皇家华人

Explore case studies from past Public Engagement projects:[[{"fid":"10859","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An image of a Sierra Leonean news article about this project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An image of a Sierra Leonean news article about this project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Talking liver cancer in Sierra LeoneA public engagement project about liver cancer that took an interesting turn in response to unexpected circumstances.2013Themes: Brokering networks, Learn to listen[[{"fid":"8843","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"stone path leading into the mist","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"stone path leading into the mist","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Co-production: Action Youth Boxing InterventionUsing expertise of many kinds to support students who are experiencing challenges.2018Themes: Co-production; Young people; Develop a dialogue; Embed a change[[{"fid":"10867","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Student engagers in the UCL Art Museum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Student engagers in the UCL Art Museum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Student engagersDeveloping researchers' engagement skills, and creating more dialogue around university collections, though engagement in museums.2013 - 2019Themes: Museums; Researcher development; Start a conversation[[{"fid":"10875","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Participants in the World Stroke Day forum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Participants in the World Stroke Day forum","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]World Stroke Day 2018UCL World Stroke Day forum brought together over 100 stroke survivors and their carers with six UCL research and clinical groups and four charity partners.Themes: Collaborative conference; Develop a dialogue[[{"fid":"10879","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An artistic representation of the Humans make Plastic workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"An artistic representation of the Humans make Plastic workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Open Doors Vote 100A collaboration between members of the East Bank partnership to bring together local residents and the institutions moving into east London.Themes: Workshop; Start a conversation[[{"fid":"10883","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The early days of Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The early days of Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Bright ClubA comedy night where the comedians are academics and the audience is enthralled.Themes: Comedy night; Find your voice[[{"fid":"10887","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A microphone in a stand at Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A microphone in a stand at Bright Club","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"200","width":"320","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Bright Club Persona: a student's experienceIn this "persona" case study, we explore a student's experience of the project.Themes: Comedy night; Find your voice[[{"fid":"12315","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo of child's face peering through a cartoon cutout of a traditional character","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo of child's face peering through a cartoon cutout of a traditional character","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Jeevan Shakti Mela - Festival for LifeforceA Mela (fair) involving participatory research, traditionalart, interactive games, and drama in rural plains Nepal, exploring Type Two Diabetes.Themes: Festival; Participation; Start a conversation [[{"fid":"6571","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"We are here photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"We are here photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]We are here! Black Feminist ExplorationA retreat for black women academics and non-academics from the UK to collaboratively explore Black British feminism.2014Themes: Workshop, Start a conversation[[{"fid":"6563","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Art and War Case image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Art and War Case 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in contemporary Britain.2013Themes: Exhibition, Develop a dialogue[[{"fid":"6583","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cafe Culture photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cafe Culture photo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Cafe CultureA series of evening events where academics from the School of European Languages, Culture and Society gave short, fun talks on their research to public audiences.2014Themes: Find your voice, Talk[[{"fid":"6587","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Faith and Suburbia image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Faith and Suburbia 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Festival, Find your voice[[{"fid":"6595","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Beatboxing image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Beatboxing image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]] Beatboxing After LaryngectomyClinicians, patients and young people were brought together to explore the role of beatboxing in voice rehabilitation and raise awareness of the difficulties facing those without voice boxes.2017Themes: Workshop, Develop a Dialogue[[{"fid":"6667","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"QRator image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"QRator 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Junctions","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Food Junctions","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Food JunctionsPart of the Reveal Festival, involv a range of people including UCL staff and students, members of the local community, creative organisations, local businesses and food enthusiasts. 