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The 果冻影院 Public Engagement Unit is delighted to announce the awardees in the latest round of Beacon Bursaries.Beacon Bursaries are available to 果冻影院 staff and postgraduate research students looking to connect their research or teaching with people outside 果冻影院.In an extremely competitive round the following projects were funded:A learning architecture: An exhibition of Muktangan community practice-led design research interventions from the Mariamma Nagar settlementNicola Antaki, 果冻影院 Development Planning Unit/Bartlett School of ArchitectureNicola worked on a participatory design project with children studying at Muktangan School in Mumbai between 2013 and 2016. To bring together all the work they did around developments to their school, an exhibition will be curated and designed through workshops with the children and staff. Along with the exhibition there will be a series of events, and two workshops will be held in the exhibition space with children from other schools, staff, parents and community members to share the approach and inspire future activities.Energy access targets and aspirations: participatory mapping and photography workshop with remote rural communities in Rwanda.Iwona Bisaga, 果冻影院 Civil, Environmental and Geomatic EngineeringThis project will build on Iwona鈥檚 PhD research focusing on the users of off-grid home solar power systems in Rwanda. Iwona will run a series of energy mapping and participatory photography workshops with 5-6 of those communities. The photos from the participatory energy mapping and photography workshops will be co-curated by participants and exhibited in Kigali and London. Blog posts and a podcast will accompany the exhibitions, creating impact among stakeholders in Rwanda and the UK.Engaging young people with chronic rheumatic conditions in research development and communicating their ideas through digital mediaAlice Ran Cai, 果冻影院 Division of MedicineThrough this project, Alice will create opportunities for young people with chronic rheumatic conditions to share their views on current and future research projects about digital health and self-management of their condition. The team will share research findings with young people, and invite them to test out the smartphone application that they have developed, in order to incorporate their expertise into its design and delivery. Through the project, the participants will be able to access communications and digital training.Engaging with mental health research in very late lifeRachael Frost, 果冻影院 Primary Care and Population HealthRachael and her team are planning a series of short workshops to give people in very late life an opportunity to shape future research and benefit from current research findings. Having observed that frail older people are rarely able to participate in engagement activities, this group of mental health researchers are delivering tailored workshops to change that.Storytelling maps and internet clinicAbril Herrera Chavez, 果冻影院 Bartlett School of ArchitectureDuring her PhD, Abril carried out research about home technology and internet use in the village of Pendeen in Cornwall. Through this project, Abril will share the results of her research through participatory drop-in events involving storytelling and maps at a community centre in the village. Participants will also get IT support for home gadgets and internet skills training, as her research identified that this support was unavailable in the area.Beat boxing after laryngectomyEvangelos Himonides, Centre for Digital Arts Research Education, 果冻影院 Institute of EducationEvangelos will run a series of Beat Box workshops, linking clinicians, patients who have had laryngectomies and young East London audiences. The workshops will explore different techniques for speech rehabilitation, raise awareness of the difficulty facing those without voice boxes and investigate voice production techniques.How can we help homeless people with advanced illness to live well and plan for the future?Briony Hudson, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, 果冻影院 Division of PsychiatryConversations about planning for the future between homeless people with advanced illnesses and hostel staff can be extremely difficult but are also very important. Briony and her team will make a short film in conjunction with homeless people and hostel staff, to share their experiences of having those conversations and strategies they have developed to open up conversations. The film will be used as part of a package of training for healthcare professionals about how they might open up conversations about the difficulties of treatment with hostel residents who are very unwell.Empowering migrant parents: A school-family relationship approachSara Joiko Mujica, Department of Education, Practice and Society, 果冻影院 Institute of EducationThrough this project, Sara plans to provide support to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking migrant families in London, helping them to develop relationships with their children鈥檚 schools. She will be working with families to highlight their main concerns on issues such as access, family-school relationships, and parents' rights and responsibilities. The project will conclude with workshops involving different educational and local stakeholders to empower migrant parents in their school-family relationships.The deadline for the next round of Beacon Bursaries is likely to be in summer 2017. Follow @果冻影院Culture on twitter and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on all of our funding opportunities, projects and events. 

