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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  around the globe.  From over 40 nominations, we are delighted to announce this year鈥檚 6 winners, along with 3 highly commended individuals.A message from UCL President & Provost Professor Michael ArthurIt 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 UCL鈥檚 research and teaching and our local and global communities can achieve.  The value of this work is all the more important as we see communities around our campuses and across the globe where UCL 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, UCL can help make a tangible difference to people鈥檚 lives around the world.  It has been a great honour to celebrate the public and community engagement carried out by UCL 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 911爆料网 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 Winner: Harlesden Town Garden Gardeners HubLead partners:Unit PG13, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture (led by Patrick Weber & Sabine Storp). Friends of Harlesden Town Garden, a community garden and open space promoting local health and wellbeing.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xto-V_zzl5QCelebrating the value of genuine collaboration and partnerships  Experimentation Award Winner: Beatboxing after LaryngectomyLead partners:Dr Evangelos Himonides, Professor of Technology, Education and Music, Dept of Culture, Communication & Media, Institute of Education.Shout at Cancer, the world's only charity specialised in speech training with music after laryngectomy.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/bV2Ox_NvAbMCelebrating the value of experimentation in engagement that is innovative and impactfulRespond Award Winner: Motivation InnovATe - Developing a new model for wheelchair provision in KenyaLead partners:Global Disability Innovation Hub & UCL Interaction Centre.Motivation, a global disability charity and social enterprise.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/oWZmw97R93sCelebrating the value of inclusive and responsive engagementCommunity Award Winner: Family ActionProject: Embedding MIRRA in FamilyConnect: enabling care leavers to exercise their information rightsKey partners: Family Action, a national charity providing practical, emotional and financial support to families. The MIRRA Project, UCL Dept of Information Studies, led by Prof Elizabeth Shepherd (P-I) & Dr Elizabeth Lomas (Co-I) Care Leavers鈥� Association, a national user-led charity improving the lives of care leaversYouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/zdU6xC0Sux4Celebrating the integral role of community partners in research engagementFind Your Voice Award Winner: Dr. Alexandra Bulat, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (PhD student, 2016-2020).YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/Kif-7GrR8ZACelebrating achievements in public engagement of early career researchersInstitutional Leadership Award Winner: Professor Sarah Bell, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources / Director of the Engineering Exchange.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/cXv2YWzUSO0Celebrating outstanding leadership and contribution to improving community-university engagement and partnershipsHighly CommendedIn 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.Collaborative filmmaking project in partnership with Casa Miga, a shelter for LGBTQ+ refugees in Manaus, Brazil.Thomas Callan Riley, PhD student, The Bartlett School of Architecture  Pushing Boarders - Talking. Skateboarding.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/yjXn6OXdmnw Read the full list of nominations (PDF). 

Explore case studies from past Public Engagement projects:[[{"fid":"10859","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An image of a Sierra Leonean news article about this project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An image of a Sierra Leonean news article about this project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Talking liver cancer in Sierra LeoneA public engagement project about liver cancer that took an interesting turn in response to unexpected circumstances.2013Themes: Brokering networks, Learn to listen[[{"fid":"8843","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"stone path leading into the mist","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"stone path leading into the mist","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Co-production: Action Youth Boxing InterventionUsing expertise of many kinds to support students who are experiencing challenges.2018Themes: Co-production; Young people; Develop a dialogue; Embed a change[[{"fid":"10867","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Student engagers in the UCL Art Museum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Student engagers in the UCL Art Museum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Student engagersDeveloping researchers' engagement skills, and creating more dialogue around university collections, though engagement in museums.2013 - 2019Themes: Museums; Researcher development; Start a conversation[[{"fid":"10875","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Participants in the World Stroke Day forum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Participants in the World Stroke Day forum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]World Stroke Day 2018UCL World Stroke Day forum brought together over 100 stroke survivors and their carers with six UCL research and clinical groups and four charity partners.Themes: Collaborative conference; Develop a dialogue[[{"fid":"10879","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An artistic representation of the Humans make Plastic workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An artistic representation of the Humans make Plastic workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Open Doors Vote 100A collaboration between members of the East Bank partnership to bring together local residents and the institutions moving into east London.Themes: Workshop; Start a conversation[[{"fid":"10883","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The early days of Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The early days of Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Bright ClubA comedy night where the comedians are academics and the audience is enthralled.Themes: Comedy night; Find your voice[[{"fid":"10887","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A microphone in a stand at Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A microphone in a stand at Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Bright Club Persona: a student's experienceIn this "persona" case study, we explore a student's experience of the project.Themes: Comedy night; Find your voice[[{"fid":"12315","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo of child's face peering through a cartoon cutout of a traditional character","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo of child's face peering through a cartoon cutout of a traditional character","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Jeevan Shakti Mela - Festival for LifeforceA Mela (fair) involving participatory research, traditionalart, interactive games, and drama in rural plains Nepal, exploring Type Two Diabetes.Themes: Festival; Participation; Start a conversation [[{"fid":"6571","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"We are here photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"We are here photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]We are here! Black Feminist ExplorationA retreat for black women academics and non-academics from the UK to collaboratively explore Black British feminism.2014Themes: Workshop, Start a conversation[[{"fid":"6563","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Art and War Case image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Art and War Case 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Photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Global Stories Photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]] Global Stories in Domestic SpacesA project with the community local to Osterley Park, London, to create a series of videos, photographs and oral histories that would link the Park鈥檚 history to life in contemporary Britain.2013Themes: Exhibition, Develop a dialogue[[{"fid":"6583","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cafe Culture photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cafe Culture photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Cafe CultureA series of evening events where academics from the School of European Languages, Culture and Society gave short, fun talks on their research to public audiences.2014Themes: Find your voice, Talk[[{"fid":"6587","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Faith and Suburbia image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Faith and Suburbia 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Festival, Find your voice[[{"fid":"6595","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Beatboxing image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Beatboxing image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]] Beatboxing After LaryngectomyClinicians, patients and young people were brought together to explore the role of beatboxing in voice rehabilitation and raise awareness of the difficulties facing those without voice boxes.2017Themes: Workshop, Develop a Dialogue[[{"fid":"6667","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"QRator image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"QRator 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Junctions","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Food Junctions","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Food JunctionsPart of the Reveal Festival, involv a range of people including UCL staff and students, members of the local community, creative organisations, local businesses and food enthusiasts. 2010Themes: Event, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6683","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mental Health in late life","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mental Health in late life","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Engaging with mental health research in very late lifeDiscussion groups in day centres with older people, to discuss the topics of wellbeing in later life and what facilitates or hinders this.2017Themes: Workshops, Learn to Listen[[{"fid":"6687","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Oral Health and Perfomance image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Oral Health and Perfomance 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An example of how engagement can increase the impact of health research.2012Themes: Symposium, Learn to Listen[[{"fid":"6691","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival 2013 image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival 2013 image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]The Bloomsbury Festival 2013This was the first time a cohesive public engagement programme has been co-ordinated by the UCL Public Engagement Unit (PEU) within the Bloomsbury Festival.2013Themes: Festival, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6695","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Birdshot Day image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Birdshot Day image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Birdshot DayThe Birdshot Day was set up to bring together people with Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, their friends and family members, and healthcare professionals with an interest in this area.2010Themes: Patient Day, Develop a Dialogue[[{"fid":"6699","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Code workshops","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Code workshops","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]UCL CODE workshopsWorkshops in Stratford Library on the subject of coding, giving the young people a chance to learn from, meet, and question leading researchers and practitioners in the field.2014Themes: Workshop, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6811","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cooking workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cooking workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Eating for Eye HealthSessions bringing together patients with macular degenerationand restaurants in East London in research on nutrition and eye health.2016Themes: Workshop, Develop a Dialogue