2010Themes: Event, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6683","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mental Health in late life","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mental Health in late life","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Engaging with mental health research in very late lifeDiscussion groups in day centres with older people, to discuss the topics of wellbeing in later life and what facilitates or hinders this.2017Themes: Workshops, Learn to Listen[[{"fid":"6687","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Oral Health and Perfomance image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Oral Health and Perfomance 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An example of how engagement can increase the impact of health research.2012Themes: Symposium, Learn to Listen[[{"fid":"6691","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival 2013 image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival 2013 image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]The Bloomsbury Festival 2013This was the first time a cohesive public engagement programme has been co-ordinated by the UCL Public Engagement Unit (PEU) within the Bloomsbury Festival.2013Themes: Festival, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6695","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Birdshot Day image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Birdshot Day image","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Birdshot DayThe Birdshot Day was set up to bring together people with Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, their friends and family members, and healthcare professionals with an interest in this area.2010Themes: Patient Day, Develop a Dialogue[[{"fid":"6699","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Code workshops","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Code workshops","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]UCL CODE workshopsWorkshops in Stratford Library on the subject of coding, giving the young people a chance to learn from, meet, and question leading researchers and practitioners in the field.2014Themes: Workshop, Find Your Voice[[{"fid":"6811","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cooking workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Cooking workshop","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Eating for Eye HealthSessions bringing together patients with macular degenerationand restaurants in East London in research on nutrition and eye health.2016Themes: Workshop, Develop a Dialogue

A groundbreaking collaboration between UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, and UCL Museums and Collections at the Grant Museum of Zoology developed QRator, an innovative new form of digital interpretation that empowers museum visitors to engage directly with curators and each other in a two-way conversation using social media.   [[{"fid":"3393","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"c_ucl_gmz_matt_clayton_0513_29.jpg","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"c_ucl_gmz_matt_clayton_0513_29.jpg","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"2558","width":"3505","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]QRator was an iPad-based digital interpretation system that allowed visitors the to Grant Museum of Zoology to be a curator and share their views on displays of specimens about science in society and museum practice today. Visitors can input their thoughts on the display directly onto the iPad creating a digital 鈥榣iving鈥� label that subsequent visitors can read and respond to in real time which then become part of the display itself. The traditional form of the museum is often one way: intended to instruct visitors in a one-sided communication; a form of interaction which tends to alienate visitors and distance curators from the needs and interests of the public they serve. QRator develop a means of empowering museums visitors to think of exhibits as social objects, and discuss them interactively with curators and other visitors. One of the first current questions was entitled Conserve or Display? Asking visitors to consider the following:鈥淗ow do we balance the needs of our specimens and the desires of our visitors? Most objects on display are irreversibly damaged by exposure to light, dust and fluctuations in temperature and humidity. The longer they are on display the shorter they will last. Instead, specimens in storage will last longer without requiring conservation treatment and care; however, visitors would not be able to readily see the specimens. Without specimens there wouldn鈥檛 be a museum.鈥漁ther questions included: Ecology or Exploitation - Is ecotourism an answer to local environmental and biodiversity conservation?Should we only be conserving things that have a potential human benefit?Should we clone extinct animals?Can we lie about what a specimen is or where it came from?Is domestication ethical?Do you find skeletons, taxidermy or specimens in fluid more interesting?Over the four years QRator was on display at the Grant Museum the project aimed to create new kinds of content, co-curated by the public, and museum staff, that enhanced museum interpretation, public engagement and established new connections to museum exhibit content.Researching QRatorThe research project investigated these questions: can visitors to a museum be trusted to engage and answer challenging questions posed by a curator? Is it possible to elicit a dialogue between visitors and curators that encourages interpretation and analysis of objects, using digital methods?Using the QRator iPads and QR codes in the Grant Museum and on the QRator website the research team found that visitors engaged in complex dialogues regarding provenance, as well as moral issues around acquisition, retention and display.Launched as part of the rehousing of the Grant Museum in 2011 by 2013, it had received over 4,300 comments, or one for every three visitors, compared to the miniscule numbers who wrote in the visitor book or spoke to staff.Impact of QRatorThe museums and heritage sector immediately recognised the valuable contribution QRator makes to the visitor experience, without feeling intrusive or gimmicky. In 2012, it won an UK Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence 2012 in the Innovation category as "鈥�impressive in the way it encourages participation within museums but also, importantly, in maintaining that participation beyond the walls of the museum when visitors have returned home".[[{"fid":"10463","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The team at the Museum and Heritage awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"The QRator team accepting the Innovation award at the 2012 Museum and Heritage Awards ","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"The team at the Museum and Heritage awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"The QRator team accepting the Innovation award at the 2012 Museum and Heritage Awards ","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1888","width":"2837","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]In 2012, the research team was invited to trial QRator at the Imperial War Museum's A Family in Wartime exhibition in both IWM North and IWM Lambeth. The project, which used interactive touch screens and social media to enter into digital conversations with each other and the curators, received over 26,000 comments from visitors to the two sites. 

