Dear Colleague

How can academics, researchers and professionals in the arts and humanities and the wider cultural sector engage the public in innovative and meaningful ways? How can they realise the benefits of public engagement - for their benefit, their students’, their organisations’, and that of the public itself?

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) invites you to a one-day event in central London on the 27^th October that will explore these and other questions, examine both the strategic and the practical challenges facing those working in the arts and humanities and with the help of delegates explore some practical steps towards overcoming the challenges and grasping the opportunities.

The event will also include a session on an upcoming AHRC call on public and community engagement (Research for Community Heritage), part of the Connected Communities programme. In addition, the results of the 2011 AHRC survey on public engagement in the arts and humanities will be presented for the first time.

Speakers will include Professor Sarah Churchwell, (Professor of Public Understanding of the Humanities at UEA), Professor Mark Llewellyn (Strathclyde University), Sophie Duncan (Deputy Director of the NCCPE) and Jonathan Breckon (AHRC), among others.

The event will be held on Thursday 27^th October, running from 10.00-16.00 at Avonmouth House, London.

To register for the event, please complete the registration form by Wednesday 19^th October. If you have any queries, please contact Sam Roythorne.

Cancellations - In order to allow us to ensure the event is as successful as possible, any cancellations and/or no-shows occurring within 48 hours of the event date will incur a £50 cancellation fee.

Yours Sincerely

Dr Philip Pothen

Head of Communications

Arts and Humanities Research Council,

Polaris House,

North Star Avenue,

Swindon,

SN2 1FL

Tel: 01793 416022

Mob: 07854 025 948