[[{"fid":"16910","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith (r) sits across an outdoor table from Lucia Gahlin (l) in conversation. Behind them are a low garden wall, shrubs and plant pots.","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith and Lucia Gahlin","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith and Lucia Gahlin","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith (r) sits across an outdoor table from Lucia Gahlin (l) in conversation. Behind them are a low garden wall, shrubs and plant pots.","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith and Lucia Gahlin","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"Professor Harry Smith and Lucia Gahlin","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"510","width":"800","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]The Petrie Museum is saddened to learn that former Edwards Professor Harry Smith (1928-2024) passed away peacefully on Sunday 8 September at the age of 96. Professor Smith dedicated his life and career to the archaeology and history of the people of the Nile Valley, both ancient and modern. Following his distinguished work as Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Professor Smith joined 果冻影院 in 1963, first as Reader and then as Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology from 1970 until 1986.Alongside his teaching and the myriad responsibilities of these roles, Professor Smith was in charge of the Petrie Museum collection as part of a small and dedicated team, including curators Barbara Adams and Rosalind Janssen, and was founder and past President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum. His determination to ensure the safety and security of the collection for future generations never stopped. While it is an impossible task to detail all of Professor Smith鈥檚 achievements at the Petrie Museum, key accomplishments include (but are certainly not limited to): Leading the documentation and distribution of thousands of objects from the Wellcome Collection of Egyptian and Sudanese Antiquities to museums around the UKCommitted fundraising campaigns to relocate the Petrie Museum to a new, more suitable and safer buildingSupporting generations of students, and Petrie Museum staff, in their research and publication of the Petrie Museum collectionDocumentation and publication of the Petrie Museum collection, including the registration of thousands of objectsMore on Professor Smith鈥檚 research output can be found in this obituary from the University of Cambridge.We thank Professor Smith for his unwavering support for the Petrie Museum, including long after his retirement from 果冻影院, and for inspiring so many people with this knowledge, enthusiasm and kindness throughout his lifetime. Here, we would like to share some personal reflections.Catriona Wilson (Petrie Museum Head of Collection):I first met Professor Smith in 2022 when he launched his book, Nubian Memoirs, with the Friends of the Petrie Museum. It was my very great privilege to host Harry at my house for the evening with Sue and Mike Davies so that they could join the book launch live on Zoom. I was subsequently able to spend a bit more time with Harry at his house last summer on the occasion of his 95th birthday along with Sue, Mike, Robert Morkot (President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum) and Lucia Gahlin (former Chair of the Friends). We spent a very happy afternoon in the sunshine together, admiring the roses and sharing memories of the Petrie Museum. I will never forget listening to Harry describe a time when, during a visit to 果冻影院 as a much younger man, he saw Flinders Petrie speaking to Margaret Murray in the Quad 鈥� to be one degree of separation from Petrie and Murray was quite incredible. Anna Garnett (Petrie Museum Curator):There are many people without whom the Petrie Museum collection would not be here today, and one of these is undoubtedly Professor Smith. I had the privilege of corresponding with him, via letters, during the years of Coronavirus lockdowns. As well as sharing personal insights into his work at 果冻影院, and updates on his life, Professor Smith鈥檚 letters exuded kindness and patience for this enthusiastic Egyptologist and they will remain among my most prized possessions.I was only able to meet Professor Smith in person once, at the occasion of his 90th birthday party at 果冻影院 organised by the Friends of the Petrie Museum in June 2018. It was a very brief interaction, as he was very much in demand by all at the party, but in just a few minutes he said something to me as the new Curator of his beloved Petrie Museum collection that I鈥檒l never forget. 鈥淲hen you have a little bit of money, be sure to buy new showcases鈥�. Professor Smith鈥檚 concern for the safety of the collection remained with him long after he left 果冻影院, and this will remain with me throughout my 果冻影院 career.