Our new 'Sustainability and public engagement events' toolkit is now available on our website. This guide is for organisers to plan how to engage with audiences with environmental impact in mind: bit.ly/47If66Q 🌍 Check out all of our toolkits n the Organiser area of our website. #BeingHuman2025

✨ Book onto our free online Event Delivery and Top Tips training on 1 October! ✨ Led by the Being Human team, and Susan Monkton (Cardiff University), we will cover topics such as coordinating your team, accessibility and inclusivity, and audience experience. Find out more here: buff.ly/fcRO7dM

Call for applications for the British Academy SHAPE Involve and Engage funding scheme to support ambitious projects to engage the public with the humanities and social sciences. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap... Deadline 15 October @britishacademy.bsky.social

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social. Details here: uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...

✨ Book onto our Working with Press and Media training on Tuesday 29 July! ✨ Led by Professor Sarah Churchwell & the University of London’s External Communications team, the session will offer top tips on working with press and media from a public engagement lens. Register here: bit.ly/3GkpRkD

Just 2 days left to apply to be part of #BeingHuman2025 The deadline to submit your applications for our Festival Event (unfunded) programme is 5pm on 4 July. Find out more here: buff.ly/KSvrEVE

We're excited to work with you @bristolunienglish.bsky.social!

Deadline this Friday! A great opportunity to develop and deliver a public engagement event with expert support from the festival team. Last year, UCL’s Nkwihoreze project took part and had a brilliant experience — check out their event here: www.nkwihoreze.org/being-human-... #publicengagement

📢 We're proud to reveal some highlights of this year's Being Human Festival. 23 funding grants have been awarded to researchers at universities across the UK to deliver free public engagement activities for this year's festival, running from 6-15 November. Find out more here bit.ly/45CV1xN

💫 Register for our upcoming training session: Promoting Public Engagement Events on 2 July. Led by arts and heritage marketing consultant Beckie Smith, this training will explore practical tips for promotion, covering examples from Being Human Festival and beyond. Sign up here: buff.ly/QOb8dwk 💫

🔉 Calling all UK researchers and public engagement professionals 🔉 The Royal Society would like to hear your views and experience of public engagement through their Factors Affecting Public Engagement by UK Researchers survey (deadline Monday 30th June). Complete the survey here: bit.ly/3HgpcAJ

Join us on the 12th June for our Engagement and Inclusion training! 🌟 Led by public engagement and involvement specialist Dr Charlotte Thorley, this session will discuss the importance of inclusive engagement, and how to engage diverse audiences. Book onto the session here: bit.ly/45ukWHH

✨ Take part in Being Human Festival 2025! ✨ There's still time to apply to Being Human Festival 2025 through our Festival Event (unfunded) pathway. Find out more and apply here: bit.ly/4j6TsMt See our FAQs here: bit.ly/43ftYG6

Reminder to book onto our free online Audiences and Planning training session happening next week! ⏰ Join us on the 7th May to learn more about planning a successful public engagement event, and ensuring your audience is at the centre of your planning. Find out more and book here:

Gutscapes: an experiment in #STS #artscience, with artists Baum & Leahy. Thank you @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for inviting us to write this case study in public engagement. #microbiome #holobiont #scicomm www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...

Calling all humanities researchers! The deadline to apply for our funding grants is 5pm today! ⏰ 🔸 Institutional Grants, £4,000-£8,000 to coordinate and deliver a Festival Hub 🔸Festival Event Grants, up to £4,000 to run an event or series of events Find out more and apply:

Enjoyed writing this Creative Engagement case study about our 2024 public engagement event, 'The Ecologies of Hilbre Island - A Creative Expedition', which was part of Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. 🔗 www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/ca...

Reminder! The deadline to apply for our Public Engagement Officer role is at midnight this Sunday 30 March. The role will have primary focus on Being Human Festival (& will also support the new Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities). Find our more and apply:

✨New Blog Post - Top Tips for your Being Human Festival Application!✨ The CPE’s new Public Engagement Manager, Rose, shares some insights on Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/4hQHWTZ

Great training opp from #BeingHuman with learning on: Co-production and co-creation; collaborating with the GLAM sector; working with community groups and individuals; building and maintaining relationships with partners; + the importance of equitable partnerships, mutual benefit and collaboration.

Book onto our free online Partnerships training session happening next week! 💫 Join us on the 3rd April to learn more about collaborating with partners on public engagement projects, led by experienced consultant and facilitator Noreen Blanluet and the Being Human team. Book here: bit.ly/425OqIQ

🚀 Being Human Festival 2025: Get Involved! 🎭📚🔬 The UK’s national festival of the humanities is back! 🎉 Find out more on how to apply on our website: bit.ly/3DOKnsg @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

It's not too late to sign up to our free Creative Engagement Workshop training session tomorrow at 11am! Find out more and sign up here: www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/tr...

Over 2 days we brought the University into the communities of Caerau & Ely to showcase that #thehumanitiesmatter @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @janmachielsen.bsky.social @enwright.bsky.social @emilyncock.bsky.social @mariafragoulaki.bsky.social @abdulazim.bsky.social youtu.be/m4XZHype364?...

This is a reminder about our free online training session happening tomorrow with the brilliant Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk! This session will explore how to incorporate creative activities into your public engagement activities! Book here: buff.ly/438uoiS www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBoS...

