Are you facing specific challenges in your citizen science work? Would you like an opportunity to share difficulties and feedback? Do you feel you would benefit from some insight from colleagues across Europe?

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The Clinics are an online workshop series specially designed to share challenges and ideas for your citizen science work. Each workshop first focuses on one person’s situation. The session is closely facilitated to ensure everyone has a chance to listen and share ideas in a non-judgemental space.
After exploring one person’s challenge, we zoom out to discuss the broader context and how we can all apply these findings to our work.

CS Clinic 8: How to engage citizens in different cultural contexts?

Thursday, March 30, 16:00 – 17:00 CET (15:00-16:00 GMT)

When it comes to involving citizens in your research project, we tend to learn that one size does not fit all. Not only when a new project starts, but often also within the project itself, it is always necessary to adapt your approach in order to align with different audiences and meet their needs. Do you have a particular experience or challenge in this regard? Let us know and we will explore possible solutions together in this clinic.

The link to join will be sent to you after your registration > Registration form

Get involved with a public event and earn Warwick Award points!

It’s finally happening, the Big Read is coming to the University of Warwick on Tuesday 28th March and Sunday 2nd April 2023! A celebration of reading, stories and the imagination, the Big Read is taking place in the Theatre, Studio and foyer of our wonderful Warwick Arts Centre - come and be part of it!

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A relaxed, interactive workshop giving you tips, tricks and knowledge on the best (& worst) ways to present research, or other academic work, when you're looking to engage with public audiences. This workshop is perfect for anyone involved with public engagement events like Pint of Science or Resonate Lates.

We’re paying a visit to our colleagues up at Gibbet Hill this month (although anyone is welcome to enjoy a stroll up through the bluebells to come up and join us!). We’re encouraging people to share with colleagues what public involvement/engagement they do, tell us about what they’d like to do, and also hear from WIE staff about opportunities we have available for staff and students who want to get involved with schemes we’re running.

Lights, Camera, Action! Join this training session with award winning science communicator Sam Langford to discover the fundamentals for creating a video for research engagement. We'll explore how to create a high quality video using low tech equipment, with an introduction to scripting, production set up and simple editing. This session is suitable for beginners interested in creating their own video content for use across social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch. Book your place here.

Successful stage 1 nominees should complete their self-nomination form for the relevant category upon invitation by this date.

Being able to describe what you do and why is an essential skill and this workshop will help you take your communication to the next level. Science Communicator and previous international 3MT winner Dr Jamie Gallagher will show you how to turn research into the most interesting, engaging and memorable presentation possible. Discover the hints and tips that will make your talk stand out from the crowd and how to banish nerves to give a confident performance. Book your place here.

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Get help creating talks, events & activities. This workshop will guide you through the ways to create engaging talks, videos, podcasts, activities and shows based on your research or your area of work. Through exercises and interaction participants will gain understanding of how to communicate more effectively whatever the setting. Ideal for groups or individuals working towards an event or looking for new ideas to share their work.

Wednesday 17 May, 10am - 1pm - Part one (essential) | Wednesday 24 May, 10am - 1pm - Part two (optional)

Over two sessions, we will explore how we understand and evaluate audiences in a holistic way, introducing you to the skills and thinking needed to gain insight into how and why your public engagement activities have had an impact on your audiences. In the first session we will cover setting useful evaluation objectives and the tools to use which help you understand the most meaningful insights from your audiences. Session two takes a more detailed look at data and analysis methods used to understand audiences qualitatively and quantitatively and methods of reporting data most effectively.

Wednesday 17 May, 10am - 1pm - Part one (essential) | Wednesday 24 May, 10am - 1pm - Part two (optional)

Over two sessions, we will explore how we understand and evaluate audiences in a holistic way, introducing you to the skills and thinking needed to gain insight into how and why your public engagement activities have had an impact on your audiences. In the first session we will cover setting useful evaluation objectives and the tools to use which help you understand the most meaningful insights from your audiences. Session two takes a more detailed look at data and analysis methods used to understand audiences qualitatively and quantitatively and methods of reporting data most effectively.

Are you facing specific challenges in your citizen science work? Would you like an opportunity to share difficulties and feedback? Do you feel you would benefit from some insight from colleagues across Europe?

Welcome to the EUTOPIA TRAIN Citizen Science Clinic!Link opens in a new window

The Clinics are an online workshop series specially designed to share challenges and ideas for your citizen science work. Each workshop first focuses on one person’s situation. The session is closely facilitated to ensure everyone has a chance to listen and share ideas in a non-judgemental space.
After exploring one person’s challenge, we zoom out to discuss the broader context and how we can all apply these findings to our work.

CS Clinic 9: 'Closing the Clinics’: Lessons learned from the EUTOPIA Citizen Science Peer Learning Sessions

Thursday, May 25^th, 16:00 – 17:00 CET (15:00-16:00 GMT)

The ninth Citizen Science Clinic is the final edition within the framework of EUTOPIA TRAIN. We are looking back on eight clinics, readdressing the challenges and issues that were raised. Our ‘patients’ come to tell us whether they were able to implement (some of) their peers’ suggestions, how they went about it, and what they’ve learnt along the way.

This Clinic will be preceded by the EUTOPIA TRAIN Citizen Science Dissemination & Networking event. More information is to follow very soon.

The link to join will be sent to you after your registration > Registration form

With Dr Katie Steckles

A celebratory event at which the winners of WAPCE 2023 will be announced. Time TBC.