Attracting students to study engineering, and helping society understand what engineers do, are ongoing challenges within engineering education.
In this episode we spoke to Mariana Velho, Communication, Education and Outreach Manager for CERN openlab. Mariana draws upon her background in psychology, education and outreach, to manage various communication projects and campaigns, and manage stakeholder relationships.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the use of science communication and outreach in encouraging students to study engineering.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.23 Podcast Intro
0.48 Experiences with science communication and outreach from Natalie and Neil
3.20 Introduction to Mariana
6.47 The importance of science communication
7.28 ATLAS Experiment and CERN
8.44 The role of psychology in science communication
11.46 CERN
14.44 CERN openlab
16.47 Mariana's role within CERN
19.28 Developing the scientists and engineers of tomorrow
21.22 The Summer Placement
27.36 Science communication skills
31.32 Educational resources
37.11 Microsoft Dreamspace and spatial skills
43.24 Engineering in the future
48.11 What's next?
51.54 Key Takeaways from Mariana
53.20 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Key Resources
https://marianadantasvelho.com/
https://openlab.cern/about/collaborate-us
https://atlas.cern/Resources/Colouring-Books
https://dreamspace.microsoft.com/en-us/dreamspace/ireland
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