{"id":900,"date":"2023-01-06T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/?p=900"},"modified":"2023-01-06T15:44:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:44:18","slug":"univerity-wins-gold-award-for-public-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/2023\/01\/06\/univerity-wins-gold-award-for-public-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"University wins gold award for public engagement!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Birmingham has recently been awarded a gold at the Engage Watermark Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicengagement.ac.uk\/\">National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement&nbsp;<\/a>(NCCPE), the Award recognises the University\u2019s public engagement work and the impact it has on a local and regional scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NCCPE said that the University of Birmingham had demonstrated a desire to work purposefully, and in partnership with the communities and organisations of Birmingham, to contribute to the regeneration and flourishing of the region. This builds on a silver awarded in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about the award <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/news\/2022\/university-of-birmingham-wins-gold-award-for-public-engagement-activity\">here<\/a> and hear from Professor Alice Roberts who accepted the award on the University&#8217;s behalf:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alice Roberts talks about the NCCPE gold award for public engagement\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOPQmvimK6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"354\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2023\/01\/engage-gold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2023\/01\/engage-gold.jpg 354w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2023\/01\/engage-gold-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2023\/01\/engage-gold-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2023\/01\/engage-gold-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 85vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what our Vice-Chancellor had to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;<strong>We pride ourselves on the impact that we have on the city and the Midlands region, not only as one of Birmingham\u2019s biggest employers but through our research and our relationships with civic partners, communities and businesses.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Professor Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to all of the researchers and members of the public who have taken part in engagement activities with us over the years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Birmingham has recently been awarded a gold at the Engage Watermark Awards. Organised by the&nbsp;National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement&nbsp;(NCCPE), the Award recognises the University\u2019s public engagement work and the impact it has on a local and regional scale. The NCCPE said that the University of Birmingham had demonstrated a desire to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/2023\/01\/06\/univerity-wins-gold-award-for-public-engagement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;University wins gold award for public engagement!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,10],"tags":[201,200],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-award","category-public-engagement","tag-engage-watermark","tag-nccpe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}