Beacons for Public Engagement – funded by the UK funding councils,

Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust

Supporting professional development in public engagement: The Edinburgh Beltane

approach

Lara Isbel

Manchester Summit9th November 2010

What this session will cover:

1.Supporting professional development in public engagement in Manchester (Group discussion)

2.How the Edinburgh Beltane is approaching professional development in public engagement (Presentation)

3. Is there potential for Manchester and Edinburgh to collaborate? (Group discussion)

Supporting professional development in public engagement in Manchester

Questions to ponder:

• What works really well? What are the main strengths?

• What could be improved?

Discuss at your table for 5 minutes and come up with:

• 3 strengths (green post-its)

• 3 areas for improvement (yellow post-its)

Edinburgh Beltane Universities

Sharing courses between institutions

The Beltane Bursary

How to advertise opportunities?

(link to training database)

How to recognise expertise?

The Beltane Certificate

• Database due to be finished in mid November,

• Big launch in January

• 7 training providers and 30 courses

• Finalising how the Beltane Certificate will work

Where we are at

Next steps

• Where are the gaps?• Develop resources to form a toolkit that

each institution can use – focus on the ‘train the trainer’ sessions

• Could the Beltane Certificate become a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Engagement?

• Could the database be used across Scotland or further?

Questions?

Useful ideas? Potential collaboration?

Any take away messages or points to follow up?

Lara.isbel@ed.ac.uk0131 650 7743

www.edinburghbeltane.net

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