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Kay Yeoman: UEA’s Beacon Project
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In this Community Chest interview, Dominik speaks with Kay Yeoman about the UEA Beacon project, a government-funded initiative to increase community engagement in Norfolk. They discuss the project's funding and goals, the definition of academic excellence, and upcoming science communication activities, including the 'Totally Amazing Me' event at the Inspire Discovery Centre.
In this interview from the Community Chest programme, Dominik speaks with Kay Yeoman regarding the UEA Beacon project. Yeoman explains that UEA was one of six universities to achieve Beacon status from eighty-six applicants, securing a budget of 1.2 million pounds over four years. The project focuses on engaging rural populations in Norfolk and sharing good practice nationally. Yeoman mentions the upcoming QEast 'one-stop shop' for community engagement at the forum in September and the 'Totally Amazing Me' event at the Inspire Discovery Centre, organised by science communication students. The segment concludes with contact details and a music selection of 'Waiting in Vain' by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Topics
- The UEA Beacon project funding and selection process
- Defining academic excellence and community engagement
- Upcoming community activities and educational outreach
- Contact details and website for the Beacon program
- Duration of the Beacon project
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- Dominik
- Kay Yeoman
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Beacon status out of the eighty-six that actually applied, so it's a real coup for UEA and Norfolk and Norfolk's community. So I'd really like people just to ring in and ask us how we're going to run the beacon, what kind of activities we're going to do, and.
My email is k. yeoman at uea. ac. uk, and I'll be able to help you out. Is it just the letter K dot, or default? That's just the letter. The letter K. dot yeoman at uea. ac. uk. I just want to remind everybody.