Yesterday I took part in UCL’s first public engagement symposium where those of us at UCL involved in public communication briefly explained all the crazy things we do (TV, radio, books, working with schools). Here’s the webpage:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/public- engagement/opportunities/opportunities/symposium

It was run by "London's Beacon for Public Engagement" based at UCL which aims to support our work with the media and provide a few much-needed links. It was surprising how many of us are actively involved in the media, and also at how isolated and somewhat unsupported many feel, as most academics do not understand the need to engage with broader audiences in this way. Hopefully that will change soon. However, the packed audience seemed to think the whole thing was great, from the feedback we received since. The picture I took is not very good - I only thought of taking a photo for the blog as I was leaving:

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