engagement, comedy writing and public speaking training opportunities Web: www.brightclubsouthampton.wordpress.com Email: brightclubsoton@gmail.com Watch previous performances on youtube! Search ‘Bright Club Southampton’. |
More Public Engagement in Southampton! The Science Room @ The Art House: www.sciroom.org Researchers’ Café: www.southampton.ac.uk/per/university/researchers_cafe.page Ask the Expert and Explore with US talks and workshops: www.southampton.ac.uk/schools-colleges/subject-specific-talks.page
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