Public Engagement


What is public engagement?
“Public engagement describes the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education and research can be shared with the public. Engagement is by definition a two-way process, involving interaction and listening, with the goal of generating mutual benefit.”
National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

How effectively are you engaging with the public?
We support you to develop engaging activities which communicate complexity effectively, capture attention, maintain interest and leave a lasting message We understand the barriers which may prevent successful engagement such as: nerves, discomfort in performance, complexity of ideas, differing knowledge levels, negative or incorrect perceptions and opinions etc and can help you overcome these to engage successfully.

Would you like to share your research more widely?
Eloquential often teams up with the University of Cambridge public engagement team to ensure that you benefit from all the relevant advice and experience. We also run the Rising Stars programme together and have been running this every year since we set it up in 2006. Rising Stars is open to postgraduates, post-docs and early career academics at the University of Cambridge. The programme consists of six half-day sessions which take participants through the steps involved in planning, organising and delivering an interactive public engagement activity, and includes participation in a Festival to practice skills learned with a real public audience.
Apply here for your place on the next programme https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/rising-stars-public-engagement-training Or contact us to discuss setting up a Rising Stars programme in your organisation.

Eloquential has been coaching public engagement skills since 2006
We can guide you through the key stages of public engagement including how to create, plan, market, organise, deliver and evaluate an activity as well as exploring the benefits of public engagement for the researchers themselves in terms of developing skills, raising profile and enhancing research. We provide workshops on public engagement for academic researchers at different stages of their career and with different levels of experience in communicating to public audiences. We also provide individual coaching and evidence based development.
Learn more about us and our services.
How can we help you?
All our work is tailored towards your needs.
Contact us to discuss how we might support your public engagement.
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