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https://padlet.com/nccpeenquiries1/UnconferenceExhibition2

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Engaging Underrepresented Groups in Wales

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Engaging Underrepresented Groups in Wales

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Exhibitor - Carl Smith
Institute - University of Cardiff
Theme - Equality Diversity & Inclusion

As part of a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF3) Award, the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences at Cardiff University funded 28 new, novel and innovative small-scale proof-of-concept public engagement projects to work with various (underrepresented) public communities across a range of challenges, research disciplines, topics and themes.

This exhibit features 20 approx of these projects through 20 padlet entries with five uploaded each week of the Unconference. Each entry includes a project lead spotlight, project summary with weblinks and a representative image of the project.

The exhibit will include links to digital and social media sites of the public engagement projects enabling participants to explore activities, blogs, vlogs, the public groups engaged and any resources/ toolkits developed.

Access the exhibit here

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Working in partnership with the people affected by our research- What are the benefits and impacts?

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Working in partnership with the people affected by our research- What are the benefits and impacts?

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Exhibitor - Carmel McGrath
Institute - University of Southampton
Theme - Redistribution of Power

We (myself and public contributors) would like to present our experiences of working collaboratively to undertake qualitative data analysis as part of a PhD research study.

This presentation shares the public contributors experiences of being involved in research to co-design a coding framework.

This presentation provides the public and researcher perspective and includes information about our new and innovative strategies (theory of change and logic modelling) to creative meaningful and inclusive opportunities that allow patients and the public a voice in research.

Access the presentation here.

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Working in partnership with the people affected by our research - what are the benefits and impacts?

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Don't forget to purchase your ticket for Engage 2021, where you'll be able to explore these themes, exhibits & workshops in more detail!

https://store.uwe.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/nccpe/engage-conference

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Exhibitor - Rachael Harris
Institute - The Liminal Space
Theme - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

What will museums, science and discovery centres feel like for the public in the future, and what will they facilitate?

Over the past 18 months, creative public engagement specialists The Liminal Space have been commissioned by UKRI to explore Five Mindsets for Museums of the Future and by Wellcome to imagine Science and Discovery Centre Futures. The ideas explore how these spaces will be relevant for future audiences in the face of the climate crisis, racial and social injustice, a changing jobs market and increasing mental and physical health awareness.

This research saw The Liminal Space interview over 50 academics, researchers, curators, directors, and specialists working across the cultural sector; conduct surveys of people working in the sectors, as well as the public; host collaborative workshops for wider groups; and bring together leading case studies from around the world alongside wider trends and social context that foreground shifts in how we will learn and connect with science and culture.

The Mindsets for Museums of the Future are
Plural Perspectives

Nomadic Access

Community Connectedness

Meaningful Experiences

Alive and Responsive

And the Science and Discovery Centres Future Goal is to create Citizens of the Future; supported by mission to Inspire Young Minds, encourage Collective Questioning and facilitating Sustainable Action.

Both of these streams of work will come together in a large scale engagement project launching in 2022

Read the full thinking here

Mindsets for Museums of the Future, Science and Discovery Centre Futures the-liminal-space.com

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Conversations in The Library of Engagements

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Conversations in The Library of Engagements

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Exhibitor - Emily Crompton
Institute - Manchester Metropolitan University
Theme - Wildcard

The Library of Engagements is a collection of methods, techniques and tools used in Participatory Design with an aim to inspire citizens and designers to use engagement in the production of space. This exhibition brings to life two of the projects ‘held’ in the library through a structured conversation between the Librarian and two individuals involved in participative design processes which led to a built outcome. Neither guest is a design professional, but both have been instrumental in the facilitation and realisation of engaged design projects. The conversation will be reflective and informal, this is no silent library – everyone is welcome!

The full conversation is available on soundcloud via this link. Listen as you would a podcast, the recording is around 1 hour and 20 minutes, but has bookmarks for you to skip through if required. You can also view some artefacts from the library in this file as you listen if you can, or take a look afterwards.

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Exhibitor - Clare de Mowbray
Institute - University of Edinburgh
Theme -  Universities learning from communities (Reverse Knowledge Exchange)

In this curation of living images drawn by the artist Paola Rozo, and marking a collaboration with members of the RACE.ED network, Living Images shares narrated visual accounts centering on collective and creative pedagogies, as a set of both existing practices and possibilities.

Stemming from the RACE.ED launch at The University of Edinburgh, each living image helps us to think collectively and creatively about experiences of inequality and oppression.

Many of contributors offer the following introduction to their living image which, taken together, help us to think through issues of vulnerability, intersectionality and decoloniality in pedagogical theory and practice today.

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Exhibitor - Helene Doerflinger
Institute -  Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
Theme - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Letterbox Science Project connects digitally excluded audiences with work done in our research institute using postcards featuring microscopy images and simple texts done by scientists, and beautiful illustrations created by an artist. The postcards serve as prompts for our audience to consider how our work is relevant to them. An additional pre-paid postcard allows participants to share their thoughts with us about what they would like biologists to explore in the future. We also provide some resources to help facilitators running the activity. The project first aims to reach primary school-aged children in lower-income areas and older people.

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Exhibitor - Samantha Belfrage & Lynn Laidlaw
Institute - University of Winchester
Theme - Redistribution of Power

Samantha and Lynn Laidlaw have come together to create a series of podcasts titled Finding The Power in Empowerment. So far we have 3 episodes:

Episode 1: Finding the Power in Empowerment - Episode One | NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex

Episode 2: Finding Power in Empowerment - Episode 2 - Research and Co-production | NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex

Episode 3: Finding Power in Empowerment - Episode 2 - Research and Co-production | NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex

We use the podcasts to explore power and empowerment through current real life experiences.

