SPCS Outreach and Public Engagement

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  • Select activity Announcements

    

    Announcements Forum
• Select topic Opportunities & Training

  Opportunities & Training
  • Select activity Getting Involved

    

    Getting Involved Page

    There are many opportunities to get involved in outreach and public engagement as part of the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences programme, as well as several external initiatives that you can take advantage of. We also encourage you to come up with your own public engagement activities and projects, for which there is funding you can apply for.

    To support all of the above, each research group has a Public Engagement Champion who you can approach to hear about any current opportunities, or you can talk to the School's Public Engagement and Outreach Officer for information and guidance. Names and links to contact details can be found below:

    Outreach and Widening Participation Officer
    Alex Williams

    Departmental Heads of Outreach 

    Dr Giorgio Chianello - Chemistry

    Dr Seth Zenz - Physics 

    Outreach Champions

    Dr Linda Cremonesi - Particle Physics Research Centre
    

    Dr David Mulryne - Astronomy Unit

    Dr David Vegh - Centre for Theoretical Physics 

    Dr Huanqing Ye - Centre for Condensed Matter Physics 

    
    

    
    

  • Select activity Opportunities Calendar

    

    Opportunities Calendar Page

    These are some of the recurring opportunities within SPCS that you could get involved with. Other opportunities exist and you are encouraged to develop your own activities or projects also.

    Schools
    

    Month	Opportunity	Activities
    Oct - Mar	Physics Research in School Environments Project	Demonstrators to assist project leads (Dr Seth Zenz, Dr Linda Cremonesi & Dr Richard Nelson) for hands-on/ computer-based activities based around DPA research topics (see PRiSE webpages for details of current projects). May also be able to get involved with "Supervisor" style meetings with groups of school students providing context, advice and guidance based on their project work so far.
    May	Cosmic Con	Demonstrators for drop-in activities at this student conference. All research staff and students are also welcome to interact with students at the poster session as they present their PRiSE project work.
    Apr- Jun	Y12 Taster Days	Demonstrators for lectures, demos and lab activities at a series of taster days aimed at year 12 students to help them think about their post-18 education pathways.
    27-29 Jul	Girls into Physics Summer School	Demonstrators for lectures, demos and lab activities at this summer school aimed at female students in Year 10.
    Jul	Chemistry Residential Summer School	Demonstrators for lectures, demos and lab activities at this summer school aimed at Chemistry students in Year 12.

    Public
    

    Month	Opportunity	Activities
    Oct	Fun Palaces	Hands-on activities and demonstrators for these aimed at local families. Contact the Centre for Public Engagement.
    June	QMUL Festival of Communities	Hands-on activities and demonstrators for these aimed at local families.
    May	Pint of Science	Popular talks for science-interested public audiences. Locally organised by QMUL PhD students.

    
    

  • Select activity Public Engagement Grants

    

    Public Engagement Grants File

    A summary of external public engagement grants available across physics. The Centre for Public Engagement also run their own grant schemes.

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  • Select activity Centre for Public Engagement

    

    Centre for Public Engagement URL

    The Centre for Public Engagement provides advice, support, and advocacy to anyone at Queen Mary who is looking to engage with people outside of academia. They do this through training, funding, recognition and reward for excellent engagement activity. Their aim is to develop a culture where high quality public engagement is embedded into how we work.

    
    

• Select topic Outreach & Public Engagement Reporting

  Outreach & Public Engagement Reporting
  • Select activity Reporting form

    

    Reporting form URL

    If you have been involved in any outreach or public engagement activities not arranged through the Public Engagement and Outreach Officer, please enter it into this form. This is so that our reporting to central QMUL, SEPnet and the Ogden Trust is as accurate as possible. Any queries please contact spcs-outreach@qmul.ac.uk
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  PhD Students

  We encourage PhD students in particular to gain experience in public engagement and science communication activities. This constitutes part of your educational training and is a growing expectation of the role of a (publicly-funded) researcher and therefore counts towards the QMUL Skills Points system. Nonetheless, to recognise this work the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences is willing to offer up to 10 hours of demonstrator-rate pay towards either the delivery of existing public engagement activities or towards developing your own public engagement project, though these must be discussed and agreed upon with the Outreach and Widening Participation Officer beforehand.

  • Select activity PhD Development & Skills Points

    

    PhD Development & Skills Points URL

    Outreach and Public Engagement development / activity can count towards PhD training through the Skills Points system in Domain D (Engagement, influence and impact) for 1 point per hour, up to a maximum of 60 points total.