Outreach and public engagement

How universities can use civic engagement and collaboration to get local communities and the broader public involved in their research and other work and generate positive impacts felt beyond the campus walls. These resources also explore effective ways for academics, educators and other teams to reach out and engage with school pupils and groups underrepresented in higher education to break down potential barriers to access.

By Miranda Prynne, 27 April, 2022
Grappling with a problem? Try writing a poem about it to aid your subconscious in finding a solution. Sam Illingworth explains how
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 26 April, 2022
An introduction to individual research metrics and how to discover how your own profile and data are represented online, in part one of Ioannis Glinavos’ advice on managing metrics
By Miranda Prynne, 26 April, 2022
Steps you can take to improve your research data and elevate the visibility of your work, in part two of Ioannis Glinavos’ advice on managing metrics
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3minutes
By dene.mullen, 6 April, 2022
If social media is eventually revealed as a grave threat to public health, the academy’s unquestioning adoption of it could make scholars complicit
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3minutes
By dene.mullen, 5 April, 2022
Lucas Lixinski offers tips on how to engage positively with the social media platform, from ‘honour thy hashtags’ to ‘thou shalt live-tweet at events’
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4minutes