Welcome to the Institute for Policy and Engagement

The Institute's mission is to support the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enrich policy making, inspire people, support communities, transform lives and shape a better future.

Welcome to the Institute for Policy and Engagement

The Institute's mission is to support the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enrich policy making, inspire people, support communities, transform lives and shape a better future.

Events

The Institute for Policy and Engagement runs regular events that help connect policymakers and the public with the exciting research taking place.

If you have any suggestions for events you’d love to see us organising, or if you’re running an event where our research might make a contribution, please get in touch.

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Science Public Lectures

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Science Public Lecture: Could bacterial viruses help us finally crack TB?

Date: 15/08/2024
Location:: Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
Description: In this lecture, Professor Cath Rees, Professor of Microbiology within the Faculty of Science, explores a new diagnostic method that may finally help us tackle TB, a global disease that affects every country in the world and kills more than 1 million people every year.

Science Public Lecture: User-centred robot design

Date: 19/09/2024
Location:: Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
Description: In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.

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Sex, Drugs and Water Inequality

Date: 16/11/2023
Location:: Physics Building (lecture theatre B1) University Park Campus, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
Description: At this public science lecture Rachel Louise Gomes MBE will explore how are we managing global challenges that include pharmaceutical drugs, sex hormones, and plastic pollution in our waters.

Nottingham Being Human Festival 2023

Date: 09 - 18/11/2023
Location:: Various locations across Nottingham
Description: University of Nottingham is delighted to be one of this year's five flagship Hub programmes, bringing together a range of perspectives that connect research to the histories, cultures and communities of our area.

Public lecture: Politics after Brexit

Date: 26/10/2023
Location:: A03 Monica Partridge Building
Description: The School of Politics and International Relations collaborates with the Institute for Policy and Engagement for this special event with the director of the UK in a Changing Europe research network.

History Festival 2023

Date: 23 - 28/10/2023
Description: Welcome to the University of Nottingham's History Festival. The 2023 Festival includes a wide range of in person talks and workshops. All activities are free to participate in and everyone is welcome.

Fantastic numbers and where to find them: a journey to the edge of physics

Date: 19/10/2023
Location:: Room B3 Life Sciences Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
Description: Join leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Tony Padilla, as he explores the most extraordinary numbers in physics, and how they explain fundamental truths of the universe.

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