The human desire to classify is perhaps at its strongest when it comes to natural history, as we group and order the world around us into discrete categories. However, the way we organise and display nature is unnatural and at odds with the blurred edges and continuous variation of real nature. How does this relate to practices in which LGBTQ+ people self-classify?Co-produced between the UCL Urban Lab, Queer Zoo used the Grant Museum's collection, taxonomic practice of natural history and George Mazzei's 1979 article 'Who's Who at the Zoo' - that first introduced an animal naming system for gay men- as inspiration for an evening that looked at the way in which LGBTQ+ people order themselves. In a series of performances, readings, interventions and provocations from artists and academics, Queer Zoo interogated the practice of classification in more detail. Over the course of the evening with an audience of over 200 people we looked at the history and the development of categories of sexual orientation and gender identity/roles鈥斺�榟omosexual鈥�, 鈥楲GBT鈥�, 鈥榪ueer鈥�, 鈥榙issident鈥� etc. and discussed the use of ordering systems that are increasingly reductive and based on physical attributes and sexual preferences reflecting.Queer Zoo sought the help of Dr. Sharon Husbands and her irrepresible style, to invite the audience to participate in discussions of how the changing conceptions of the body, social media, cultural and societal pressures are impacting and shaping both individual LGBTQ+ community identity.As the inaugural event of the newly formed LGBTQ+ Research Network, Queer Zoo asked participants to debate and name the inititaive,   

Highlights from six years of annual collaborations with Slade artists.The 2015 Slade Collaboration exhibition, RE-LAUNCH, marked the reopening of UCL鈥檚 Art Museum鈥檚 main space after a programme of improvements, supported by a DCMS/Wolfson award for the improvement of museums and galleries, and HLF funding.  The exhibition presented a selection of objects, prints and video, including site specific artworks, made in response to our collections and the theme of re-launch. These works were shown within the surrounds of the UCL Art Museum's permanent collection of prints and drawings, including plaster models by the renowned neoclassicist John Flaxman.The featured artists included:Ian Giles, Jonathan Kipps, Katja Larsson, Nadine Mahoney, Julia McKinlay, Milou van der Maaden, Janne Malmros, Kate Keara Pelen, Cyrus Shroff, Printers鈥� SymphonyThe RE-LAUNCH (2015) catalogue Includes an introductory text by Dr Nina Pearlman, Head of UCL Art Collections and a conversation between Dr Andrea Fredericksen, Curator UCL Art Collections, with Professor Susan Collins, former Director of the Slade about the collaboration.For more information about the exhibition please visit our blog that includes a conversation on the occasion of the 2015 relaunch between Helen R Cobby (UCL History of Art Alumna 2015) and the two artists who supported the project, J. Yuen Ling Chiu and Keef Winter.In collaboration with the Zabludowicz Collection, an accompanying symposium, Collecting the Emerging (2015), brought together 15 researchers, artists and curators to examine issues around collecting new and experimental art. This is part of UCL Art Collections鈥� commitment to interdisciplinary research-impact collaborations. For more information or expressions of interest to collaborate contact museums@ucl.ac.uk More about the exhibitionAmongst the works in the show visitors found literal references to the notion of re-launch such as Katja Larrson鈥檚 cast digger bucket representing the idea of construction and development. Ian Giles鈥� Leap of Faith was a revisited video work that expands upon Yoshikuni鈥檚 Bat and a Full Moon, a Japanese woodcut of a vertical-flying bat placed by the artist up near the ceiling. Kate Keara Pelen presents a set of 鈥榬itual objects鈥� referencing 16th-century prints by Hans Sebald Beham and Lucas Cranach the Elder, creating 3D objects in felt that brought the prints off the paper into a sculptural reality. Jonathan Kipps鈥� full-size column, made from re-appropriated building materials and methods of construction, interrupted the ordered neoclassical system used by the original architect William Wilkins.While the works by the participating artists were visually and spatially accessible, over 8,000 works of art remain co-present. With a world-class collection of prints and drawings by past masters ensconced on-site in cabinets and boxes and plaster models by the neoclassicist John Flaxman on open display, visitors were reminded of the art collections鈥� Victorian origins. At 皇家华人 Art Museum that which is visible is in constant dialogue with the hidden and vice versa, bringing to the fore the tensions between access to art and the regulation of its visibility. A limited edition printed catalogue was available alongside the exhibition.  

