Public engagement at Bath

How we define public engagement with research, our approach and how support staff to engage public groups with their work.
Find out more about what public engagement is, why it matters, how it can benefit you and your research and how to start engaging public groups with your research.
How we define public engagement with research, our approach and how support staff to engage public groups with their work.
Find out about the benefits of public engagement to you, your research and public groups outside the University.
A quick-start how-to guide to engaging public groups with your research.
If you have an idea for a public engagement with research activity these funding calls could help make it happen. Find out more about the current funding opportunities available from the Public Engagement Unit and other funding organisations.
Fund for public engagement activities with astronomy, solar and planetary science and particle physics. Deadline Wednesday 5 May 4pm, 2022.
Fund for public engagement activities with environmental science. Deadline Wednesday 18 May 2022, 4pm.
The Royal Society of Chemistry invites researchers to apply for between £5,000 and £10,000 to run public engagement activities. Deadline: Wednesday 8 June 2022.
Funding for projects up to £5,000 to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. Deadline: Wednesday 8 June 2022.
Funding scheme for public engagement activities up to £5,000, that respond to new developments related to STFC's science and technology remit. Open call.
Put your public engagement skills into practice with these engagement opportunities run by the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.
Taking place in November 2022 there are several ways to get involved in the Being Human Festival and share your research with festival-goers. Various deadlines.
Develop your public engagement knowledge and skills with these training opportunities and learning resources from the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.
Find out more about the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards and meet some of the people carrying out high-quality public engagement with their research at the University.
The Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards is a biennial celebration of engagement run by the Public Engagement Unit
Keep up-to-date with our latest work and thinking about public engagement from the Public Engagement Unit.
The winning and highly commended entries to this popular competition celebrates the high-quality and impactful research at the University of Bath.
Find out more about some of the findings from our research, where the project is headed, and how you might be able to get involved over the next stages.
Researchers from the Healthy Later Living Network engaged with adults over 65 across Bath and North East Somerset as part of the Listening Project.
Discover more about the Public Engagement Unit's projects and initiatives to embed a positive culture of public engagement with research at the University of Bath.
Embedding a positive culture of public engagement with research at the University of Bath.
Investigating the provision, uptake and impact of training and professional development opportunities for researchers in public engagement.
Investigating the culture of participatory co-produced research at the University of Bath.
A collaborative project between community organisations and University of Bath researchers to undertake community-based participatory research.
A Festival of Discovery that showcases and engages people across the South West of England with the region's research and innovation.
An interactive tool sharing the approach the Public Engagement Unit takes to embedding a culture of public engagement with research at the University of Bath.
The University of Bath is a signatory to the Manifesto for Public Engagement. Developed by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, the Manifesto outlines the three principles that support a positive culture of public engagement.
We facilitate high-quality public engagement for staff and students, building mutually beneficial links between our research and the public. We build and sustain institutional capacity for public engagement and aim to support researchers from all disciplines whatever their level of expertise.
Our work covers opportunities for researchers to; develop their skills, practice and understanding of public engagement and be recognised and rewarded for their public engagement work.
Get in touch if you have any questions about our services.