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Train and Engage funding call now open
Funding calls are now open for the Public Engagement Unit鈥檚 Train and Engage programme.
Now in its 6th year, the programme offers postgraduate students the chance to apply for grants of up to 拢1000 for activities that involve people outside the university.
Alongside funding, Train & Engage provides advice, training and resources to support students in designing, developing, delivering and evaluating their own public engagement project.
Previously funded projects have been diverse. From to .
One involved a series of participatory events exploring urban change and social housing, while the other used a range of myth-busting games to examine concepts of nanotechnology and nano-scale.聽
built on his extensive engagement experience to organise a range of events and performance at the now demolished . Turning the traditional architectural tour of the London Open House Weekend on its head, he invited current residents and visitors to take part in telling the story of the estate. Ultimately offering an opportunity to reflect on the changing state of housing in London.
Rural Wales formed a rather different backdrop for interactive, games event. Using family-favourites such as 鈥楴oughts and Crosses鈥� and 鈥楶lay Your Cards Right鈥� to demonstrate the size and scale of 鈥榥ano鈥� to audience members at . As well as challenging common misconceptions about what is and isn鈥檛 possible in the world of nanotechnology. 聽
As a result of the advice, experience and resources received through the Train and Engage programme both participants were able to take part in further public engagement events and to enhance their ability to embed public engagement in their work.
Have you previously attended public engagement training at 果冻影院 and would like to run your own public engagement project? Find out how to apply here.
The deadline for funding applications is Tuesday 2nd May 2017.
If you have any questions about Train and Engage, contact聽publicengagement@ucl.ac.uk.
