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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 245, 2020
24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2019)
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| Article Number | 08025 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | 8 - Collaboration, Education, Training and Outreach | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024508025 | |
| Published online | 16 November 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024508025
Public Engagement - More than just fun
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Scientific Computing, Didcot, United Kingdom
* Corresponding author: greg.corbett@stfc.ac.uk
Published online: 16 November 2020
Public Engagement (PE) with science should be more than “fun” for the staff involved. PE should be a strategic aim of any publically funded science organisation to ensure the public develops an understanding and appreciation of their work, its benefits to everyday life and to ensure the next generation is enthused to take up STEM careers. Most scientific organisations do have aims to do this, but very few have significant budgets to deliver this. In a landscape of ever tightening budgets, how can we develop a sustainable culture of PE within these organisations?
UKRI/STFC’s Scientific Computing Department present how we have worked to embed a culture of PE with the department by developing our early career staff members; highlighting the impact PE makes at the departmental and project level; and linking PE to our competency framework.
We will also discuss how our departmental work interacts with and complements STFC’s organisational-wide PE effort, such as making use of a shared evaluation framework that allows us to evaluate our public engagement activities against their goals and make strategic decisions about the programme’s future direction.
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