The UCL Provost's Public Engagement Awards celebrated staff, students and community partners at the university's dazzling ceremony in May 2019. Seven award-winning projects illustrate UCL鈥檚 distinctive approach to public engagement. Read on to find out what made these submissions stand-out and get an idea of UCL's outstanding and collaborative work with the wider public.You can also view a playlist of videos about the winners at the bottom of the page.Drumroll please... Community AwardAlbert McEyeson, Action Youth Boxing Intervention[[{"fid":"10991","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Albery McEyeson","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Albery McEyeson","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Albert is the manager of Action Youth Boxing Intervention a Real-Talk programme which supports Camden-based young people at risk of, or who are already excluded from school to re-engage, through a combination of non-contact boxing training and rational emotive/cognitive behavioural therapy techniques. He has worked with UCL (specifically Charlotte Woodhead from Institute of Epidemiology & Health) to evidence the impact of the programme through a successful grant from the UCL Centre for Coproduction in Health Research as one of their pilot projects.This project has encouraged the contribution of local young people who might not otherwise have got involved in UCL-related research. This includes local young people from black and minority ethnic groups, young people at risk of school exclusion, whose behaviour can be challenging or who have been involved in criminal behaviour, and/or young people who are experiencing social isolation and low self-esteem. As part of the pilot Albert coordinated and led three steering group meetings and six workshops with young people. At the end of the pilot project he co-produced a theory of change and a research plan that will be used to bid for additional research funding. Albert has also been actively involved in additional UCL Centre for Coproduction activities which aimed to gather the learning around the coproduction process from the pilots and coproduce an evaluation framework for the Centre's work. Albert took part in these in his own time, bringing his perspective as a local community organisation leader and member of the local community.  Early Career Researcher AwardDr Briony Hudson, Pathway and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry[[{"fid":"10983","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Briony Hudson Smith","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Briony Hudson Smith","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Briony鈥檚 research and public engagement activities are based around challenges faced by homeless people with advanced ill health. The engagement work has included developing and delivering training for people working in homeless hostels and health care professionals around palliative care alongside other researchers and the homelessness charities St Mungo鈥檚 and Pathway. Additional funding from The Oak Foundation has now been secured to continue this work. Briony also co-produced a video with homeless hostel staff and residents to share some of the challenges of being homeless and ill with health care providers which is used in the above training. She also led a successful bid to the UCL Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund to create a free to access website to host information and resources developed through the research. The website has received almost 7,000 views from around the wold. Staff from homelessness services, hospices and a range of health care professionals are accessing the site.Both the community of people with lived experience of homelessness and those supporting them have been engaged in all stages of her research, leading to research recommendations that have been then been embraced by said communities. This has had considerable impact on attitudes towards palliative care and support for homeless people. This work has contributed to the growing recognition of the issue in the media and UK Parliament. Established AwardProf. Bob Mills, History of Art Department [[{"fid":"10987","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Bob Mills","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Bob Mills","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"844","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Bob developed the Hide & Seek project, an innovative walking tour of Bloomsbury designed to throw light on the peoples and places that have contributed to the area鈥檚 rich and diverse LGBTQ+ heritage. Bob devised the itinerary, format, content and publicity materials. He also recruited, coordinated and trained a group of LGBTQ volunteer guides to recount stories and anecdotes connected with specific locations along the route. The format proved very popular and the walks were a 'sell out' success, being reprised three times in 2018. The walks started with a talk delivered by Bob where he reflected on UCL's own LGBTQ+ histories. Walkers were then issued with route maps, and set off on a 鈥榪ueer鈥� exploration of the neighbourhood. Walkers encountered a diversity of voices and perspectives on the tour and were encouraged to share their own stories. He is currently working with UCL Urban Laboratory to turn Hide & Seek into an audio tour with additional content, potentially also collaborating with Ramble London based in UCL Geography. This project grew from Bob鈥檚 significant and sustained public engagement in the field of LGBTQ histories and equalities. Highlights include organising Art + Activism: Queer and Feminist Visibilities, a conference featuring a line-up composed mainly of artists, performers, activists and curators; advising on a history display and trail at the British Museum; participating in the steering group for the 鈥楶ride of Place鈥� project on England's LGBTQ heritage, launched by Historic England; and giving numerous public talks at festivals and events programmes, several of which have been successful online (including the most watched UCL Lunch Hour Lecture on YouTube, with more than 1.2 million views to date.)  