Our approach to public engagement

What public engagement means to us as a Faculty.

Public engagement is at the heart of our activities, reflecting our desire to address societal challenges and maximise the benefit of our research. The faculty’s vision of undertaking world-leading research which has a quantifiable impact on society, both locally and globally, highlights the need to effectively engage with the public.

Our people

We believe that all staff and students in the faculty should be encouraged and supported to take part in PE activities at all stages of their career. PE can bring many benefits to those who take part, such as enhancing their research, developing transferrable skills, raising the profile of their work and gaining new insights and ideas.

To support those taking part in PE, we have a dedicated faculty PE Team, who work alongside the Academic Lead for PE and the Faculty PE Working Group. We also have a programme of training, support and funding available to students and staff in the Faculty.

Our audiences

As a faculty, we aim to develop activities and events which share our science, inspire the next generation and give people the opportunity to shape the research that could impact on their lives.

PE has the potential to bring many benefits to those who take part, it can be empowering, raise aspirations, improve wellbeing and create opportunities to have an impact on research.

We recognise that the people and communities we work with will have different interests and needs and therefore aim to develop tailored public engagement events and activities and, as often as possible, to collaborate with our audiences when designing these.