We're hiring! We are looking for a new Public Engagement Officer to join our growing team. The role will have primary focus on Being Human Festival (& will also support the new Centre for Public Engagement Practice in the Arts and Humanities). Find out more:

There's just one month left to apply for our funding grants! ⏰ 🔸 Institutional Grants, £4,000-£8,000 to coordinate and deliver a Festival Hub 🔸Festival Event Grants, up to £4,000 to run an event or series of events. Apply by 10 April!

How do you go about shaping a public engagement project with research at its heart? Join us on 20 March for a free online workshop, led by @sarachchurchwell.bksy.social and the festival team, looking at creative methods for delivering public engagement. Find out more & book:

2025 marks 100 years since the publication of Great Gatsby, 200 years of the birth of the modern railway, 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner, 50 years since the birth of Hannah Arendt, and much more! Some inspiration for your Being Human Festival activities? 👀

We've recently updated our Public Engagement Toolkits. Our free, downloadable PDF guides are full of useful ideas and tips for putting on a successful #PublicEngagement event. Toolkit topics include inclusion, partnerships, formats, budget, audiences and more!

Tomorrow! Our webinar will look at the application process for Being Human Festival 2025. We'll be discussing the different application pathways, the funding grants available, eligibility and key criteria for applying. Book here:

Join us and the brilliant Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk for our free online training session on 13 March! This session will explore creative methods for delivering #PublicEngagement activities. Free! Book here: https://buff.ly/438uoiS

The Being Human Festival US 2025 programme is here! @natlhumanities.bsky.social is supporting 16 events from 14-28 April, including river-themed storytelling in Detroit, a mural project in New York and an afternoon of food, cartoneras, music and storytelling in LA. Read more:

Incredibly proud that our upcoming @beinghumanfest.bsky.social trainings are now all accessible via our new SAS training page! Click below to discover more. www.sas.ac.uk/support-rese...

Whether you want to host a one-off event, or hold your own mini festival as a festival Hub, we are now inviting applications for Being Human Festival 2025. We've got grants of up to £8,000 available to enable activities! Visit our website to find out more:

Led by our friends at the National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social Being Human Festival US will return to locations across the US from 14-28 April with the theme Landmarks! #BeingHumanFestival Keep an eye on their website for more details coming soon:

Our 2025 festival theme is ‘Between the Lines’! We invite #humanities researchers to explore the ideas, movements, and histories that emerge Between the Lines at this year’s Being Human Festival:

Our colleagues at the School of Advanced Study have put together an amazing dataset that maps the the UK’s diverse arts & humanities research ecosystems! www.humanities.org.uk/map 🗺️ Want to be on the map? Get in touch: [email protected]

Discover our 2025 training offer! ✨ Our #PublicEngagement training series explores topics including creative engagement, partnerships, audiences and inclusion. All sessions are free! Find out more and book: www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/tr...

Take part in the UK’s national festival of the humanities (6–15 November 2025) and help to demonstrate and celebrate the importance of research in the humanities. Funding grants available! Find out more: https://buff.ly/4hIC1RF

This fantastic new video by @beinghumanfest.bsky.social showcases the highlights of the 2024 Festival - featuring some great clips of our Black Flâneurs walking tour around Leeds! The interactive tour reframed the city's Black history, literature and culture. #AcademicSky #LBUResearch

"From migration routes that redraw the map to the traces of erased histories, from the margins of a poem to the frontlines of protest, we invite researchers to explore boundaries, crossings, and intersections—and the spaces in between, where meaning is made and remade."

Join us on 27 February for our webinar exploring the application process for Being Human Festival 2025. Learn more about the different pathways for applying, our funding grants and the criteria for Being Human projects. Book here: www.beinghumanfestival.org/resources/tr...

Our festival theme in 2025 is 'Between the Lines' —a space of hidden histories, shifting borders, and unspoken meanings. Read more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/news/between...

The call for applications for Being Human 2025 is now open!💥 We've got funding grants of up to £8,000 available for researchers to hold events as part of this year's national festival of the humanities. Find out more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved

Nice to see our @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social Making History in Cardiff 2 day festival in the communities of Caerau & Ely featured in these highlights, #TheHumanitiesMatter! @emilyncock.bsky.social @janmachielsen.bsky.social @mariafragoulaki.bsky.social @enwright.bsky.social @caerheritage.bsky.social

The humanities risk becoming “ornaments” on science-focused university course portfolios as they take a “disproportionate” hit from the UK sector funding crisis, public historian @davidolusoga.bsky.social has warned. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports #highered #EduSky

The live stream of tonight's National Humanities Lecture with David Olusoga is available on YouTube. Tune in from 6pm: www.youtube.com/live/hbdDwDC...

The inaugural National Humanities Lecture, led by the School of Advanced Study, takes place tomorrow at 6pm, with David Olusoga as our inaugural speaker! In person tickets are now fully booked, but you can tune in to the livestream. Find out more: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The sun is out in Russell Square today! 🌞 It's your last chance to apply for our Public Engagement Officer vacancies, supporting the newly developed Centre for Public Engagement Practice in the Arts and Humanities at SAS. Apply by midnight 31st Jan (tomorrow!) www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...