Why are small internal grants for public engagement so important? Since 2012, the CPE has awarded over 420 grants, enabling our researchers to engage with the public in a multitude of ways. But what happens after these funding pots end? Read more on our blog: www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengage...

What we’re learning about long‑term public engagement impact

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Join us on 17th June for the launch of a new Toolkit for researching with children and young people, co-created with young people from East London. Find out more and sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tools-for-...

Tools for Change: Young People Reshaping Research

Join us for the launch of a new toolkit for researching with children and young people, co-created with young people from East London.

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The next Queen Mary East London Research Network meeting will take place on Wednesday 3 June, in partnership with East London Citizens UK (TELCO). Join us for networking, discussion, practice-sharing and community building. Find out more and sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-londo...

East London Research Network in partnership with East London Citizens

Come join us for the Queen Mary East London Research Network event with Citizens UK - a chance to connect and collaborate in person.

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Join us on 17th June for the launch of a new Toolkit for researching with children and young people, co-created with young people from East London. Find out more and sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tools-for-...

Tools for Change: Young People Reshaping Research

Join us for the launch of a new toolkit for researching with children and young people, co-created with young people from East London.

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Our Summit highlight? Our Young People Re-Shaping Research session! Hosted by our Researcher Lily, Know Your Place Staffordshire's Nic Gratton and our Youth Researchers Mehjabin & Michelle, we explored creative methods for youth research. Interested? We're launching a toolkit soon: buff.ly/dFrRzr3

What a brilliant NCCPE Engage Summit ! 🗣️🎤 Over 2 days, we had the chance to come together with other universities and community organisations to create a vision for an Engaged Future. #NCCPEEngage2026 #PublicEngagement #NCCPE

This Weds, join Rewilding: Reimaging Collective Futures for Sustainability, an artist-led WALKshop along Regents Canal. Led by Talking Birds, this free event is part of a research project exploring how rewilding might help us imagine sustainable futures. 🗓️15/04, 4-6pm 📍E3 5RP 🎟️ Free buff.ly/z1X6rPT

Rewilding: Reimagining Collective Futures for Sustainability

Join an artist-led walkshop in Mile End to reimagine sustainability, governance and collective futures through rewilding. Funded by QMUL

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📢 Public Artwork Commission Opportunity! We are looking for an east London based artist to design an original artwork to be displayed in a permanent outdoor public location on the Queen Mary Mile End Campus. Submit an expression of interest by 5pm, Thurs 23 April. www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengage...

The deadline for our pilot Inclusive Growth Grants programme is 23.59 1 April (tomorrow!) ⌛ Apply for up to £5,000 for small partnership projects that develop inclusive economic growth in East London. www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengage...

Let’s celebrate Women’s History Month together 🪡 Learn about women’s liberation in East London through local archive materials, try out nakshi kantha (traditional Bengali embroidery) with OITIJ-JO Collective & meet others passionate about gender equity Free 🎟️: buff.ly/BWNY3Jg 🗓️ 25/03 #iwd2026

This Saturday in Poplar: Join us for 'Community and Fantastic Fungi' 🍄 As part of Queen Mary's Climate Action Week, this interactive event includes talks and a hands-on practical mushroom activity! 📅 Saturday 28 February, 2pm-4pm 📍 R-Urban Poplar, E14 0SP www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Community and Fantastic Fungi

A collaboration for Climate Action Week, join Alani and Alessandro as we open up discussion into the world of fungi

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It's Climate Action week at Queen Mary 🌱 Staff, students, friends & neighbours are invited to join us at 13 events taking place on campus and locally. With hands-on activities, talks and more, check out our full event schedule: buff.ly/JrodPdc

New: place-based guidance for working with East London communities. With practical advice, case studies and resources, this guide was developed to be used by anyone researching in East London. Whether you're an academic or at a community organisation, this resource is for you: buff.ly/4UGvDKi

🗓️ This year’s final Small Grant deadline is in 2 weeks! 🗓️ If you are a Queen Mary colleague or student, this is your last chance to apply for up to £1000 to fund a project that engages the public with the university’s research, teaching, or core business. Apply by 5pm, Weds 4 March buff.ly/lrZpSvm

Calling Queen Mary staff and students🔭✨ Can you turn your research into an inspiring, playful, science-themed activity for primary school children? Apply to host an activity alongside Moon Palace, the large-scale artwork and mobile observatory, at our special event on 11/03: tinyurl.com/43fppc5w

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Queen Mary staff and students are invited to apply for a stall at a unique public engagement event on 11th March 2026 from 10:30–15:30 at QMUL's Mile End Campus. The event is based around Moon Palace,...

