Outreach is any activity by means of which the progress of the consortium is made known to the general public. The VPH-CaSE researchers are committed to making ground-breaking research that improves everyone’s lives, it is our desire that our research doesn’t remain in the lab, but is made available to all, in terms anyone can understand. Outreach activities are of a wide variety, they range from conferences and talks, to shows and expositions, to public engagement events in restaurants and pubs. Basically, any means of scientific communication to the non-scientific community is, for us, an outreach possibility.
During outreach activities, researchers make an effort to present science in an interesting manner; this includes interactive activities that the public will remember after the event has passed. These events present complicated scientific principles in an accessible and intuitive manner, so that people from all ages and abilities can appreciate their impact in their day-to-day activities. Ultimately, it is our goal that the visitors feel as enthusiastic about our work as we do ourselves.
Please see the table below to learn how VPH-CaSE makes itself known to the world:
| Activity | Date | Venue | Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEM for Britain | 2018-03-12 | UK Parliament, London | 100+ |
| The Future is Now! | 2018-01-18 | The Shaw Theatre, London | 400 visitors |
| AVIESAN Yearly Meeting | 2017-11-21 | André Malraux Auditorium in Lyon, France | 150 visitors |
| Fête de la Science | 2017-10-14 | Village de Sciences, Institut Univerasitaire de Technologie, Lyon | 60-70 visitors of all ages |
| MEETmeTONIGHT | 2017-08-29 | Indro Montanelli Gardens, Milan | 100+ visitors |
| Chemistry in the square | 2017-08-16 | Politecnico di Milano | Around 80 visitors |
| 3-minute thesis | 2017-06-26 | University College London | 200+ |
| MechEng Showcase Live! | 2017-06-10 | University College London | 30-50 visitors |
| BME Research Day 2017 | 2017-04-04 | Eindhoven University of Technology | 100+ |
| Minors Fair | 2017-03-07 | University College London | 300 visitors |
| Researcher's Night | 2016-09-30 | University of Sheffield | 20-30 visitors, aged 8 to 80 years |
| Women in Engineering Taster Day | 2016-07-04 | University College London | 30-40 visitors, female, aged 15-17 years |
| Festival of Life | 2016-04-20 | University of Sheffield | 20-30 visitors, aged 6 months to 80 years |
| Biomedical Engineering Research Day | 2016-04-08 | Eindhoven University of Technology | 200+ visitors |
| By the deep, by the mark (Eloise Hawser) | 2016-01-31 | Terrace Rooms, South Wing, Somerset House, London, UK | About 25000 people |
