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20/09/2023

My path to public engagement

Sasha Pratt-Taweh, Public Engagement Officer, describes her journey to her role at the Babraham Institute.

02/08/2023

Being open to openness: my personal experience with public engagement

Sarah Drummond, an experienced animal technician in our animal facility, shares her perspectives on being open around the use of animals in research and the importance of animal technicians speaking about their work. 

10/05/2023

Public Engagement: A PIPS perspective

Miriam describes her placement in the Public Engagement team.

22/03/2023

A day with a difference: Schools’ Day 2023

Our Schools Public Engagement Officer shares his reflections on his first Schools’ Day event (and the 28th in the Institute’s history)

15/02/2023

Khuluud’s story: Research Access Programme 2022

Khuluud shares her experiences from her placement in the Liston lab as part of last summer's Research Access Programme.

04/01/2023

Marzana's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Marzana discusses her experiences in the Corcoran lab on this summer's Research Access Programme.

14/12/2022

"Fulfilling and rewarding": our Sixth Form Conference

Read about what went on at our 2022 sixth form conference.

09/11/2022

Hanan's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Hanan shares her experiences of her Research Access Programme placement in the Flow Cytometry facility.

07/09/2022

Asma's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Asma, one of our 2022 cohort of Research Access Programme students, discusses her time in the Houseley lab and the highlights of her experience.

21/07/2022

From Benjamin Britten to Neale-Wade: Why I see working in Public Engagement as my duty and a privilege

Jake Cross, a PhD student in the Florey lab, shares his experience of public engagement and working with educational charity The Brilliant Club.

13/05/2022

Our experience creating Virus Fighter during our PhDs

09/05/2022

Locked indoors? Design an escape room!

Epigenetics researcher Laura shares her experience of creating a science themed escape room.

27/04/2022

Babraham Institute virtually and physically at the Cambridge Festival

06/04/2022

Students find out about life as a scientist

‘Meet a Bioscientist’ was the Public Engagement team’s flagship schools’ engagement event for 2022. For British Science Week, we spoke to over 900 young people across 15 schools and sixth forms about our research, careers in science, and what being a scientist is really like. Discover more about the event in this blog post.

23/03/2022

Meet a Bioscientist: a student's perspective

For British Science Week 2022, researchers from 14 of our amazing research groups and facilities held conversations with school groups across Cambridgeshire and beyond so the students could explore more about the research here at the Institute and what being a scientist is like. Eleanor, a Year 12 student at Comberton Village College, shares her experience of meeting the bioscientists from the Hawkins lab.

16/02/2022

How we engage communities with our research

Our Public Engagement Manager Mike describes the challenges of leading a Public Engagement programme during a pandemic, and also the exciting opportunities being taken to work with traditionally-underserved audiences

15/12/2021

A year in review: Institute highlights 2021

As 2021 draws to a close, here's a look back at 21 of our highlights from the past year. Thanks to everyone who's been involved and we look forward to an exciting 2022.

24/11/2021

ORION project summary

13/10/2021

Public Engagement prize-winners announced

A round up of this year's public engagement prize-winners and nominees.

20/09/2021

RAP 2021: Teamwork and Independence

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this final article, we hear from two students: Ashley, a physiological sciences student at the University of Bristol, and Marina, a Biology student at the University of York.

13/09/2021

RAP 2021: Insights and skills

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this article, we hear from Callum, a Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine student from the University of Nottingham, about his experience on the programme.

13/09/2021

RAP 2021: A changed outlook

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this article, we hear from Ellie, a Biosciences student from Durham University, about her experience on the programme.

06/09/2021

RAP 2021: Skills and connections

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this article we hear from Anna; a Biochemistry student at Imperial College London.

02/09/2021

RAP 2021: My research placement experience

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this first article, we hear from Sara, a Biochemistry student from Imperial College London, about her experience on the programme.