The UCL Provost's Public Engagement Awards celebrated staff, students and community partners at the university's dazzling ceremony in May 2019. Seven award-winning projects illustrate UCL鈥檚 distinctive approach to public engagement. Read on to find out what made these submissions stand-out and get an idea of UCL's outstanding and collaborative work with the wider public.You can also view a playlist of videos about the winners at the bottom of the page.Drumroll please... Community AwardAlbert McEyeson, Action Youth Boxing Intervention[[{"fid":"10991","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Albery McEyeson","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Albery McEyeson","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Albert is the manager of Action Youth Boxing Intervention a Real-Talk programme which supports Camden-based young people at risk of, or who are already excluded from school to re-engage, through a combination of non-contact boxing training and rational emotive/cognitive behavioural therapy techniques. He has worked with UCL (specifically Charlotte Woodhead from Institute of Epidemiology & Health) to evidence the impact of the programme through a successful grant from the UCL Centre for Coproduction in Health Research as one of their pilot projects.This project has encouraged the contribution of local young people who might not otherwise have got involved in UCL-related research. This includes local young people from black and minority ethnic groups, young people at risk of school exclusion, whose behaviour can be challenging or who have been involved in criminal behaviour, and/or young people who are experiencing social isolation and low self-esteem. As part of the pilot Albert coordinated and led three steering group meetings and six workshops with young people. At the end of the pilot project he co-produced a theory of change and a research plan that will be used to bid for additional research funding. Albert has also been actively involved in additional UCL Centre for Coproduction activities which aimed to gather the learning around the coproduction process from the pilots and coproduce an evaluation framework for the Centre's work. Albert took part in these in his own time, bringing his perspective as a local community organisation leader and member of the local community.  Early Career Researcher AwardDr Briony Hudson, Pathway and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry[[{"fid":"10983","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Briony Hudson Smith","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Briony Hudson Smith","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Briony鈥檚 research and public engagement activities are based around challenges faced by homeless people with advanced ill health. The engagement work has included developing and delivering training for people working in homeless hostels and health care professionals around palliative care alongside other researchers and the homelessness charities St Mungo鈥檚 and Pathway. Additional funding from The Oak Foundation has now been secured to continue this work. Briony also co-produced a video with homeless hostel staff and residents to share some of the challenges of being homeless and ill with health care providers which is used in the above training. She also led a successful bid to the UCL Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund to create a free to access website to host information and resources developed through the research. The website has received almost 7,000 views from around the wold. Staff from homelessness services, hospices and a range of health care professionals are accessing the site.Both the community of people with lived experience of homelessness and those supporting them have been engaged in all stages of her research, leading to research recommendations that have been then been embraced by said communities. This has had considerable impact on attitudes towards palliative care and support for homeless people. This work has contributed to the growing recognition of the issue in the media and UK Parliament. Established AwardProf. Bob Mills, History of Art Department [[{"fid":"10987","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Bob Mills","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Bob Mills","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"844","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Bob developed the Hide & Seek project, an innovative walking tour of Bloomsbury designed to throw light on the peoples and places that have contributed to the area鈥檚 rich and diverse LGBTQ+ heritage. Bob devised the itinerary, format, content and publicity materials. He also recruited, coordinated and trained a group of LGBTQ volunteer guides to recount stories and anecdotes connected with specific locations along the route. The format proved very popular and the walks were a 'sell out' success, being reprised three times in 2018. The walks started with a talk delivered by Bob where he reflected on UCL's own LGBTQ+ histories. Walkers were then issued with route maps, and set off on a 鈥榪ueer鈥� exploration of the neighbourhood. Walkers encountered a diversity of voices and perspectives on the tour and were encouraged to share their own stories. He is currently working with UCL Urban Laboratory to turn Hide & Seek into an audio tour with additional content, potentially also collaborating with Ramble London based in UCL Geography. This project grew from Bob鈥檚 significant and sustained public engagement in the field of LGBTQ histories and equalities. Highlights include organising Art + Activism: Queer and Feminist Visibilities, a conference featuring a line-up composed mainly of artists, performers, activists and curators; advising on a history display and trail at the British Museum; participating in the steering group for the 鈥楶ride of Place鈥� project on England's LGBTQ heritage, launched by Historic England; and giving numerous public talks at festivals and events programmes, several of which have been successful online (including the most watched UCL Lunch Hour Lecture on YouTube, with more than 1.2 million views to date.)  Institutional Leadership AwardResearch For All team: Sandy Oliver (UCL Institute of Education), Pat Gordon-Smith (UCL IOE Press), Sophie Duncan (National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement) & 30 international associate editors.