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Introduction to Public EngagementDr Jamie Gallagher Public Engagement Officer@jamiebgall

Introduction

From your neighbour find out:1. Name2. Subject area3. What they research 4. An interesting fact about

them

Misrepresentation This is Applejack, she

is researching how to mix jellyfish DNA into humans to make them glow

That’s not what I said…

Jamie Gallagher

Nanoscale Thermoelectronics

Research

Public Engagement

Public Engagement

Public Engagement

Outreach

Widening participation

Communication

Knowledge Exchange

Participant Recruitment

Public Engagement

So, you’ve decided to engage:

Who?

How?Success?

Why?

Public Engagement

Why?

Public EngagementWho?

How?

Success?

Why?

Why?Public Engagement

In groups think about why you might want to have a two way dialogue with non specialist audiences from outside of the university.

Think about how it might benefit you, your research or the public.

Write down as many motivating reasons for public engagement as you can think of.

Why?

Public Engagement

Why?Funders

Data

Skills

Profile EnjoymentImpact

NewPerspectives

Inspire

Understand Landscape

Challenge Misconceptio

ns

Public Engagement

Why?University

Mission

Impact is defined as ‘an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the

environment or quality of life, beyond academia’.

Why?Impact

Why?Concordat for Engaging the Public with

Research

Funders of Research

Why?EPSRC

Why?Building Relationships

Inspiration

Why?Inspiratio

n

Why?Inspiratio

n

Why?Profile

Why?Profile

Who?

The PublicWho

?

How?

Success?

Why?

Who?The

Public

The Public

In groups discuss who you might be interested in working with or having discussions with.

Can you think of any groups of people outside of the university who would, or should, be interested in your work?

Write down as many different “groups” of public as are relevant to your group.

Who?

Who?

Gender

Ethnicity

BackgroundAge

Interest

PatientsEducation

level

ExpertiseBeliefMedical Status

Experience

The Public

Forming a picture

Policy Makers

Industry

Academia Educatio

n

Audience

General Public

Interest groups

Who?The Public

The Public

Who?Look at the event description you have been given and think about who might attend.

Draw a picture of someone who attended this event and give some details of who they are.

Think about their age, background and interests.

How?

How?Who

?

How?

Success?

Why?

How?

How?Look through the event programs and find an event that you’d be interested in attending, or one which you definitely would not attend.

Think about what drew you to the event, or what you didn’t like. Where is it? What is the format?

Be ready to share with the group some brief details of the event

How?

Writing

Lecture

Audio

ObjectArts

Video

Performance

Book

Online

Posters

Leaflets

Museums

Discussion

Story tellingHow?

Message

Message

Message

Message

Message

ClassicBolt On

How?

Blended Mediated

How?

Behind the Scenes

How?

What do you want?

What do they want?

Find the middle ground

Maximising Engagement

R. Councils

CharitiesProfessional bodies

University

SupportFunding

Partners

Impact

Success?

Success?

Impact

Success?

Capture Impact

Success?

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Who?

How?Success?

Why?

Starting point

Engagement process

Who?

How?Success?

Why?

Starting point

Engagement process

Pathways to Impact

Who?

How?Success?

Why?

Pathways to ImpactWhy?

Why: Stop Sauron taking over Middle Earth

Pathways to ImpactWho?

Who: A alliance of skilled individuals with unique experience and skills

Pathways to ImpactHow?

How: With suitable resources and mapping

Pathways to ImpactSuccess

?

Success: The fall of Sauron

REF Impact

Lessons from the REF

Reviewing the REF impact case studies and templates

Funded by RCUK, Wellcome Trust and the UK HE funding councils

www.publicengagement.ac.uk

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Routes to Impact

Public debate

OutreachBehaviour change

www.publicengagement.ac.ukCitizen engagement

Museums and public and engagement

Community engagement

Publicunderstanding

Media coverage

Public discoursePublic awareness

Public participation

Engaging the public

User engagement

Citizen science

Cultural engagement

Engage with the public

Civic engagementLifelong learning

Social engagement

Customer engagementThe NCCPE used the key word search to look at how often Engagement was featured in the

Impact Case Studies.


Routes to Impact

REF Case Studies and Engagement

Engagement No En-gagement353

2

3108

Just under half of all the case studies featured some form of engagement.

Routes to Impact

Engagement was most commonly reported in Panel D (Arts and Humanities)

Researcher

Business Professions

Policy Civil Society

PUBLICSREF: HOW

Distinct types of engagement emerged from the review.

Researcher



PUBLICSClassic

Mediated

Behind the ScenesBolt

on

Blended

REF: HOW

‘Classic’ public engagement involves researchers engaging directly with a community of place / interest –e.g. with adult learners –with this engagement forming the backbone of the case study.



PUBLICSClassic

Mediated


on

Blended

Researcher

REF: HOW

‘Mediated’ public engagement sees an active collaboration with an intermediary organisation(s) like a charity, museum, media or school to reach their audience / public



Classic

Mediated


on

Blended

Researcher

PUBLICSREF: HOW

Here, public engagement forms part of a wider knowledge exchange project –e.g. to engage policy makers, practitioners and service users around a particular health issue.

Business

Policy

Classic

Mediated


on

Blended

Researcher

PUBLICS

Civil Society

Professions

REF: HOW

Here there is no direct engagement with publics –all the effort is put into improving the quality of public engagement being undertaken by intermediary organisations, by influencing their practice or making new resources available

REF: HOW

Business

Policy

Classic

Mediated


on

Blended

Researcher

PUBLICS

Civil Society

Professions

Here there is a cursory role for public engagement (for instance, some media coverage was achieved) but it is peripheral to the main engagement activity being undertaken.