Public Engagement Team

• Vicky Brightman

  

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  Vicky Brightman Director of Public Engagement

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  I can help with:

  • Embedding a culture of public engagement across the University through strategic leadership, fundraising, capacity building initiatives for staff and students and a range of programming; from directing the Great Exhibition Road festival to overseeing community engagement initiatives centred around the Invention Rooms in White City
  • Building skills, networks, partners, resources and recognition
  • Advising on strategic approaches that ground your work in Imperial’s wider goals, and connect it to regional, national and international agendas

• Lara Mistry

  

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  Lara Mistry Head of Public Engagement Programmes

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  I can help with:

  • Developing, delivering, and evaluating Public Engagement programmes, projects, events, or activities for a variety of audiences including adults, families and young people 13+
  • Opportunities in our public programmes such as Imperial Lates, Great Exhibition Road Festival, our Youth Programme and the White City Public Programme.
  • Developing public engagement activities that are accessible and inclusive, EDI plans for public engagement and working with local underserved and underrepresented audiences.
  • Partnering and working with artists or others in the creative sector to develop creative and collaborative public engagement activity.
  • Major Event Management including project management, H&S, visitor experience, programming, contractor management and staff management.

• Amy Seakins

  

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  Amy Seakins Head of Engagement (Evaluation and Capacity Building)

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  I can help with:

  • Developing an engagement approach for your team or research project
  • Evaluating your engagement activities to ensure they are impactful
  • Applying for funding to support your engagement activities
  • Delivering training, workshops or discussions for your colleagues or students to develop engagement skills, awareness and ideas

• Charlotte Coales

  

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  Charlotte Coales Engagement Manager (Capacity Building)

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  I can help with:

  • Delivering training, workshops or discussions for your colleagues or students to develop engagement skills, awareness and ideas
  • Advice on facilitating events and discussions
  • Evaluating your engagement activities to ensure they are impactful
  • Applying for funding to support your engagement activities

• Joanna Childs

  

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  Joanna Childs Senior Marketing and Communications Manager (Public Engagement)

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  I can help with:

  • Information on communications strategy and support for the Great Exhibition Road Festival, Imperial Lates and Public Engagement programming at The Invention Rooms
  • Advice on appropriate communications channels and approaches for public events intended for external audiences

• Nisha Emich

  

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  Nisha Emich Marketing and Communications Executive (Public Engagement)

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  I can help with:

  • Sharing public engagement news on our webpages, on the Imperial news site, on social media
  • Digital engagement and advice on social media platforms

• James Romero

  

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  James Romero Public Engagement Programmes Manager

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  I can help with:

  • Engaging public audiences with your research through family festivals, evening adult Lates and various other programmes
  • Coming up with ideas for public talks, creative workshops or stalls
  • Partnering with artists or other parts of the creative sector to develop a public engagement activity

• Mimmi Mårtensson

  

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  Mimmi Mårtensson Public Engagement Programmes Coordinator

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  I can help with:

  • Getting involved with our public programmes, including Great Exhibition Road Festival and Imperial Lates
  • Planning and taking part in public engagement activities for a range of audiences
  • Developing creative, innovative and engaging activities based on your research 
  • Partnering with artists or other creative collaborators to develop a public engagement activity

• Sevinc Kisacik

  

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  Sevinc Kisacik Public Engagement Programmes Manager (Inclusion)

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  I can help with:

  • Planning and development of a range of engagement activities for a range of audiences ensuring that they are as inclusive as possible
  • Engaging with local young people (ages 13 – 25 years old) outside of a school environment
  • Local community partnerships, equality, diversity and inclusion and imbedding good inclusive practice into public engagement activities and events

• Cristina Torrente

  

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  Cristina Torrente Public Engagement Programmes Coordinator (Young People)

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  I can help with:

  • Getting involved in engagement programmes for and with local young people (13-25 years old, not students), such as the Young Producers, NextGen Producers and Youth Leader Science Champion.
  • Training and advice on best practice engaging 13-25-year-olds.
  • Planning, development and delivery of public engagement activities and programmes for 13-25-year-olds.

• Veronica Jones

  

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  Veronica Jones Festival Producer

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  I can help with:

  • Event project management and event delivery
  • Developing your event management safety plan, risk assessment and other key event planning documents
  • Guidance on event health and safety, Licenses and permits and multi-agency liaison
  • Advice on wayfinding, site design and layout

• Andrew Brooks

  

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  Andrew Brooks Public Engagement Producer and Programmer for White City

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  I can help with:

  • Developing engaging activities and workshops based on your research
  • Developing digital presentations for different public audiences
  • Advice on how to engage with families and young people
  • Getting involved with public engagement programmes in White City such as our Saturday Science Club and STEM activity packs

• Maeve O'Sullivan

  

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  Maeve O'Sullivan Public Engagement Assistant Producer

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  I can help with:

  • Planning and logistics enquiries for the Great Exhibition Road Festival and Imperial Lates
  • Advice on organisation and practicalities of running an event including finance queries
  • Advice on performance and presentation
  • Mental Health First Aid

• Maria Serveta

  

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  Maria Serveta Engagement Coordinator (Capacity Building)

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  I can help with:

  • Developing and delivering capacity building initiatives for staff and students to engage the public with their research in the most effective and inclusive ways
  • Guidance on high-quality practice in developing and evaluating engagement activities, particularly for young children and families, playful learning and interactive experiences and creative evaluation approaches
  • Promoting engagement successes and opportunities with our internal networks of engagement practitioners

• Talat Gokdemir

  

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  Talat Gokdemir Societal Engagement Administrator (covering until September 2024)

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  I can help with:

  • General enquiries, room bookings, finance and logistics
  • Advice and support for societal engagement projects and initiatives
  • Inquiries related to the Societal Engagement Seed Fund and the President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement

• Thomas Morton

  

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  Thomas Morton Public Engagement Participatory Research Lead

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  I can help with:

  • Developing a participatory approach to your research project.
  • Delivering training, workshops, and facilitating discussions with colleagues and students to develop participatory approaches, awareness and ideas.
  • Evaluating participatory approaches to research to ensure that they are impactful.
  • Applying for funding to support participatory research.

   

• Emma Watson

  

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  Emma Watson Evaluation Officer (Outreach and Engagement)

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  What I can help with:

  • Evaluation ideas for your engagement activities – particularly those in and around White City
  • Gathering information about target audiences in London, particularly, I can give you access to the White City residents dashboard
  • Data Protection advice for evaluation and engagement work