National contacts for training, funding, advice and more

 

National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE): www.publicengagement.ac.uk

 

Wellcome Trust (regular large and small scale funding calls): www.wellcome.ac.uk

 

UKRI Public Engagement: www.ukri.org/public-engagement

 

Searchable database of REF 2014 impact case studies (for help with grant writing, funding proposals and impact evaluation): impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies

 

E.g. University of Southampton REF 2014 impact case study, ‘Public engagement with deep
ocean research’: impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?Id=42992

 

Wellcome Trust report ‘Factors Affecting Public Engagement By Researchers’: www.wellcome.ac.uk/PERSurvey

 

University of Southampton — Making Contact

 

Southampton Education School ITE — In-school teacher training partnerships, Existing partnerships with schools:
Phone (General Enquiries): 023 8059 3480 (internal extension 23480)
Primary: 023 8059 6231 | Secondary: 023 8059 2413 | FE: 023 8059 7269
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/education/postgraduate/itt.page
Email: partnership@southampton.ac.uk

 

Schools and Colleges Liaison, WP & UK Recruitment Teams – Main activities
offer for local schools and colleges, Existing partnerships with schools:
Phone: 023 8059 4737 (internal extension 24737)
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/schools-colleges
Email — Pre 16: outreach@southampton.ac.uk
Email — Post 16: liaison@southampton.ac.uk

 

Public Engagement with Research Unit (PERu):
Phone: 023 8059 7009 (internal extension 27009)
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/per
Email: peru@soton.ac.uk

 

Student Ambassadors and Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme (UAS):
Phone: 023 8059 9010 (internal extension 29010)
Web – Student Ambassadors: www.southampton.ac.uk/studentambassadors
Web – UAS: www.southampton.ac.uk/schools-colleges/undergraduate-ambassador-scheme.page
Email: ambassador@southampton.ac.uk

 

School-University Partnership Officer – if in doubt, contact the SUPO!:
Phone: 023 8059 7521 (ext. 27521)
Email: supo@soton.ac.uk
Web (what does the SUPO do?): www.southampton.ac.uk/per/about/jess-spurrell.page

 

Ask the Expert – Request a UoS researcher talk or workshop for your school, college or community group! www.southampton.ac.uk/schools-colleges/subject-specific-talks.page

Useful links and contacts

Southampton — Training and Development

 

MSLC — STEM CPD for teachers & technicians in the South East:
Phone: 023 8059 8810 (internal extension 28810)
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/mslc
Email: mslc@soton.ac.uk

 

CHEP — Academic professional development for all staff across the UoS:
Phone: 023 8059 3471 (internal extension 23471)
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/chep/index.page
Email: chep@soton.ac.uk

 

Doctoral College — UoS doctoral training & researcher development:
Phone: 023 8059 3253 (internal extension 23253)
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/doctoral-college
Email: doctoral-college@southampton.ac.uk

 

PERu training opportunities – including LifeLab’s ‘Meet the Scientist’ training and ‘Engaging with Schools’, based on this Guide Book:
Web: www.southampton.ac.uk/per/support/training.page

 

Meet the Scientist: www.southampton.ac.uk/per/support/training/meet-the-scientist.page

 

Engaging with Schools: www.southampton.ac.uk/per/support/training/schools-engagement.page

 

Winchester Science Centre — training for STEM Ambassadors and CPD for teachers:
Web: http://www.winchestersciencecentre.org/
Email – STEM Ambassadors: ambassadors@winchestersciencecentre.org
Email – School Enquiries: education@winchestersciencecentre.org

 

More from the Southampton SUPs Online

 

Online Educational Resources – Developed by Southampton teachers and researchers, connecting research to the curriculum to engage learners of all ages: www.sotontalk2us.org.uk/resources

 

Digital Engagement – The PERu team’s favourite free digital engagement resources from Southampton and beyond! www.southampton.ac.uk/per/Digital_Engagement/digital-engagement.page

 

Online, interactive version of this Guide Book www.sotontalk2us.org.uk