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Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement

Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement. Dr Heather Rea Network Coordinator/ Project Manager 10 June 2008. Edinburgh Beltane Aim. Embedding a Culture Change Fostering Growth. Edinburgh Beltane Aim. Embedding a Culture Change Changing Perceptions. Edinburgh Beltane Theme.

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Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement

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  1. Edinburgh BeltaneBeacon for Public Engagement Dr Heather Rea Network Coordinator/ Project Manager 10 June 2008

  2. Edinburgh Beltane Aim Embedding a Culture Change Fostering Growth

  3. Edinburgh Beltane Aim Embedding a Culture Change Changing Perceptions

  4. Edinburgh Beltane Theme Encouraging citizen participation and understanding of areas of research relevant to public policy such as health and life sciences, energy and the environment.

  5. Edinburgh Beltane Theme

  6. Plans • Public Engagement Fellows • Public Engagement Challenges • Events • Training • Human Resources • Awards

  7. Plans & Progress • Public Engagement Fellows • 6 month part-time funded secondments from HEI’s • To create ambassadors To be discussed at inaugural steering group meeting and implemented Jan 09.

  8. Plans & Progress • Public Engagement Challenge • A competition for the best new Public Engagement activity • To create incentive and growth To be discussed at inaugural steering group meeting and implemented Jan 09.

  9. Plans & Progress • Host Public Engagement Events • To create incentive, opportunity, learning and awareness • 5 Events planned • Carnegie Festival of Imagination. 30th Aug to 6th Sept • Edinburgh Beltane Launch, 30 Sept 2008 • Regenerative Medicine: How will it Change my Life? 24th November 2008 • Complementary Medicine, 27th March 2009 • Climate change enquiry tba

  10. Plans & Progress • Provide training events • Provide staff development opportunities • To create confidence and quality • 3 Events planned • Dark Skies Scotland, Autumn 2008 • Practitioners event, tba • RAEng funded DEEPER project, 2008/2009

  11. Plans & Progress • Work with human resources • Identify and embed rewards and recognition into institutional career progression routes Early stage contact with HR at two partner institutions.

  12. Plans & Progress • Encourage Institutions to set up Awards for excellence in Public Engagement • Provide recognition and reward • To change perceptions • Tam Dalyell Prize • for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science • The Principal's Medal • for a significant contribution to support or benefit the wider community

  13. Other Progress to date • Recruitment • Me • Administrator soon • Evaluation

  14. What we want today • Early stages • To observe and learn from those ahead of us • To share our findings about policy and HR at a later stage

  15. Thanks

  16. Angus Giving the Beltane Cheer, Photographer: Ove Hansen

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