Our annual awards celebrate the achievements of the projects and people whose collaborations have made a positive impact in and with communities locally, nationally and听 around the globe. 听
From over 40 nominations, we are delighted to announce this year鈥檚 6 winners, along with 3 highly commended individuals.
A message from 果冻影院 President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur
It gives me genuine pleasure to congratulate the winners of the 2020 Provost鈥檚 Public Engagement Awards, who collectively exemplify the positive impact that collaboration between 果冻影院鈥檚 research and teaching and our local and global communities can achieve.听听
The value of this work is all the more important as we see communities around our campuses and across the globe where 果冻影院 research and teaching is embedded, being adversely impacted by the pandemic. These projects show that through genuine partnerships, which embody a spirit of experimentation and respond to communities鈥� needs, 果冻影院 can help make a tangible difference to people鈥檚 lives around the world. 听
It has been a great honour to celebrate the public and community engagement carried out by 果冻影院 staff, students and their partners throughout my time as Provost. While it is regrettable that we are unable to hold an awards ceremony to highlight this year鈥檚 achievements, I encourage you to make time to learn more from our six winners and three highly commended individuals, and be inspired, as I have been, to champion this vital work.
My hope for Public and Community Engagement at 果冻影院 over the coming months and years is that their influence and expertise and their ability to work in close partnership continues to deliver impact of value to local, regional and global society.
Collaboration Award
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Winner: Harlesden Town Garden Gardeners Hub
Lead partners:
- , 果冻影院 Bartlett School of Architecture (led by Patrick Weber & Sabine Storp).听
- , a community garden and open space promoting local health and wellbeing.
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Celebrating the value of genuine collaboration and partnerships 听
Experimentation Award
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Winner: Beatboxing after Laryngectomy
Lead partners:
- , Professor of Technology, Education and Music, Dept of Culture, Communication & Media, Institute of Education.
- , the world's only charity specialised in speech training with music after laryngectomy.
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Celebrating the value of experimentation in engagement that is innovative and impactful
Respond Award
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Winner: Motivation InnovATe - Developing a new model for wheelchair provision in Kenya
Lead partners:
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- a global disability charity and social enterprise.
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Celebrating the value of inclusive and responsive engagement
Community Award
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Winner: Family Action
Project: Embedding MIRRA in FamilyConnect: enabling care leavers to exercise their information rights
Key partners:
- 听, a national charity providing practical, emotional and financial support to families.
- 听, 果冻影院 Dept of Information Studies, led by Prof Elizabeth Shepherd (P-I) & Dr Elizabeth Lomas (Co-I)
- 听, a national user-led charity improving the lives of care leavers
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Celebrating the integral role of community partners in research engagement
Find Your Voice Award
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Winner: Dr. Alexandra Bulat, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (PhD student, 2016-2020).
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Celebrating achievements in public engagement of early career researchers
Institutional Leadership Award
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Winner: Professor Sarah Bell, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources / Director of the Engineering Exchange.
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Celebrating outstanding leadership and contribution to improving community-university engagement and partnerships
Highly Commended
In addition to award winners, we would like to highlight the work of nominees who were highly commended by our panel of judges:
Dr Joanna Morrison, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Global Health.
The Jeevan Shakti Mela, Festival for lifeforce.
Dieter Deswarte, Senior Teaching Fellow, Ethnographic and Documentary Film (Practical) MA, Dept of Anthropology.
, a shelter for LGBTQ+ refugees in Manaus, Brazil.
Thomas Callan Riley, PhD student, The Bartlett School of Architecture 听
- Talking. Skateboarding.
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Read the full list of nominations (PDF).听
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