Institutional Leadership AwardResearch For All team: Sandy Oliver (UCL Institute of Education), Pat Gordon-Smith (UCL IOE Press), Sophie Duncan (National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement) & 30 international associate editors.[[{"fid":"11011","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Sandy Oliver, Pat Gordon-Smith and Sophie Duncan","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Sandy Oliver, Pat Gordon-Smith and Sophie Duncan","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"840","width":"4484","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Research for All is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that 鈥榟as quickly established itself as one of the most highly regarded academic spaces on a global level for those involved in the co-creation of knowledge amongst university and community-based intellectuals鈥� (Rajesh Tandon & Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chairs in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education). It is a public engagement project in its own right, bringing together academics and communities from across the world to share expertise. Launched in 2017, it has published five issues (two per year) containing 70 articles, achieving over 11,000 article downloads. The editors are now receiving a steady stream of unsolicited contributions.The journal publishes authors less often heard in academia, including partners in NGOs, theatre, local TV, commercial enterprises, NHS, museum and government, teachers in schools or further education, students, and freelance participation practitioners. Almost half of the published articles model academics and community partners writing together. Editorials explore synergies between knowledge held by academics and their community partners, to enhance the credibility of each to the other. The journal provides a focal point for debate and thinking about the challenges of designing, delivering and leading engaged research in any area of study, articulating the case for engaged scholarship and contributing to culture change. Professional Services Staff Award Anouchka Sterling, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience[[{"fid":"10975","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Anouchska Sterling","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Anouchska Sterling","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Anouchka was responsible for running the 鈥淢ind The Brain鈥� event for the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience on 12th May 2018, following on from the 2016 event. She conceived the event as an opportunity to showcase a diverse range of research in the Cognitive Neuroscience and related fields and to help embed Public Engagement at the Institute. She was also responsible for the online promotion through social media and targeted online advertising which led to a sell-out. As the event was live-streamed she organised an online system to capture questions from the audience (both online and in the room) for the speakers during the panel discussion session, allowing for more open and interactive discussion with the audience. This was implemented following recommendations from the 2016 showcase. The event was recorded and is still available online.Anouchka used the event to develop public engagement skills within the Institute. She worked with Masters students from the ICN and members of her professional services team to shape the day, select the speakers, set the topics and manage more practical issues such as setting up the web site, selling tickets, and helping with those last minute tasks on the day. This event has led to these staff members, both students and professional services to continue on their engagement journeys, many of whom have since taken part in additional public engagement opportunities in the institute.  Student AwardHelen Greaves, Pond Restoration Research Group, Department of Geography[[{"fid":"10979","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Helen Greaves","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Helen Greaves","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Helen is the co-founder of the UCL Pond Restoration Research Group (PRRG) and the Norfolk Ponds Project (NPP), a partnership between UCL, Norfolk Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group, local farmers, and other interest groups. Her work centres on engagement of farmland pond restoration research.Helen has been the NPP secretary since its initiation running over 20 events including several field-based farm pond restoration workshops for farmers, agri-environment & conservation professionals, the local community and school children (which involved Helen dressing up as a frog and arranging innovative pond games in the farm yard). The farm pond workshop events have typically taken place at the NPP鈥檚 demonstration pond landscape in Briston, Norfolk. These events allow for both formal and informal engagement opportunities. In addition she has also been instrumental in organising pond restoration events aimed at local volunteers, resulting in some 50 ponds being restored; leading to huge measured biodiversity benefits. She has also given advice to many farmers via phone calls, e-mails and field visits.To add to her public engagement portfolio, in 2016, Helen conceived, applied for and was awarded a British Ecological Society project called the 鈥淕reat Twin Pond Dig鈥� which twinned small groups of citizen scientists in a Norfolk village with a Lancashire village. Both groups of locals are monitoring ponds in their respective villages before and after restoration. In each case citizen scientists have helped to restore their own village ponds. They have taken part in Bioblitz days where UCL and local natural history experts have gathered to record as many species as possible. These events have enabling much knowledge-transfer and learning about pond biology.   