Training for Public Engagement

In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to examine frameworks and tools to develop high quality public engagement. In applying these tools delegates will develop a more strategic approach to their public engagement practice. 

This interactive course will explore how to develop strategic evaluation plans, the different techniques you can use, and what your findings can tell you and your organisation or funder. With an emphasis on how to conduct evaluation, join us for a programme of practical activities and discussion to demystify evaluation. 

This workshop introduces partnership working. Partnerships are a key part of the engagement landscape and can take many forms. Whilst working in effective partnerships can bring many benefits to both parties, such as increased perspective, higher quality and relevant research, how do you get started? And how do you ensure that the partnerships you develop are effective for all involved?   

This session provides a deeper dive into what’s involved when working in mutually beneficial research partnerships with communities. It should help you decide if it’s the right approach for you and your community partners and help you develop the practices of existing partnerships.   

In this workshop, participants will explore what makes a subject controversial and how to engage publics with these controversial areas of research. This course aims to show the benefit that engaging with sensitive or controversial topics can offer to both researchers and publics and how to navigate controversy when it arises.