Workshop: Sharing research & practice to benefit ISL
Science Learning+ (SL+) was an international funding partnership designed to foster research-practice partnerships in informal science learning (ISL), with the aim of strengthening the ISL knowledge base, bridging the gap between practice and research, and sharing knowledge and experience in informal STEM experiences.
This workshop, will include some candid conversation with four of the five funded SL+ researcher/practitioner projects. Members of the project teams (researchers and practitioners) will share practice relevant findings from their longitudinal research partnerships as well offering some honest reflection from ‘under the hood’ of the partnerships themselves.
Biography
Paul Manners is Associate Professor in Public Engagement at UWE Bristol and founding director of the UK’s National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). The NCCPE was established in 2008 to support universities to embed innovative approaches to involving the public in their work. The NCCPE is widely recognised for its expertise in supporting organisational change, partnership working, impact assessment and innovation in engagement. Paul trained as an English teacher before working at the BBC for 18 years, responsible for a number of broadcast-led public engagement campaigns. He is chair of the National Trust’s advisory group on Collections and Interpretation.