Team AwardDr Lena Ciric (Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) & Dr Tse-Hui Teh (The Bartlett School of Planning)[[{"fid":"10995","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Tse-Hui Teh and Lena Ciric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Tse-Hui Teh and Lena Ciric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Lena and Tse-Hui have been working together for a number of years to engage the public around the topic of sustainable sanitation. Their work started in 2016 when they collaborated with a number of London allotment societies who had installed composting dry toilets. During this project they worked with the allotmenteers to better understand their motivations and concerns about the composting toilets. Since then, they have showcased their work to the public through a series of events including workshops at 911爆料网 and the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve.  They are now working with Spitalfields City Farm where they have run a number of workshops with different groups (including city professionals, the local Bangladeshi community, teenagers who have been excluded from education and primary school children) to better understand views on composting toilets. Together with the farm, they have installed a composting toilet on site and used what they learned from the workshops to design artwork inside the composting toilet cubicle. The artwork will serve to engage with toilet users about the nutrient cycle and more sustainable sanitation solutions in the urban setting. The toilet is now open to the public and their work will continue by gathering opinions from toilet users as well as making measurements of the compost quality and feeding these back to both the farm and the public.  The evolution of their work is evidence of their commitment to public engagement as a two-way process. Lena and Hui continue to gather data and develop research publications from these collaborations. The projects provide data and interdisciplinary case studies of sustainable sanitation, which is a global challenge for cities. Find out more about our winning projects in this playlist, or find the individual videos on Youtube. YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUsffl6D00&list=PLmR-JZVheI8roMuf_gHxYLne9gSGO8GVC  Nominations for 2019/20 will open later on this year. To be kept up-to-date with news about the awards and other activities, you can join the UCL Public Engagement mailing list.

The UCL Provost's Public Engagement Awards celebrated staff, students and community partners at the university's dazzling ceremony in June 2018. Seven award-winning projects illustrate UCL鈥檚 distinctive approach to public engagement. Read on to find out what made these submissions stand-out and get an idea of UCL's outstanding and collaborative work with the wider public. Drumroll please...[[{"fid":"9099","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Perspex trophies of all seven PEU awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Perspex trophies of all seven PEU awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Community AwardAthena Lamnisos & Angus MacLennan[[{"fid":"8999","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman using pipette to prepare medical tests","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman using pipette to prepare medical tests","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]The Eve Appeal was set up with one ambitious yet simple vision: a future where fewer women develop and more women survive gynaecological cancers. Grown and developed in parallel with its core research team the Department of Women鈥檚 Cancer at 911爆料网, The Eve Appeal is the only UK national charity raising awareness and funding research in five women-only cancers. Their work takes place in an impressive 31 institutions across 15 countries and conducts ground-breaking research in risk prediction, early detection and screening.The charity has not only played a crucial role in providing seed funding, core infrastructure funding and project funding, but campaigns to raise awareness of women-specific cancers. Their work shares the impact of UCL鈥檚 activities to the wider world via multiple outlets, resulting in benefits for higher education, research and the public. The Eve Appeal has enabled the UCL Department of Women鈥檚 Cancer to relentlessly pursue its mission of reducing the burden of women鈥檚 cancer and to maximise the impact of UCL research on society. Early Career Researcher AwardAndrea Rigon[[{"fid":"9031","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View across informal settlement in Sierra Leone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View across informal settlement in Sierra Leone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Andrea co-founded the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) in a partnership between UCL, Njala University and civil society organisations. Their aim is to achieve equitable urban development in Sierra Leone with a focus on the wellbeing of the residents of informal settlements.This area of Sierra Leone is home to some of the most vulnerable people in the world. SLURC gives members of the population who were previously unheard a voice, to implement real change in their communities at government level. To do this, Andrea and his team brought together and trained local actors, facilitating dialogue between communities and government staff, NGO professionals and researchers.To date, SLURC's activities have contributed to a national demand for urban transformation and helped shift perceptions of informal settlements. A local network of people living in run-down housing has been given the tools to implement change where it's needed most. Andrea's work continues to maximise the opportunity for UCL staff to contribute to the wellbeing of the urban poor in Sierra Leone by facilitating further conversations between Development NGO professionals and students. Established AwardDr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh[[{"fid":"9023","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Elena speaking into a microphone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Elena speaking into a microphone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1314","width":"2129","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh鈥檚 research examines conflict-induced displacement in the Middle East. She is currently leading four major externally-funded research projects exploring the experiences of and responses to displacement in this region.All Elena鈥檚 work has strong public engagement and policy components. These include the creation of online 鈥榗ommunities