Engagement and impact

Engagement means connecting with people who care about or are affected by your research. From sharing information to co-producing the research, at every level, working with others and introducing your work beyond universities can make real-world changes: it can have impact.

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What is Public Engagement?

Type: Webpage

Source: University of Oxford

Read time: 5 mins

What is this resource?

This crib sheet and short video explain different levels and types of public engagement and how they can benefit your research. It also provides useful distinctions between the terms ‘public engagement’, ‘outreach’ and ‘knowledge exchange’.

Why use this resource?

Identify the types of public engagment that best suit your project; see how public engagment can benefit your research.

URL: www.mpls.ox.ac.uk

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Valuing Voices is a partnership project between colleagues from the University of York and Mahidol University.

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Valuing Voices is a two-year project funded by Wellcome under the Institutional Funding for Research Culture grant.

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