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The Photon Shop:  Improving the accessibility of a festival event for Autistic people

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The Photon Shop:  Improving the accessibility of a festival event for Autistic people

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Exhibitor - Pearl John
Institute - University of Southampton
Theme - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton underwent training by Autism Hampshire to help us improve 'The Photon Shop' a pop-up shop at the Light Up Poole! Digital Arts Festival.  The popular venue and activities in it were adapted between 2019 and 2020 to ensure it was more accessible.

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The Photon Shop:  Improving the accessibility of a festival event for Autistic people

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How can the art production system feel and care? FACT’s Learning team Duty of Care.

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How can the art production system feel and care? FACT’s Learning team Duty of Care.

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Exhibitor - Lucia Arias
Institute - FACT Liverpool
Theme - Ethical Engagement

In 2019, inspired by our work with curator Helen Starr and LJMU Criminologist Dr Emma Murray, we started working on our Duty of Care.

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What motivates your engagement? Student responses (n=13) 

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Accredited Public Engagement: An Undergraduate Module Case Study

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Accredited Public Engagement: An Undergraduate Module Case Study

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Exhibitor - Liz Danner
Institute - Imperial College London
Theme - Wildcard, Pedagogy of Engagement

Training engaged researchers begins early with our accredited undergraduate module Imperial Horizons: Public Engagement. Students explore principles of good practice while developing, delivering and evaluating their own engagement activity. Careful scaffolding and staff support enabled students to produce high quality activities with a legacy within our public engagement programmes. Explore this case study and share how your organization supports undergraduate public engagement in an online survey.

Read full case study here: Accredited Public Engagement- An Undergraduate Module Case Study

Full module content detailed here: Imperial Horizons Public Engagement Module Handbook 2021-22

Share your undergraduate training: Menti survey or go to www.menti.com code: 5027 3651.

We will be developing this case study further for inclusion in the Engage 2021 Conference. Please get in touch with Liz Danner (e.danner@imperial.ac.uk) if you would like to contribute an example of undergraduate engagement training for this session.

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Including Science Communication in the Curriculum

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Including Science Communication in the Curriculum

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Exhibitor - Francesca Iezzi
Institute - University of Edinburgh
Theme - Wildcard

Including outreach and public engagement into the academic curriculum benefits the University, the wider community, and also our students, who get a chance to develop necessary and transferrable skills.

Arguably, this can also allow us to properly reward our students for their work engaging the community, and can spark a culture change within academia.

As the Mathematics Engagement Officer at the University of Edinburgh I have been supervising undergraduate projects which focus on reaching out to local schools and community. I have also designed an undergraduate course focused on “Communicating Mathematics to the Public”, with the plan of hopefully running the course in the coming years.

In the video I share my experience, as well as feedback from students who took part in the projects. I am looking forward to listening to your experience, and to explore the topic further during the Engage conference.

NOTE: A version of the video with subtitles can be found at:

https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/YfDnE4oSLFtokaGZ08zcwyU4ydT-pNHpX5Ec7KFq-YFqBkqglmD66JOC7E0uDuVJ.fD29ZqbM3s-rcOj8?startTime=1633601540000

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Including Science Communication in the Curriculum

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Exhibitor - Beth Elliott
Institute - Wellcome Connecting Science
Theme - Redistribution of Power

#flowcellular was a collaborative project between Wellcome Connecting Science, the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutations Programme, The Saturday Museum and public participants. This art and science collaboration began in February 2020 and was due to be exhibited in the Genome Gallery later that year. However, as a result of the global pandemic we had to temporarily close our doors to the public and seek alternative virtual platforms for connecting. Unable to meet in person, or inhabit our labs or studios spaces, we decided to make the kitchen our shared space. Artists from The Saturday Museum brought together scientists and public participants, some of whom have lived experience of cancer, to explore how our DNA changes over our lifetimes from scientific and personal perspectives. Participants got together over a period of a year via Zoom in their kitchens to explore culinary metaphors for scientific concepts, share family recipes and connect during this time of social distancing.

Our conversations sought to understand more about cancer, ageing and how our DNA changes over time, due to a variety of biological, lifestyle and environmental factors, and how these affect our health as we get older. This collaboration provided a space for us to explore the themes of the research in dialogue with people’s lived experiences, and to share that learning with others.

Our approach was playful, tactile, creative, messy and empathic. We have chopped, sliced, mixed, iced, stirred, boiled and kneaded. We have made everything from multi-coloured flat bread to animals from fruit. Everyone has generously shared their individual perspectives, knowledge, humour, and creative ideas. Together we have found a common language through food that has enabled us to connect with each other and the subject matter.

We have been able to share stories about our lives and loved ones and make a space for creative exploration in research in this time of social isolation. For some of us, we are now viewing and contributing to science in ways we never thought possible, and for others we are now thinking differently about how we involve people more in our science and have new questions we want to investigate as a result of these conversations.

In this film one of the groups within the collaboration share their reflections on the process and the impact it has made on their lives, their perspectives, and their creative and scientific practices.

Link

https://genome.gallery/exhibition/flowcellular/

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Wellcome Connecting Science Public Engagement

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Alex and Melody's recipe for collaboration