of conversation鈥� - a collaboration with locally-based researchers who have themselves been affected by conflict and displacement - and the co-creation of knowledge with national and international policymakers themselves. Deeply committed to joint learning and engaging, Elena co-creates research via open access platforms, leads collaborative learning initiatives and even produces multilingual policy briefings to promote social justice for refugees. Elena is also the director of the UCL Refugee in a Moving World network which encourages the university to develop strategies to support communities affected by displacement, including refugee students and academics. Institutional Leadership AwardExtreme Citizen Science research group[[{"fid":"9007","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Excites citizen science project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Excites citizen science project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]ExCiteS (the Extreme Citizen Science Research) group was created in 2011 by Prof Muki Haklay, Dr Jerome Lewis and Dr Claire Ellul. Their work in community engagement started back in 1998, and today their work enables individuals to run their own Citizen Science research projects. The 鈥楨xtreme鈥� part of the name demonstrates that these methods have both local and global applicability and scope.With an interdisciplinary approach, ExCiteS aims to provide any user, regardless of their background or literacy level, with a set of tools that can be used to collect, analyse and act on information according to agreed scientific methods. With these skills and methods in place, anyone can run their own Citizen Science project to deal with issues that concern them.The projects supported by ExCiteS range from helping indigenous groups in the Congo basin to protect themselves from the threat of commercial poachers, to empowering local London communities to monitor air quality. We鈥檙e looking forward to seeing what they work on next. Professional Services Staff Award Annabelle South[[{"fid":"9011","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman drawing diagram on wall","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Annabelle South","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman drawing diagram on wall","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Annabelle South","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Annabelle鈥檚 extraordinary level of commitment to patients and public groups in the cancer and infections research field makes her an award-winner this year.Annabelle works with the Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit on a wide range of clinical trials in the UK and Africa, including treatments for cancer, HIV and tuberculosis. Responsible for a portfolio of innovative and creative approaches to public engagement she is the friendly face of UCL clinical research in what can sometimes be a daunting process for patients.In 2016, in a partnership project with Cancer Research UK, Annabelle ran a series of roadshows around the UK for prostate cancer patients and their loved ones. The roadshows provided an important opportunity for patients and the public to speak directly to UCL clinical researchers. Annabelle's work enables researchers to better meet the needs of patients through communication platforms, and helps to ensure that patients, their families and society know how important a contribution to science they are making by being part of a clinical trial. Student AwardNicola Antaki[[{"fid":"9115","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View over child's shoulder as he uses coloured pens to draw onto white fabric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View over child's shoulder as he uses coloured pens to draw onto white fabric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"853","width":"1280","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Nicola Antaki's doctoral research combines interdisciplinary practices of pedagogy and design. A practising architect, she has developed an innovative teaching method entitled 鈥楢 Learning Architecture鈥�, enabling school children to redesign their environment. Nicola鈥檚 research, situated in Mumbai since 2011, centres around a sustained collaboration with the same group of primary school children in an informal settlement. Forming the central part of her doctoral research, this project has been an ongoing co-design project bringing together architectural design and local craft to help children become active citizens. The project came together for an exhibition of the children鈥檚 work, curated and designed through workshops and a series of events. Significantly, due to Nicola鈥檚 long-term and intimate engagement with these communities and the ongoing success of her work, the school integrated her project principles into the school curriculum and has decided to continue to include more active design in art and craft sessions. Team AwardKnow Your Normal - Dr Laura Crane, Fern Adams, Georgia Harper, Jack Welch and Prof Liz Pellicano[[{"fid":"5487","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"CRAE and Ambitious about Autism","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"CRAE and Ambitious about Autism","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Know Your Normal is a campaign led by a team of young autistic people from the charity Ambitious about Autism, with academics from UCL. Their work focuses on supporting young autistic people to identify what鈥檚 鈥榥ormal鈥� for them when it comes to their own mental health, and to empower them to seek help if/when their 'normal' changes.UCL academics Laura Crane, Senior Lecturer at 911爆料网 Institute of Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), and Liz Pellicano, now Professor of Autism Education at Macquarie University, Sydney worked in partnership with three young people from the charity - Fern Adams, Georgia Harper and Jack Welch. Together they designed the research, collected data, interpreted the results, and disseminated the findings in an accessible report. Informed by the success of this project CRAE will embed collaborative public engagement within their long term strategy. Find out moreClick here to discover the history and achievements of the UCL Public Engagement Unit.

