Join Queen’s University Belfast’s Science Shop and NICVA for a lunchtime learning session showcasing how charities can access student research support. This session will highlight real examples of organisations that have benefitted from partnerships with Science Shop – from evaluating impact to gaining new insights into service delivery. You’ll also hear how students benefit from carrying out projects with communities.
Why Attend:
- Discover opportunities to access research capacity and evaluation support at no cost.
- Learn from peers: hear case studies from charities who have already benefitted.
- Get practical guidance on how your organisation can partner with Science Shop.
- Shape the future: explore how student research can strengthen your charity’s work and civic engagement.
- Amplify your message: Explore how working in partnership with students can extend the reach, awareness, and long-term influence of your work.
What can you expect:
- Welcome and context from QUB Science Shop
- Case studies demonstrating how it effectively works in practice.
- Interactive Q&A
- Steps how to get involved
Audience: Staff and volunteers in the voluntary and community sector who want to build their research base, strengthen their organisation’s impact and learn from others.
Context: The Queen’s University Science Shop is based in the Civic Engagement and Strategic Communications Directorate. We contribute to Queen’s University Belfast’s Civic Mission through facilitating community engaged research and learning projects across all QUB academic areas, including social sciences, business, engineering, planning, education and environmental sciences. We work in partnership with Ulster University’s Science Shop and are currently a partner in the LOESS project which is a European project focusing on education for soil health.
Cancellation policy
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