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Does your research look to understand water and its role in the environment and health? Then Waterscapes is the project for you!<\/p>\n
Whether you're investigating water-related issues from a physical or social sciences perspective, Waterscapes will provide you with an opportunity to engage with diverse publics across the Bath and Bristol areas.<\/p>\n
Following receipt of a grant from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and in conjunction with Bristol Natural History Consortium<\/a>\u00a0and the Milner Centre<\/a>, we're offering a range of developmental and engagement opportunities for researchers from postgraduate level up:<\/p>\n Learn how to develop water-based activities for Festivals, trialling these at Bath Taps into Science<\/a> in March\u00a0and the Festival of Nature<\/a> in June GET INVOLVED! 1) Getting ready for festivals<\/p>\n Wednesday 8th February 12.30 - 3.30pm OR Thursday 16 February 12.30 - 3.30pm. Register here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/learningandteaching\/rdu\/courses\/pgskills\/training\/RP00441.html<\/a><\/p>\n Gain expert advice on how to deliver engaging, water-based public engagement activities that you can then trial at Bath Taps into Science and the Festival of Nature.<\/p>\n In this practical workshop we\u2019ll take you through a process for devising public engagement activities. Using real-world examples and hands-on activities, participants will devise a brand new engagement activity which could be used in a Pathways to Impact section of a grant.<\/p>\n The course will also help you think about how to evidence public engagement for the \u201cresearch and scholarship\u201d strand of promotion and probation criteria.<\/p>\n 2) Getting ready for festivals: Drop-in session<\/p>\n Thursday 9 March,\u00a012.30pm - 4pm<\/p>\n An informal opportunity for you to bring along your draft water-based public engagement activities for feedback from our Festival experts. If you'd like to take advantage of this opportunity, please email Dr Helen Featherstone (Head of Public Engagement) at: h.featherstone@bath.ac.uk A series of debates with panels of experts are planned as below. Attendance is free and you'll be able to register soon.<\/p>\n (1) Waste Water & Water Waste<\/p>\n Monday 6 March, 6.30 - 9pm, Watershed, Bristol BS1 5TX<\/p>\n How can we deal with existing litter and prevent the littering of our waterways? Monday 13 March, 6.30 - 9pm, Brunswick Room, Guildhall, Bath BA1 5AW<\/p>\n What's the history of flooding in Bath? Thursday 23 March, 6.30 - 9pm,\u00a0Keynsham Community Space,\u00a0BS31 1FS<\/p>\n How are antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals impacting local river sources? (C) NETWORKING:<\/strong><\/p>\n Bristol Natural History Consortium\u00a0are arranging a series of\u00a0stakeholders planning days for people to\u00a0discover all the opportunities to be part of the Festival of Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bring your own fresh ideas and suggestions to help shape the programme, and meet some of the 200+ organisations that get involved each year over a spot of lunch.<\/p>\n Thursday 9 February, 10.30am - 12.30pm\u00a0- Keynsham: Book your tickets here<\/a>. Does your research look to understand water and its role in the environment and health? Then Waterscapes is the project for you! Whether you're investigating water-related issues from a physical or social sciences perspective, Waterscapes will provide you with...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":928,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-public-engagement"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCome along to an evening debate in Bath, Bristol or Keynsham to discuss a variety\u00a0of water topics
\nNetwork with other water-interested\u00a0groups, people and researchers
\nReflect on the challenges and experiences of undertaking\u00a0water-based public engagement activities<\/p>\n
\n(A) TRAINING:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nWhich pollutants are entering waterways, what are the risks and what can\u00a0be done about it?
\nWhat is 'waste water runoff' and what can be done to prevent it?
\n(2) How water shaped Bath<\/p>\n
\nIs flooding a solely natural phenomenon and to what extent\u00a0can human activities create it?
\nHow has Bath's architecture developed to stop, prevent or escape from flooding?
\n(3) Healthy Water<\/p>\n
\nWhat risks does this pose for the health of farmed animals, and the wider ecosystem?
\nRowers, boaters, wild swimmers and anglers: how can we safeguard the waterways for leisure and wellbeing?<\/p>\n
\nTuesday 7 March, 2.30 - 5.30pm\u00a0- Bristol: Book your tickets here.
\nThursday 16 March, 10am - 12pm\u00a0- Bath: Book your tickets here<\/a>.
\nIf you have any questions about any of the above, please do contact Dr Helen Featherstone (Head of Public Engagement) at: h.featherstone@bath.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Milner-Centre-logo-screen_RGB\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/milner-centre-for-evolution\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2017\/02\/Milner-Centre-logo-screen_RGB-300x109.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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