We are looking for UCL Academics and Professional Services staff with experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) to take part in the service and provide support for Camden Council.At the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown, Camden Council were required to re-engineer almost all their key services, from child support to business growth, within a matter of days.  Before the pandemic, re-configuring Camden鈥檚 public policy and community services would have taken many months and would be accompanied by a variety of assessments, including cost-benefit, equality of access, sustainability and environmental impact.  During the pandemic, few assessments were conducted prior to rolling out the change in service, such was the speed of redesign. Now, the local authority has an urgent opportunity to monitor, evaluate and learn from their performance, especially as London moves towards more restrictive Covid measures and would benefit from outside advice and expertise.  The MEL guidance you provide may underpin Camden Council decisions on whether to revert to original models or switch to a redesigned model.  Out of Term Service:The REAL service will remain open throughout the summer. But as we approach the summer holiday period many UCL staff will be taking leave. As a result we anticipate turn-around times for the service will be longer than usual.Sign-Up Here Frequently Asked Questions.What support will I be able to provide? The REAL Service has been specifically designed to be purely short-term, light touch and responsive. The type of MEL information, advice and guidance you provide could be, for example: support to develop evaluation frameworks and plans  support to identify appropriate evaluation methods  advice on prioritising evaluation questionsguidance on analysing data (Needs details on boundary of data)advice on implementing evaluation methods reviewing evaluation materials   guidance on embedding learning practices   signposting to useful resources or existing work    We will endeavor to match you with projects which most closely match the skills, interests and availability that you describe within the EOI form.Please note there isn't a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL. How much time will I need to commit? You may volunteer any level of time you have available, anywhere from 30 minutes to 2+ hours, and on a one-off, fixed term, or irregular basis throughout the duration of this service, and in line with the requirements of the project that you are matched with. The EOI form has been designed to capture the level of commitment you feel most likely to be able to make. We appreciate that many of our UCL colleagues will be making ongoing arrangements to ensure that their own healthcare, childcare or caring responsibilities are me. If your circumstances change, you are welcome to revise your commitment upwards/downwards and/or remove details from the REAL Service database by emailing listen-and-respond@ucl.ac.uk.  If you do not have capacity during this period (Autumn 2020) but would like to in the future, once a more permanent service is set up, let us know.What will happen after I have filled in the EOI form? Step 1: By filling out the EOI form, your details will be added to an internal UCL REAL Service database of academics & PS staff willing to volunteer short-term, light-touch monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support. Step 2: Camden Council staff will contact the dedicated UCL REAL Service with an EOI form providing key details about their project/work that would benefit from MEL support.  Step 3: UCL REAL Service will match the request for support to an academic or Professional Services staff member from the REAL Service database whose skillset, interests, and level of availability match the needs of the project within a max. of 10 working days. If we feel the project is a potential match, we will forward the full details of Camden Council鈥檚 request on to you. A member of our team will get in touch to pass on any specifics, and then if you choose to support, we will connect you directly with Camden Council鈥檚 point of contact. If no suitable match is available within 10 working days, 911爆料网ill not provide MEL support.  Step 4: Someone from UCL鈥檚 REAL Service will contact you later to monitor and gather feedback on your experience of supporting Camden Council. Am I able to extend my support towards a particular project beyond the scope of the REAL Service?Yes. If you wish to independently provide further support beyond this initial information, advice and guidance (e.g. running a training session or facilitating a workshop, or initiating any longer-term research or consultancy collaborations), you are welcome to independently suggest activities to Camden Council. However, in line with our MoU with Camden Council, these will not be promoted as part of UCL鈥檚 REAL Service offer.  Please note there isn't a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL. If you wish to independently share data with Camden Council, then this is beyond the scope of the REAL Service and you would need to arrange your own data sharing agreements and protocols.  Please do share with colleagues who have Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning experience and would be interested in the service.  REAL Service forms part of Listen and Respond, one of UCL鈥檚 responses to the pandemic led by the Volunteering Services and the Engagement team (UCL Culture). REAL service has also been developed and supported by the Business and Innovation Partnerships team (Innovation and Enterprise), Research Impact Curation and Support team (OVPR) and Camden Council. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the REAL Service team.

