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Outreach activities and public engagement organizations that I am involved with 

I am the Head of Business Engagement (Advanced Manufacturing) in the Faculty of Science & Engineering.

I was awarded the 2017 Media Fellowship of the British Science Association. I was placed with BBC North West over the summer of 2017, and report for the BBC from the 2017 British Science Festival.

I was selected for the Royal Society Pairing Scheme (2013), to spend a week in Westminster with Lucy Powell, MP for Central Manchester.


I was awarded the 2013 Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement (Josh Award)

I am a leader in public engagement at the National Graphene Institute (NGI).

I was the Web and Communications Coordinator and member of the outreach team at the Department of Materials. Check out our UoM Materials Blog.


Learn more about my outreach events in the Outreach Blog section.

News, video and audio from outreach activities in Media/Press tab.

My public lectures on Graphene
Graphene - Unexpected Science in a Pencil Trace

2021  17/05 - Stockport U3A (Online)
         21/01 - Manchester Futurists (Online)
2020  Engagements cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2019  30/11 - Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People, The Lowry, Salford
         14/11 - PechaKucha Night Manchester
         12/06 - Bramhall & Woodford Rotary Club
         13/05 - Bollington SciBar
         30/04 - Cheadle & District Rotary Club

2018  27/02 - Wilmslow Dean Rotary Club
         07/02 -
Ormskirk and Aughton U3A
2017  27/11 - Wilmslow Guild
         02/11 - Oundle School

         09/07 - Bluedot Festival
         10/05 - Widnes Scibar
2016
  17/11 - IMechE
North West Centre of the Process Industries Division
         03/11 - Rotary Club of Manchester Trailblazers
         23/05 - Pint of Science Manchester

          16/03 - IET Yorkshire Region Prestige Lecture
2015  11/11 - Otley Science Festival
          
04/06 - Cheltenham Science Festival
         09/02 - West Didsbury Astronomical Society
         13/02 - MANCEP training day, Manchester
      
         29/01 - IMechE North-West, Warrington

         27/01 - IoM3 lecture, University of Manchester

2014
 
02/12 - How To Academy, London
         27/10 - Salutation Scibar
, Hulme
         06/10 - Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society Lecture
      
         10/09 - Royal Aeronautical Society, Bedford
         08/07 - How to: Academy, London
         18/06 - Manchester Insights Lecture, London
         16/06 - Manchester Insights Lecture, Manchester
         22/05 - IoP North East branch, Newcastle upon Tyne
         28/04 - Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Ramsden Lecture
         18/03 - STAR Lecture, University of Manchester
         02/03 - TEDxManchester
         26/02 - Rotary District 1280 Excitement of Science Lecture 

2013  13/11 - Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Barrow-in-Furness
         24/10 - TEDxOldham
         09/10 - Widens Scibar         
         08/05 - IoP Derby
         14/01 - Bollington Scibar
         08/01 - Knutsford Scibar
2012  12/11 - Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Manchester
         05/11 - Wilmslow Guild
         22/10 - Macclesfield Scibar
         20/08 - London International Youth Science Forum
         25/07 - Manchester Cafe Scientifique
         23/01 - IoP in Scotland, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2011  22/06 - Institute of Physics (IoP) Teachers Conference, Manchester

Photo tour (download as pdf) of the graphene exhibit/roadshow, featured in the Summer Science Exhibition, Manchester Science Festival, Live at Jodrell Bank, Saturday Science at MOSI, National Science & Engineering Week, etc.
I am a STEM Ambassador with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics NETwork
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Other UoM outreach links
The Manchester Museum
Jodrell Bank Observatory
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