Outputs (515)

Developing a community of practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a community of practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

Boxed interim evaluation report March 2018 (2018)
Report

BoxED is an outreach and widening participation initiative designed, developed and delivered by members of the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. The scheme aims to provide inspirational an... Read More about Boxed interim evaluation report March 2018.

Engaging Young Carers With Science Through Textile-Based Crafts (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. Textile-based crafts were used to engage young carers (under 18s providing care for another person) and accompanying adults in learning about underlying chemistry concepts, in an economically deprived area of northwest E... Read More about Engaging Young Carers With Science Through Textile-Based Crafts.

Alter egos: An exploration of the perspectives and identities of science comic creators (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Author(s). While academic interest in science comics has been growing in recent years, the creators of these materials remain understudied. This research aimed to explore the experiences and views of science comic creators through the lens... Read More about Alter egos: An exploration of the perspectives and identities of science comic creators.

Women like me: Role modelling and outreach for women and girls in engineering (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Three projects which use evidence- and research-based practice to engage and support three under-served audiences: children with SEN; young carers; and girls in engineering. Our outcomes offer findings and insights into engaging these audiences and m... Read More about Women like me: Role modelling and outreach for women and girls in engineering.

Making STEM for everyone: Reaching under-served audiences (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Three projects which use evidence- and research-based practice to engage and support three under-served audiences: children with SEN; young carers; and girls in engineering. Our outcomes offer findings and insights into engaging these audiences and m... Read More about Making STEM for everyone: Reaching under-served audiences.

Science hunters: Widening participation through computer games (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Three projects which use evidence- and research-based practice to engage and support three under-served audiences: children with SEN; young carers; and girls in engineering. Our outcomes offer findings and insights into engaging these audiences and m... Read More about Science hunters: Widening participation through computer games.

Engaging an under-represented group through science and textile crafts: Science from the Start young carer workshops at Cotton On (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Three projects which use evidence- and research-based practice to engage and support three under-served audiences: children with SEN; young carers; and girls in engineering. Our outcomes offer findings and insights into engaging these audiences and m... Read More about Engaging an under-represented group through science and textile crafts: Science from the Start young carer workshops at Cotton On.

Science journalism by a journalist for journalists (2018)
Journal Article

This book is a beginners’ guide to science journalism, explaining the 21st century journalistic process, from generating story ideas to creating multimedia content when the story’s written, taking in research and writing structures along the way. Whi... Read More about Science journalism by a journalist for journalists.

Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project (2018)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England, Bristol has been piloting a schools outreach project entitled BoxED (EDuc... Read More about Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project.

What works in the field? Evaluating informal science events (2017)
Journal Article

Around the world, increasing numbers of people are attending informal science events, often ones that are part of multi-event festivals that cross cultural boundaries. For the researchers who take part, and the organizers, evaluating the events' succ... Read More about What works in the field? Evaluating informal science events.

Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. Arbitrary communication systems can emerge from iconic beginnings through processes of conventionalisation via interaction. Here, we explore whether this process of conventionalisation occurs with continuous, audi... Read More about Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals.

Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. In language evolution research, the use of computational and experimental methods to investigate the emergence of structure in language is exploding. In this review, we look exclusively at work exploring the emerg... Read More about Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech.

Robots vs animals: Cultures of public engagement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A widespread culture supporting public engagement activities in higher education is desirable but difficult to establish. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this science communication project aimed to enhance culture change in engineering by develop... Read More about Robots vs animals: Cultures of public engagement.

Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Undergraduate education incorporating active learning through education outreach presents a critical opportunity to influence future engineering teaching and practice capabilities. Engineering education outreach activities have been shown to have mul... Read More about Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula.

Science Hunters - using Minecraft as an engagement tool (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Science Hunters is an outreach project based in Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, which uses Minecraft to engage children in science learning and environmental science research. We offer opportunities across all year groups in schoo... Read More about Science Hunters - using Minecraft as an engagement tool.

Learning to grow: Evaluation and reflective practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation provided information about the UK Science Festival Network Pilot Evaluation in 2017. It gave recommendations for evaluation tools and future reflective practice for event practitioners.

Our future with clean air: ClairCity (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the European project ClairCity (www.claircity.eu), we apply a societal approach to behaviour change towards reducing air pollution and carbon emissions in cities. The project is engaging with citizens and policymakers from six European cities/regi... Read More about Our future with clean air: ClairCity.

Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Universities occupy a vital role in the community; thus undergraduate education incorporating active service learning provides opportunities to influence communities now and in the future (1). One example is engineering education outreach... Read More about Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula.

SiP 2017 panel: Speculations and concerns on robots’ status in society (2017)
Journal Article

Studying fictional depictions of robots and artificial intelligence in cinematographic science fiction narratives acquires a new level of relevance as legislators’ approaches to the subject seem to be strongly influenced by popular culture. This pane... Read More about SiP 2017 panel: Speculations and concerns on robots’ status in society.