Public Engagement in ICT: Evaluating Engagement

Join us at the University of Birmingham for the first of three exciting events aimed at providing skills and training in public engagement in computer science. These events are hosted with support of an EPSRC grant awarded to Professor John Terry.

This in-person event delivered by award-winning public engagement specialist Dr Jamie Gallagher aims to bring together experts and enthusiasts to explore strategies and best practices for evaluating engagement.

Successful public engagement can benefit research, researchers and the public – but how do you go about demonstrating this change? This workshop will guide you through the best evaluation processes showing you When, Why and crucially How to use evaluation to give you reliable and clear data. Demonstrate success to funders; record Impact for REF; learn how to improve your processes and have a better understanding of the people you are connecting with.

Objectives

At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

• Understand the purposes, uses and limitations of evaluation
• Apply event-appropriate evaluation methods in multiple scenarios
• Prepare useful, answerable and relevant evaluation questions
• Devise and deliver your own evaluation plan
• Interpret and report evaluation data

This event is open to anyone in the computer science or ICT field who wants to learn more about public engagement and develop their skills in this area. We highly encourage early career researchers to attend these events.

Travel Bursary:
We have a small number of travel bursaries available of up to the value of £150 for anyone outside of Birmingham who would like to travel to this event. This is to cover the cost of economy train/bus travel and receipt(s) will be needed to claim your expense. Please email by Monday 17th March with a supporting paragraph explaining why you would like to attend the workshop and how the bursary would be beneficial to you. We are also happy to contribute towards carer, support worker or childcare costs if this will help you attend – please discuss with us what support you would need.

Deadline for travel bursary: 17/03/2025. We will contact you to let you know if you have been successful by 19/03/2025

Any questions or queries please email: [email protected]

Host or Publisher SMQB, University of Birmingham