*Nervously raises his head above the parapet....* I have done some work with Andy regarding the Institution of Civil Engineers and we are aiming to develop this further. I am also involved as a consultant with the Association of Engineering Doctorates, so the ENGAGE 2012 public engagement with research project appeals. I have contacted ENGAGE.
I am also a PR person and a Wikipedian (user "Paul W" - since 2003). I introduced myself to David Gerrard at a CIPR/Wikipedia event during London Social Media Week and he encouraged me to make myself known..... *Ducks down below parapet again* Paul On 26 October 2012 17:24, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change (Andy Mabbett) > 2. UK Wikipedians in Residence (Richard Symonds) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:21:07 +0100 > From: Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change > Message-ID: > <CABiXOEkU54FJ_ZfnGPpc3o0ox= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Of interest to those if you in or best Bristol, perhaps? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Helen Graham" <[email protected]> > Date: Oct 26, 2012 4:09 PM > Subject: ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change > To: <[email protected]> > > Forwarded on behalf of the National Coordinating Centre for Public > Engagement (NCCPE) > > ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change > > The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is hosting a number > of specialist workshops targeted at anyone passionate about the role of > public engagement including: community groups, schools, festivals, museums > and galleries, voluntary sector and charities wanting to develop more > effective engagement work in partnership with the HE sector. > > The workshops take place at 09.30 on Wednesday 5th December in three > central Bristol locations. There are a limited number of FREE PLACES > available to organisations that partner universities. > > > ? MSHED ? The People?s Museum: Exploring the challenges and > opportunities of museums and universities working together in the city, > illustrated by the story of the M-Shed. > > ? Public Engagement with Health: Exploring how engagement has been > embedded into research practice, and what we can learn from this important > field. > > ? Creative Partnerships: Exploring the experience of working with > universities and on the strategies, techniques and approaches that > university partners have deployed to develop successful partnerships. > For more information about the workshops and speakers: > http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/events/engage-2012-specialist-workshops > > To register for these workshops: > https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/nccpe/engage2012specialistworkshop > > Why are we organising these events? > > The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) works with > universities to help enhance the social and public value of their research > and teaching. Since 2008 we have been working with universities, policy > makers and funders to embed a culture of public engagement in the work that > universities do. However, much of the engagement activity universities do > is in partnership with other organisations, which have strong links and > networks in the community. These include schools, festivals, museums and > galleries, and voluntary sector organisations and charities. These > specialist workshops form an important part of our third national > conference Engage 2012. To find out more about the conference and our work > log on to our website: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/. For specific > details about Engage 2012 follow this link< > > http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/engage-2012-responding-change > >. > > **************************************************************** > website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup > [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ > **************************************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20121026/40dbfd22/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:24:32 +0100 > From: Richard Symonds <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia UK mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wikipedians in Residence > Message-ID: > <CACHSVDxUJZ6GdsBC70WoJ0C-9SKVc3z4YQy3DoVcSg5T= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Wikimedians, > > The UK GLAM working group is now ready to find UK institutions willing to > work with us by creating Wikipedian in Residence posts. > > Our budget is limited, and must be used by January 31st, but there is > enormous scope to be flexible. These could be day a week, limited term > posts, based at home - or full time positions at an institution, like the > British Library post. We will of course be pleased to see applications > from institutions with whom we have already begun a positive relationship - > but note that the applications have to be from the institutions, rather > than individual volunteers. > > Time is very short - our own fault - so we need bids, on the attached form, > in by 5pm on November 15th to [email protected]. She will be > convening a panel to make the decisions that will be recommended to the > board, hopefully at the meeting of November 17/18. > > Please feel free to spread this around the various lists (and externally if > you can). > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 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