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We facilitate public engagement for our research students and staff to build links with the public.

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Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards 2025

Get your nominations in for the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards 2025 and get recognised for your public involvement and engagement work.

Deadline - Thursday 10 April 2025, 4pm.

Submit a nomination for the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards 2025
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Public Engagement Unit

The Public Engagement Unit is a central team that works across the University of Bath to support high-quality involvement and engagement with research. Find out more about the team, our approach and our work.

Public Engagement Unit blog

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Keep up-to-date with our latest work and thinking about public involvement and engagement at the University of Bath.

Funding opportunities

If you have an idea for public involvement and engagement in research activities, find out more about the current funding opportunities available from the Public Engagement Unit and other funding organisations.

NERC Opening Up the Environment

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NERC are inviting proposals for activities up to £62,500 that increase the diversity of representation in the environmental science. Deadline 1 April 2025.

STFC Public Engagement Nucleus Award

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The STFC Public Engagement Nucleus Award aims to fund public engagement that involve target audiences with stories of STFC science, technology and facilities.

Engagement opportunities

Put your public engagement skills into practice with these engagement opportunities run by the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.

Salisbury Science Café

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Share your research with an interested and diverse audience over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine at the Salisbury Science Café. Events from February 2025.

Connect! – Green Futures

A panel discussion on the historical and social impact of tobacco, featuring diverse speakers in conversation.

Connect! – Green Futures, an event fostering collaboration in environment and sustainability. Hosted by the University of Bath and Bath Spa University.

Make your public event count!

Have you organised or been part of a public event this year? If so, we'd love to hear from you and make sure it is counted in our annual Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey return.

Find out more about how to share your event details
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Training and professional development opportunities

Develop your knowledge and skills for public involvement and engagement with these training opportunities and learning resources from the Public Engagement Unit and other organisations.

Participatory Research Workshop

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A two-day course at Durham University (12–13 June 2025) for PhD students and community organisation members, led by international tutors.

Get help and advice about public engagement with research

Need some help with public engagement with research? Whether you're applying for research funding and want to discuss your ideas for involving and engaging people with your work or troubleshooting some issues you're having with your engagement work, the Public Engagement Unit can help.

Drop us a line, and we can book a chat.

Get in touch with the Public Engagement Unit
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Reward and recognition opportunities

Find out more about the Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards and the opportunities run by other organisations that celebrate your public involvement and engagement achievements.

Blogs from the Public Engagement Unit

Keep up-to-date with our latest work and thinking about public engagement from the Public Engagement Unit.

A year of community connecting

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Laura Steen shares her reflections and learnings working as Project Officer on the ParticipatoryResearch@Bath project over the last year.

Public Engagement Unit projects

Discover more about the Public Engagement Unit's projects and initiatives to embed a positive culture of public engagement with research at the University of Bath.

Engaged360@Bath

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Embedding a positive culture of public engagement with research at the University of Bath.

ChallengeCPD@Bath

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Investigating the provision, uptake and impact of training and professional development opportunities for researchers in public engagement.

ParticipatoryResearch@Bath

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Investigating the culture of participatory research at the University of Bath and working to enhance conditions for involving people in research meaningfully.

Community Matters

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A collaborative project between community organisations and University of Bath researchers to undertake community-based participatory research.

Manifesto for Public Engagement

The University of Bath is a signatory to the Manifesto for Public Engagement. Developed by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, the Manifesto outlines the three principles that support a positive culture of public engagement.

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Find out about the University of Bath's commitments as a signatory to the Manifesto for Public Engagement.

About us

We work to advance and improve connections between University of Bath research and society through high-quality public involvement and engagement.

The Public Engagement Unit works with staff and community groups to build and support the practice and thinking around high-quality public involvement and engagement with research.

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Get in touch if you have any questions about our services.