When: |
20 Jul through 22 Jul 2016 | |
Where: |
Hinxton, United Kingdom | |
Website URL: |
http://atnd.it/46413-0 | |
Sponsoring organization: |
Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences | |
Categories: |
Education / Legal / Other - Education |
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Event description:
The programme will address the wider societal context of public engagement with research and how best to engage relevant public groups (e.g. community members, patients, school children, curious adults) with research. Participants will improve their own communication skills, explore the dynamics of partnering with different communities, and be introduced to a range of tools to better measure the impact of their public engagement activities. The course will incorporate a mixture of workshop.style sessions, individual reflections, panel discussions and short talks from prominent researchers who have successfully embedded public engagement within their work. The aim is to provide inspiration and support to enable newly independent researchers to develop a personalised and proactive plan for public engagement that has impact.
Applicants must hold a research.related position at a research institute (or equivalent) or higher education institution in the UK. Priority will be given to ne...
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