taking part is one of the rare opportunities to be genuinely creative through another medium in my work. Public engagement is a vital part of my research, so it's also helpful to produce something that can be used in engaging people in my programme of work.
How to get involved in Images of Research 2023
Taking part in Images of Research 2023 couldn't be simpler, and to help we've developed five categories that reflect the University's strategic priorities and research themes:
- Digital – research that is creating positive digital futures
- Health and Wellbeing – research that is addressing pressing health and wellbeing issues people are facing
- Local – research that is working with people from Bath and North East Somerset and creating positive outcomes for them and their communities
- Partnerships - research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policymakers and civil society and community-based organisations
- Sustainability – research that is finding sustainable solutions to issues facing the planet and people
Submissions must include an image (which could be a photograph, a drawing, a digital creation or an image from research), a title, a 150-word description and an alternative-text description of the image.
What's important to remember though is that we're looking for submissions that demonstrate why research happening at the University matters - the difference University research is making to society.
Eligibility
Images of Research 2023 is open to staff from the Education and Research (including doctoral students) and Technical and Experimental job families we also welcome submissions from staff in the Management Specialist and Administration job family who support and input into research.
Next steps
If you want to take part in Images of Research 2023 head to the Images of Research 2023 Submission Guide for full details of how to take part and the criteria we'll be using to judge entries. You can also check out some of the submissions from last year's competition for inspiration. Once you're ready all you need to do to enter is fill in the Images of Research 2023 Submission Form and then send over your image to the Public Engagement Unit. Submission must be received by 5pm, Thursday 13 April 2023.
Good luck and please feel free to drop us a line (public-engagement@bath.ac.uk) if you want to discuss anything about the competition.
I would be interested in next year's call, because my team's research is still under process. The only thing I would like to ask now is whether the final picture should be free of edit or any kind of modificaton. Thank you!
Hi Aikaterini, thanks for your question. We are very happy to receive entries from people whose research is still in process as we think it's important to reflect every stage of research not just the finished products. However, if you would like to wait until next year that's absolutely fine.
The image can be edited or modified in any way you wish, as long as you have created the image yourself or have permission from the person that created the image.
If you have any more questions feel free to send us an email at public-engagement@bath.ac.uk