The inaugural Impact Festival at the University of Edinburgh takes place 28-30 May and will celebrate the engagement and impact of the University’s research. In this blog post Anne Sofie Laegran, Head of Research Impact, shares details about some of the events. The Impact Festival will be held during 28-30 …
The inaugural Impact Festival at the University of Edinburgh takes place 28-30 May and will celebrate the engagement and impact of the University’s research. In this blog post Anne Sofie Laegran, Head of Research Impact, shares details about some of the events. The Impact Festival will be held during 28-30 …
The Public Engagement team in ERO coordinate the University’s curated programme at the Edinburgh Science Festival in partnership with colleagues across the university and at the National Museum of Scotland. What did we do in 2023? The Edinburgh Science Festival was almost back to normal in 2023, with a huge …
In this guest blog post, Niamh Melvin, Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas Intern, shares details about the upcoming Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas run of shows taking place in August. Now back in person, the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CoDI) celebrates 10 years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. We welcome …
The Public Engagement team within ERO coordinate the University’s curated programme at the Edinburgh Science Festival in partnership with colleagues across the university and at the National Museum of Scotland. In this post Fiona Murray, Public Engagement Coordinator reflects on the 2022 Science Festival and shares details of how to …
In today’s blog, Shonagh McEwan – Knowledge Exchange and Impact Advisor– writes about our social science researchers who put on public engagement events in the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science, and encourages more researchers to become part of this festival in the future! What is the …
Shonagh McEwan, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Advisor, shares top tips from a recent public engagement training workshop for researchers taking part in this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science. We have 10 exciting research projects taking part in the ESRC’s UK-wide Festival of Social Science this November. These events are …
In today’s blog, we hear more from guest-blogger Thomas Bak, Reader in Psychology, on what how his teaching has been informed by his work to engage the public in his research. Last week, we posted a piece from Thomas Bak, written in 2017, about how his work on engaging the …
Today’s blog is a guest post from Thomas Bak, Reader in Psychology. He shares his reflections on engaging the public in his research, and how this has improved his teaching. It was almost by chance that I got increasingly involved in public engagement over the last three years. My studies …
