Beltane Public Engagement Network

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The Beltane Public Engagement Network (Beltane) is a network for people interested in making academic research accessible to a wide variety of audiences. The Beltane is supported by four Edinburgh universities: the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University. The Beltane follows on from, and builds on, the work of the Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement project which was one of six UK Beacons for Public Engagement funded by Research Councils UK, the Funding Councils and the Wellcome Trust. [Read more...]

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Latest News

The story of the Beltane Annual Gathering 2013

Enjoy the full story of the Beltane Annual Gathering 2013 and Mini-Hack event in tweets at: http://sfy.co/fLyA . … [Read More...]

“PhD: I’m researching X. Public: Y?”

Trent Olsen, one of the participants in the Research, Researchers and the Media workshop we ran this … [Read More...]

Success for Professor Chris Speed!

Chris Speed has been an active members of Beltane since our early days, so we were delighted to hear … [Read More...]

Upcoming Events

Making conversations count: creating impact through dialogue

26th-27th June 2013, University of Edinburgh This course - our rebranded 'Dialogue Techniques' training … [Read More...]

PhD training | Research Communication in Action

24th June 2013, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh This pilot is for PhD students within the College … [Read More...]

Nonfiction for Science – Imaginative Approaches to Science Writing

24th June 2013, 09:30-16:30, University of Edinburgh This full day workshop aims to lay the foundation … [Read More...]