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I stopped by the excellent Bard Books today to pick up some treasures for an exciting new project. Watch this space! Big thanks to the QMUL Centre for Public Engagement for making the project possible! @engageqm.bsky.social

Feeling very inspired after workshops on medieval prophecies of Merlin with Year 10 students, playing Merlin to imagine the futures they want to see. Huge thanks to the brilliant Cara Thompson (Nottingham's Nature Poet Laureate) for joining me, and to @engageqm.bsky.social for supporting this work!

Launching: Inclusive Growth Grants! With 2 funding bands: £1k & £5k, Inclusive Growth Grants are designed to support partnerships between @qmul.bsky.social and local organisations that develop inclusive growth in East London. Interested? Learn more & apply: buff.ly/Mc94vCY Apply by midnight, 01/04

Today, on #WorldCancerDay, we’re taking you behind the scenes at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute and introducing you to the people who are making progress possible. Follow us to stay up to date with new developments. 🧪 #UnitedByUnique #MedSky #OncoSky @qmul.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

Driving discoveries for tomorrow's cancer care at Barts Cancer Institute

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📢 Job opportunity! Centre of the Cell are looking for an Outreach Officer to join their team. - Full Time: 35 hours pw - Duration: 3 years subject to funding - Salary: £33,263-£40,015 pa - Deadline to apply: 18/02/2026 23:55 Find out more and apply: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...

We're excited to be contributing a collaborative workshop on our Youth Insights Participatory Research project at the NCCPE Engage Summit in Birmingham in April! A two day gathering of researchers, communities and innovators imagining new futures for engagement. #EngageSummit2026 lnkd.in/eye4VcyZ

📢 The NIHR have increased their recommended payment rates for public involvement in research by 10%, as of 16th December 2025. Read more about the uplift here: www.nihr.ac.uk/news/increas...

Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

📆 Our next Small Grant deadline is in 4 weeks! 📆 Calling all QMUL staff & students: if you'd like funding for a small scale public / community engagement or PPI project, apply for up to £1k with a Small Grant. Apply by 5pm 09/01. Find out more & apply: buff.ly/f1i6RWT

From Wed 3 - Sat 6 Dec, On the Art of Teeth comes to Barts Pathology Museum 🦷 This site-specific installation by artist Janetka Platun & Dr David Mills responds to the museum's historic tooth collection through sculpture and film. Tickets are free but booking is essential: buff.ly/zlulRnp

Thrilled to announce our second award of the season: Lovies Award: Best Indie Podcast Silver! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @muktijaincampion.bsky.social @engageqm.bsky.social @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

Being Human Festival starts today! As part of the UK's national festival of the humanities, QMUL researchers are hosting workshops, talks and walks across London. Find out about QMUL researchers' events: buff.ly/DrJXq0t Full Being Human programme: buff.ly/j0FMDuc

We had a fabulous time meeting everyone at #NewScientistLive this week – children, teens, adults and dinosaurs! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk about school meals and play ‘balance the budget’ with us. @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @engageqm.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social

We're excited to launch the PhD Participatory Research Network, co-organised by PhD students across @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @qmul.bsky.social, and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 💫 A new space for PhD students passionate about embedding participatory values in PhD research.

The Season of Bangla Drama is back! This year's theme: Kindness. Featuring bold, heartwarming, and poignant performances and events, SBD runs from 1 - 30 Nov across Tower Hamlets. See the full programme & get your tickets: buff.ly/yNrmjYR #BanglaDrama25 #Kindness