The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Media and Film, University of Nottingham host:
Challenges and Changes in Public Engagement
Postgraduate Training Event Friday, Council Room, Trent Building
June 6th, 2014 10am-3pm, including a free networking lunch
A training event aimed at providing postgraduate students with tools and resources that will help them to effectively join the gap between their academic research and the non-academic community.
The event will address challenges that doctoral researchers encounter when disseminating their research to the public, industry, and local and international communities. It will comprise workshops and discussions with academic and industry professionals, providing students with practical guidance on how they can disseminate their research via public-facing organizations, collaborate with local media, and build relationships with schools and community organizations, including:
Public Engagement and the Intercultural Community The ABCs of Working with Industry: Challenges, Pitfalls & Ways to Survive It A Conversation with Broadway Media Centre: Collaborating with Local Media Widening Participation and Outreach: Schools & the Community Public Engagement and Social Media
Contributors Include:
- Gianluca Sergi, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies, Director of the Institute for Screen Industries Research, University of Nottingham.
- Roshni Belakavadi, Producer-Programmes & ExperiMentor, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
- Caroline Hennigan, Programme Director, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
- Tara Webster-Deakin, Widening Participation and Outreach Officer, University of Nottingham
- Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
*This event is free, but we would be grateful if you could register: www.meccsapgn3.eventbrite.co.uk
If you have any questions, please email Dana Selassie: aaxdsse@nottingham.ac.uk
Please note: another free training event entitled Industrial Approaches to Media will take place the day before this event. If you would like to attend both, the organisers of either event can provide details of accommodation options.