Speaker: Jennifer Gupta

The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation runs a hugely successful outreach and public engagement programme, reaching over 10,000 schools children and members of the public in the 2014/15 academic year. In this talk I will look at the reasons why we do schools outreach and public engagement, give an overview of the past year’s activities and events, summarise the findings of our recent volunteering survey, and outline plans for the future. We will also be joined by Emilie Smith from the University’s Education Liaison and Outreach Team, who will give a brief overview of child protection policies and best practice when working with school children.