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Public Engagement
Image: One of many science art outputs created by Molly Macleod in collaboration with Ester Bonmati, Alexander Ney, Stephen Pereira, Alexander Grimwood, a group of people affected directly and indirectly by pancreatic cancer, the Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences at University College London and the University of the Arts, London, Post Graduate Community. Creative commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Engagement is a two-way process where researchers and the public can share with, and learn from, each other. Its purpose is to change those who take part in it.
The UCL Hawkes Institute has a wide portfolio of engagement techniques that it employs from science fairs aimed to engage with our local community, to patient advisory groups that guide the direction of our research. We reward our members engagement successes, provide appropriate training, foster collaborations and co-production, and try to maintain an innovative practice that helps enliven the wider engagement field.
Our practice seeks to:
- develop the skills of our members and relationships with the communities we serve,
- embed public engagement as part of research culture,
- collaborate with relevant partners, publics and stakeholders,
- enhance our research, helping make it fit for purpose.
If you're interested in taking part, or just hearing more about our work, just let us know.
