Our next engagement@manchester event explores “public engagement in teaching”. All staff and students are welcome to attend this free lunchtime event taking place Wed 19 March, 1-2pm, Kanaris lecture theatre, Manchester Museum

Public engagement can be incorporated into teaching and learning for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Whilst presenting some challenges this can be very rewarding both for students, teachers and for the organisations or groups that are involved. This session will explore a range of different approaches.

Speakers include:

  • Jo Deakin (Law) – From scatter gun to cohesion: opportunities for social responsibility in Criminology. Criminology courses lend themselves to engagement with communities, practitioners and policy makers but how can we pull the strands together into a cohesive, ’embedded’ strategy?
  • Peter Liddel & Polly Low (Classics and Ancient History) – ‘The Iris Project: enhancing literacy through Latin’. We will discuss the involvement of students of Classics and Ancient History in a project which aims to enhance performance in literacy among Year 7 pupils at Canon Slade School, Bolton, by introducing them to Latin.
  • Simon Parry (Arts, Languages and Cultures) – Cultural Work Placements. The Institute of Cultural Practices runs an assessed work placement module for postgraduate students from across the school. Students work in a range of cultural organisations, including museums, theatres and music organisations developing skills such as drama workshop facilitation, museum curating, arts marketing and fundraising at the same time as delivering projects for their host organisations.

There will also be an opportunity to network with others who have an interest in public engagement.

What is engagement@manchester?
Engagement@manchester are lunchtime events to provide informal professional development/networking sessions for anyone interested in public engagement.  We’ve looked at a huge range of topics including citizen science, working with schools, presenting in unusual places, and using social media. You can catch up on previous sessions (filmed events, presentations and resources) here.

Posted by Simon Parry, Lecturer in Arts Management and Drama, The University of Manchester