"Museums, Researchers and
Engagement: Working together to develop our skills
25 January 2011,
London
The NCCPE and the Beacons for Public
Engagement have come together to host a workshop based around the excellent work
already being done between universities, research institutes and museums. In
partnership with the University Museums Group – this event aims to:
- Develop mutual understanding between the research
community and museums;
- Showcase effective practice through a number of case
studies highlighting the many ways universities and museums can work
together;
- Strengthen networking between museums and universities
through exploring skills development and training;
- Provide opportunities for people to explore potential
projects.
We would like to
encourage you bring a partner from a university/museum. However if you haven’t
got a partner we would still encourage you to attend the event and we will
allocate you a partner during the day.
Invitation to participate
We are currently pulling together the program
for this event, and inviting people to submit case studies for consideration.
All submitted case studies will be included in our new website – due to launch
in December 2010. In addition up to ten case studies will be included in a
lunchtime exhibition, and up to three will be invited to share their work in the
plenary session.
Case studies should be based on projects that
have been mutually beneficial partnerships between museums and universities, who
have worked together to share engagement skills and opportunities. They might
cover one or more of the following:
- Public engagement in research;
- Joint development of exhibitions;
- Public events;
- Student / Staff volunteering;
- Curriculum-linked opportunities;
If you would like to contribute to this event
by sharing a case study, please fill in and return the case study template.
All completed forms need to be returned to
Lisa.adlington@uwe.ac.uk
Selection
The workshop organisers will select case
studies for inclusion in the conference on the basis of:
-
Evidence of mutual benefit to all
participants;
-
Evidence of effective skills sharing
between university staff/ students and museum staff;
-
Innovative and effective public
engagement activity;
-
Clearly articulated learning from the
project – both challenges and successes;
-
Applicability of approach to other
contexts;
-
Sustainability of
initiative.
In addition we will seek to get a diversity of
approaches and relationships including: Type of institutions (HEIs and museums);
Participants in the project (students, researchers, museum staff, publics);
Scale of project
The people involved in the selection process
will be: Antonio Benitez, Ceri Black, Sophie Duncan and Sally Macdonald.
Deadline
Applications need to be in by 20 November, and
we will let you know if you have been successful by 20 December
2010.
Booking
Booking for the event will open in November.
We are very keen to encourage museum staff and university staff to come together
to the event. The event is free, but there will be a charge to those who book
but fail to attend.
Engage
You or your colleagues may also wish to attend
the NCCPE’s Engage 2010 conference on 7&8 December in London. For more
information see www.publicengagement.ac.uk/news-and-events.
You would be most welcome!
Queries
For any queries, please call Lisa Adlington at
NCCPE on 0117 9150192.
