Kate Simpson – 3rd year PhD student

PhD Aim:

To identify whether energy efficient refurbishments are successful, from the householders’ perspective.

Public engagement: Household energy data

Public engagement: Festivals

Einstein’s Garden: Green Man Natures Tent: Wilderness

Busking at Cheltenham Science Festival

Public engagement: Film making

Public engagement: Bright Club (10th July 2014!!)

RCUK (2014) “Research Councils UK (RCUK) believe that engaging the public with research helps

empower people, broadens attitudes and ensures that the work of universities and research institutes is relevant to society and wider social concerns.”

EPSRC (2014) “By further integrating public engagement activities across all of our research and training priorities we aim to build a high quality portfolio that is more

closely linked to the research we fund, encompasses a greater section

of the research community and ultimately will have the potential for much greater impact than a dedicated funding scheme.”

“UKERC's research and engagement activities will help to inform policy development, industry strategies and wider energy debates.” (UKERC Research Director, Professor Jim Watson, 2014)

Research council perspectives