Engage Grants
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Giving voice to young people's experiences of child trafficking
Dr Alinka Gearon is a Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Science at the University of Bath. Her research addresses child trafficking and gives voice to children's experiences of being separated from caregivers, migrating to the UK and being...
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Body Image and Avon River projects launch
The Public Engagement Unit’s biggest and most ambitious projects will be launching this year. Both the Changing Rooms; Changing Views and River is the Venue projects received £10,000 in funding from our Innovate programme to create innovative interdisciplinary engagement collaborating...
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Small-scale public engagement projects reach conclusion
Across the 2016-2017 academic year, we have funded 10 small-scale public engagement projects. Read on for links to blogs capturing the progress of these projects. With thanks to Marina Vissaridis for writing the project blogs. Aimed at supporting those researchers...
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A tiny solution to a big problem? Public acceptance of using yeast and microalgae to make deforestation-free consumer products
Dr Sophie Parsons (Mechanical Engineering) was awarded £500 to run a dialogue event on microbial biotechnology. Sophie used her grant to hold an event at the Watershed in Bristol on 15th June 2017. The event was about microbial biotechnology, in...
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Using food to illuminate the tensions experienced within a community enterprise
Sarah Bloomfield (School of Management) was awarded £500 to trial a creative research method technique - a pizza-making workshop designed to elicit participants' reflections on a ‘community’ village shop versus a ‘commercial’ village shop. Sarah’s research is looking at ‘hybrid...
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Plankton: What lives in a drop of water?
Russell Arnott (Architecture & Civil Engineering) was awarded £461.48 to develop school-based public engagement activities and to support members of the Water, Environment & Infrastructure Resilience (WEIR) centre to develop their public engagement skills. Russell is a postgraduate researcher in...
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How animals find medicine in nature: A citizen science display
Dr Nick Priest (Biology & Biochemistry) was awarded £500 to design and deliver a citizen science display that enabled members of the public to collect data from experiments. Nick’s public engagement project aims to raise appreciation for evolution by having...