{"id":803,"date":"2022-04-27T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/?p=803"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T09:47:21","slug":"images-of-research-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/04\/27\/images-of-research-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of Research is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate the high-quality and impactful research that is taking place across the University of Bath, the Images of Research<\/em><\/a> competition and exhibition is back for 2022 as part of the University's inaugural Research Culture Week in June.<\/p>\n

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Representing research with an image<\/h2>\n

Images of Research<\/em><\/a> is a competition for staff that invites them to use visual imagery and a short simple description to tell people about research and its benefits to society. Submissions to the competition will then form the Images of Research<\/em> exhibition which will be exhibited on campus and at a location in Bath city centre.<\/p>\n

Benefits of taking part<\/h2>\n

Over the 10 years of the original competition<\/a>, between 2009 and 2018, some 550 images were submitted from right across the University. Researchers and other staff who were involved told us that thinking about the research visually and being challenged to write about their research in a succinct, engaging and non-technical way was valuable in supporting them in developing their communication skills. Dr Alistair March<\/a>, who participated in the 2018 competition as a doctoral student in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, highlighted how:<\/p>\n

creating an image for the competition gave me a resource I used to have conversations with a variety of collaborators and people who can offer their own different perspective on my research that I wouldn't have thought about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How to get involved in Images of Research 2022<\/em><\/h2>\n
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Visitors to the Images of Research 2018 exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking part in Images of Research 2022<\/em> couldn't be simpler and to help we've developed five categories that reflect the University's strategic priorities and research themes:<\/p>\n