[[{"fid":"11011","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Sandy Oliver, Pat Gordon-Smith and Sophie Duncan","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Sandy Oliver, Pat Gordon-Smith and Sophie Duncan","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"840","width":"4484","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Research for All is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that 鈥榟as quickly established itself as one of the most highly regarded academic spaces on a global level for those involved in the co-creation of knowledge amongst university and community-based intellectuals鈥� (Rajesh Tandon & Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chairs in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education). It is a public engagement project in its own right, bringing together academics and communities from across the world to share expertise. Launched in 2017, it has published five issues (two per year) containing 70 articles, achieving over 11,000 article downloads. The editors are now receiving a steady stream of unsolicited contributions.The journal publishes authors less often heard in academia, including partners in NGOs, theatre, local TV, commercial enterprises, NHS, museum and government, teachers in schools or further education, students, and freelance participation practitioners. Almost half of the published articles model academics and community partners writing together. Editorials explore synergies between knowledge held by academics and their community partners, to enhance the credibility of each to the other. The journal provides a focal point for debate and thinking about the challenges of designing, delivering and leading engaged research in any area of study, articulating the case for engaged scholarship and contributing to culture change. Professional Services Staff Award Anouchka Sterling, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience[[{"fid":"10975","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Anouchska Sterling","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Anouchska Sterling","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Anouchka was responsible for running the 鈥淢ind The Brain鈥� event for the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience on 12th May 2018, following on from the 2016 event. She conceived the event as an opportunity to showcase a diverse range of research in the Cognitive Neuroscience and related fields and to help embed Public Engagement at the Institute. She was also responsible for the online promotion through social media and targeted online advertising which led to a sell-out. As the event was live-streamed she organised an online system to capture questions from the audience (both online and in the room) for the speakers during the panel discussion session, allowing for more open and interactive discussion with the audience. This was implemented following recommendations from the 2016 showcase. The event was recorded and is still available online.Anouchka used the event to develop public engagement skills within the Institute. She worked with Masters students from the ICN and members of her professional services team to shape the day, select the speakers, set the topics and manage more practical issues such as setting up the web site, selling tickets, and helping with those last minute tasks on the day. This event has led to these staff members, both students and professional services to continue on their engagement journeys, many of whom have since taken part in additional public engagement opportunities in the institute.  Student AwardHelen Greaves, Pond Restoration Research Group, Department of Geography[[{"fid":"10979","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Helen Greaves","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Helen Greaves","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Helen is the co-founder of the UCL Pond Restoration Research Group (PRRG) and the Norfolk Ponds Project (NPP), a partnership between UCL, Norfolk Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group, local farmers, and other interest groups. Her work centres on engagement of farmland pond restoration research.Helen has been the NPP secretary since its initiation running over 20 events including several field-based farm pond restoration workshops for farmers, agri-environment & conservation professionals, the local community and school children (which involved Helen dressing up as a frog and arranging innovative pond games in the farm yard). The farm pond workshop events have typically taken place at the NPP鈥檚 demonstration pond landscape in Briston, Norfolk. These events allow for both formal and informal engagement opportunities. In addition she has also been instrumental in organising pond restoration events aimed at local volunteers, resulting in some 50 ponds being restored; leading to huge measured biodiversity benefits. She has also given advice to many farmers via phone calls, e-mails and field visits.To add to her public engagement portfolio, in 2016, Helen conceived, applied for and was awarded a British Ecological Society project called the 鈥淕reat Twin Pond Dig鈥� which twinned small groups of citizen scientists in a Norfolk village with a Lancashire village. Both groups of locals are monitoring ponds in their respective villages before and after restoration. In each case citizen scientists have helped to restore their own village ponds. They have taken part in Bioblitz days where UCL and local natural history experts have gathered to record as many species as possible. These events have enabling much knowledge-transfer and learning about pond biology.   Team AwardDr Lena Ciric (Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) & Dr Tse-Hui Teh (The Bartlett School of Planning)[[{"fid":"10995","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Tse-Hui Teh and Lena Ciric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Photo portrait of Tse-Hui Teh and Lena Ciric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"漏 Hydar Dewachi","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1000","width":"1500","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Lena and Tse-Hui have been working together for a number of years to engage the public around the topic of sustainable sanitation. Their work started in 2016 when they collaborated with a number of London allotment societies who had installed composting dry toilets. During this project they worked with the allotmenteers to better understand their motivations and concerns about the composting toilets. Since then, they have showcased their work to the public through a series of events including workshops at 皇家华人 and the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve.  