Public Engagement UK: Sciencewise ERC magazine
Good range of UK perspectives on public dialogue in science/policy from the Sciencewise ERC in a magazine issue.
Blogs
Filtered on Author (John Jackson), Taxonomy term (Public engagement with science), Date (Dec 2010).
Public Engagement: International comparisons of citizen science dialogues and UK recommendations
The UK Sciencewise Expert Resource Centre, a BIS unit addressing public dialogue, has produced an international comparison of public-science dialogue programmes in policy, with recommendations for development in the UK. The UK stands fourth out of eight countries, scored on a variety of metrics. /....
.../ The recommendations of the report are fairly detailed, but in summary:
- Building
on and continuing the work of Sciencewise-ERC in creating institutional memory
to capture experience and improve practice - Developing
resource-efficient solutions (what we call „third generation engagement‟) - Creating
and professionalising S&T engagement - Providing
a national focus for S&T engagement (somewhere for the media, politicians
and the public to go) - Creating
a parliamentary link between elected representatives and the public on S&T matters - Focusing
on and developing opportunities for using social media to harness open government
and transparency
Public engagement UK: universities' manifesto for public engagement
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement - a focus for higher education public engagement - has just released a manifesto for public engagement for UK universities. Will be interesting to see how this gathers momentum - particularly also /...
.../ with the recent launch of the new concordat from UK research funders, and looking forward to the development of Science and Society initiatives from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).