Brooking no excuses: university staff and students are encouraged to develop their engagement

Bowater, Laura (2009) Brooking no excuses: university staff and students are encouraged to develop their engagement. In: 4th Annual Science and the Public Conference, 2009-06-13 - 2009-06-14, University of Brighton.

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Brooking no excuses: university staff and students are encouraged to develop their engagement This paper will explore the internal and external factors that have prompted the University of East Anglia's decision to give Public Engagement into a more central role within the Universities Corporate Plan. It will illustrate how the SEARCH Action Learning Programme facilitated the design, implementation and delivery of new Staff and Student Development Programmes that aim to provide the confidence, skills and mentorship that will encourage staff to develop their engagement activities. We will use a SWOT analysis to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Public Engagement Practitioner. As part of this, we will explore how many of the issues we face as Science communicators with the public are similar to issues encountered by Communicators within the Arts and Humanities disciplines. Finally we will outline and detail our future plans, opportunities and vision that will enable us to move this agenda forward.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Research in Mathematics Education
Depositing User:	Laura Bowater
Date Deposited:	31 May 2011 10:37
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2022 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/31239
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