They are now working with Spitalfields City Farm where they have run a number of workshops with different groups (including city professionals, the local Bangladeshi community, teenagers who have been excluded from education and primary school children) to better understand views on composting toilets. Together with the farm, they have installed a composting toilet on site and used what they learned from the workshops to design artwork inside the composting toilet cubicle. The artwork will serve to engage with toilet users about the nutrient cycle and more sustainable sanitation solutions in the urban setting. The toilet is now open to the public and their work will continue by gathering opinions from toilet users as well as making measurements of the compost quality and feeding these back to both the farm and the public.  The evolution of their work is evidence of their commitment to public engagement as a two-way process. Lena and Hui continue to gather data and develop research publications from these collaborations. The projects provide data and interdisciplinary case studies of sustainable sanitation, which is a global challenge for cities. Find out more about our winning projects in this playlist, or find the individual videos on Youtube. YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUsffl6D00&list=PLmR-JZVheI8roMuf_gHxYLne9gSGO8GVC  Nominations for 2019/20 will open later on this year. 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The UCL Provost's Public Engagement Awards celebrated staff, students and community partners at the university's dazzling ceremony in June 2018. Seven award-winning projects illustrate UCL鈥檚 distinctive approach to public engagement. Read on to find out what made these submissions stand-out and get an idea of UCL's outstanding and collaborative work with the wider public. Drumroll please...[[{"fid":"9099","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Perspex trophies of all seven PEU awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Perspex trophies of all seven PEU awards","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"3301","width":"5001","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Community AwardAthena Lamnisos & Angus MacLennan[[{"fid":"8999","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman using pipette to prepare medical tests","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman using pipette to prepare medical tests","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1242","width":"1625","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]The Eve Appeal was set up with one ambitious yet simple vision: a future where fewer women develop and more women survive gynaecological cancers. Grown and developed in parallel with its core research team the Department of Women鈥檚 Cancer at 皇家华人, The Eve Appeal is the only UK national charity raising awareness and funding research in five women-only cancers. Their work takes place in an impressive 31 institutions across 15 countries and conducts ground-breaking research in risk prediction, early detection and screening.The charity has not only played a crucial role in providing seed funding, core infrastructure funding and project funding, but campaigns to raise awareness of women-specific cancers. Their work shares the impact of UCL鈥檚 activities to the wider world via multiple outlets, resulting in benefits for higher education, research and the public. The Eve Appeal has enabled the UCL Department of Women鈥檚 Cancer to relentlessly pursue its mission of reducing the burden of women鈥檚 cancer and to maximise the impact of UCL research on society. Early Career Researcher AwardAndrea Rigon[[{"fid":"9031","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View across informal settlement in Sierra Leone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View across informal settlement in Sierra Leone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"3864","width":"5152","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Andrea co-founded the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) in a partnership between UCL, Njala University and civil society organisations. Their aim is to achieve equitable urban development in Sierra Leone with a focus on the wellbeing of the residents of informal settlements.This area of Sierra Leone is home to some of the most vulnerable people in the world. SLURC gives members of the population who were previously unheard a voice, to implement real change in their communities at government level. To do this, Andrea and his team brought together and trained local actors, facilitating dialogue between communities and government staff, NGO professionals and researchers.To date, SLURC's activities have contributed to a national demand for urban transformation and helped shift perceptions of informal settlements. A local network of people living in run-down housing has been given the tools to implement change where it's needed most. Andrea's work continues to maximise the opportunity for UCL staff to contribute to the wellbeing of the urban poor in Sierra Leone by facilitating further conversations between Development NGO professionals and students. Established AwardDr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh[[{"fid":"9023","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Elena speaking into a microphone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Elena speaking into a microphone","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1314","width":"2129","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh鈥檚 research examines conflict-induced displacement in the Middle East. She is currently leading four major externally-funded research projects exploring the experiences of and responses to displacement in this region.All Elena鈥檚 work has strong public engagement and policy components. These include the creation of online 鈥榗ommunities of conversation鈥� - a collaboration with locally-based researchers who have themselves been affected by conflict and displacement - and the co-creation of knowledge with