Set up in response to unprecedented circumstances around Covid-19, the UCL Rapid Evaluation and Learning Service (REAL Service) attempts to meet the needs of Camden Council service delivery related to evaluation, with pro-bono volunteer expertise across UCL.Out of Term Service:The REAL service will remain open throughout the summer. But as we approach the summer holiday period many UCL staff will be taking leave. As a result we anticipate turn-around times for the service will be longer than usual.This service is:Rapid: You will receive a response within three working days (Monday-Friday) to arrange a meeting with a member of the REAL Service Team.Responsive: You will be matched with relevant 911爆料网 expertise as soon as is practicable (allowing for annual leave etc.)Transparent: If we are unable to match you within a reasonable time-frame we will let you know why and close the request.Broad in scope: Expertise is available on a range of evaluation related activity, from monitoring, data analysis to responsive research.Short-Term: If matched, a UCL staff member will provide information and guidance that may be limited in depth on a short-term basis.For Covid-19 affected services/activity only.REALs volunteers provide advice and guidance on evaluation; they do not perform the evaluation itself.What do we mean by evaluation?When we talk about evaluation here we mean "using monitoring or other information to reflect upon and make judgement about what is being done and make changes/improvements (sometimes known as 鈥榬esponsive research鈥�)".It includes support for data analysis, creation of evaluation frameworks, advice for choosing evaluation methods and more.For full information on what the service can cover please read our 'Further Information' document. (WORD)Make a request for evaluation support Frequently Asked Questions.Is my request appropriate for the REAL Service?We recommend having a read through the 'Further Information' document. If you are still unsure please submit your request and in the first stage of the matching process a member of the team will help you figure out if the REAL Service is the right mechanism for your need.What happens if I am on leave/uncontactable during the matching period?If you would like to make a request for support but will be uncontactable during the matching period (either for leave or for other reasons) please mention this on the 'notes' section of the request form. The 鈥榯en working days鈥� matching window will start from when you have your meeting with a member of the REAL Service team. You can make a request and organise a meeting for when you become available again.I am looking to foster a long-term research collaboration, can the REAL Service help?The REAL Service is not designed for long-term collaboration, although we recognise that, if mutually beneficial, longer term collaboration may arise from your match. We recommend you contact Helen Tsui: Partnership Manager (Public Sector) or Michael Reynier: Principal Partnerships Manager (Public Sector & the Professions) to discuss other possible collaborations/partnerships.I am looking for someone to analyse data for my project, can the REAL Service help?No. There is not currently a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL, therefore UCL volunteers will not be able receive/process any data collected or held by Camden Council nor share data held by UCL. They can, however, broadly advise on how to analyse datasets if that is the nature of your request.How involved will the REAL Service team be with my project?The primary function of the REAL Service Team is to understand your request and match it with volunteers across UCL. They will request a meeting with you once you have made a request to check their understanding of your needs and then connect you via e-mail to a relevant 911爆料网 volunteer. Their involvement should end at this point, however you can contact them if communications break down between you and your match, you want to clarify any confusion that has arisen, or if you have any other questions related to the REAL Service. The REAL Service team may also get in touch with you to check if the match has met your expectations and for evaluation purposes.Is REALs operating over the summer vacation period?Yes; but please be aware that our stated turn-around times are suspended. We will endeavour to respond to requests as quickly as we can (taking into consideration staff on annual leave etc.). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the REAL Service team.