Civic engagement

Brain Box Challenge

Our outreach team run the Brain Box Challenge, a workshop on the brain designed to fit with Key Stage 2 in the primary school curriculum. This workshop can also be tailored to suit older pupils.

Bristol Neuroscience Festival 

We are also involved in the highly acclaimed Bristol Neuroscience Festival. This was named STEM Event of the Year for 2016 by the South West STEM Learning Hub. Our staff and students present their research to members of the public over 2 or 3 days and there are numerous hands-on activities to help you to learn about what we do. We even hold a Schools Brain Art Competition with our friends at the royal West of England Academy. More details on the Festivals past and present can be found on the main website. 

Working Memory for Educational Psychologists

In this film, Professor Chris Jarrold introduces the concept of working memory, and why it is important in a classroom setting. 

Neuroscience in Bristol and beyond: engaging the public with neuroscience

Professor Bruce Hood, Dr Nathalia Gjersoe and Kate Longstaffe, Experimental Psychologists at various stages in their careers, discuss how they have been involved in public engagement.