national and international policymakers themselves. Deeply committed to joint learning and engaging, Elena co-creates research via open access platforms, leads collaborative learning initiatives and even produces multilingual policy briefings to promote social justice for refugees. Elena is also the director of the UCL Refugee in a Moving World network which encourages the university to develop strategies to support communities affected by displacement, including refugee students and academics. Institutional Leadership AwardExtreme Citizen Science research group[[{"fid":"9007","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Excites citizen science project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Excites citizen science project","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1359","width":"1577","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]ExCiteS (the Extreme Citizen Science Research) group was created in 2011 by Prof Muki Haklay, Dr Jerome Lewis and Dr Claire Ellul. Their work in community engagement started back in 1998, and today their work enables individuals to run their own Citizen Science research projects. The 鈥楨xtreme鈥� part of the name demonstrates that these methods have both local and global applicability and scope.With an interdisciplinary approach, ExCiteS aims to provide any user, regardless of their background or literacy level, with a set of tools that can be used to collect, analyse and act on information according to agreed scientific methods. With these skills and methods in place, anyone can run their own Citizen Science project to deal with issues that concern them.The projects supported by ExCiteS range from helping indigenous groups in the Congo basin to protect themselves from the threat of commercial poachers, to empowering local London communities to monitor air quality. We鈥檙e looking forward to seeing what they work on next. Professional Services Staff Award Annabelle South[[{"fid":"9011","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman drawing diagram on wall","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Annabelle South","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Woman drawing diagram on wall","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Annabelle South","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1358","width":"2271","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Annabelle鈥檚 extraordinary level of commitment to patients and public groups in the cancer and infections research field makes her an award-winner this year.Annabelle works with the Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit on a wide range of clinical trials in the UK and Africa, including treatments for cancer, HIV and tuberculosis. Responsible for a portfolio of innovative and creative approaches to public engagement she is the friendly face of UCL clinical research in what can sometimes be a daunting process for patients.In 2016, in a partnership project with Cancer Research UK, Annabelle ran a series of roadshows around the UK for prostate cancer patients and their loved ones. The roadshows provided an important opportunity for patients and the public to speak directly to UCL clinical researchers. Annabelle's work enables researchers to better meet the needs of patients through communication platforms, and helps to ensure that patients, their families and society know how important a contribution to science they are making by being part of a clinical trial. Student AwardNicola Antaki[[{"fid":"9115","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View over child's shoulder as he uses coloured pens to draw onto white fabric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"View over child's shoulder as he uses coloured pens to draw onto white fabric","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"853","width":"1280","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]Nicola Antaki's doctoral research combines interdisciplinary practices of pedagogy and design. A practising architect, she has developed an innovative teaching method entitled 鈥楢 Learning Architecture鈥�, enabling school children to redesign their environment. Nicola鈥檚 research, situated in Mumbai since 2011, centres around a sustained collaboration with the same group of primary school children in an informal settlement. Forming the central part of her doctoral research, this project has been an ongoing co-design project bringing together architectural design and local craft to help children become active citizens. The project came together for an exhibition of the children鈥檚 work, curated and designed through workshops and a series of events. Significantly, due to Nicola鈥檚 long-term and intimate engagement with these communities and the ongoing success of her work, the school integrated her project principles into the school curriculum and has decided to continue to include more active design in art and craft sessions. Team AwardKnow Your Normal - Dr Laura Crane, Fern Adams, Georgia Harper, Jack Welch and Prof Liz Pellicano[[{"fid":"5487","view_mode":"xl","fields":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"CRAE and Ambitious about Autism","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-large","format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"CRAE and Ambitious about Autism","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"771","width":"1878","class":"media-element file-xl"}}]]Know Your Normal is a campaign led by a team of young autistic people from the charity Ambitious about Autism, with academics from UCL. Their work focuses on supporting young autistic people to identify what鈥檚 鈥榥ormal鈥� for them when it comes to their own mental health, and to empower them to seek help if/when their 'normal' changes.UCL academics Laura Crane, Senior Lecturer at 皇家华人 Institute of Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), and Liz Pellicano, now Professor of Autism Education at Macquarie University, Sydney worked in partnership with three young people from the charity - Fern Adams, Georgia Harper and Jack Welch. Together they designed the research, collected data, interpreted the results, and disseminated the findings in an accessible report. Informed by the success of this project CRAE will embed collaborative public engagement within their long term strategy. Find out moreClick here to discover the history and achievements of the UCL Public Engagement Unit.