Dr Paul Coxon receives an inaugural Public Engagement with Research Award

23 June 2016

On Monday 20 June, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research presented two sets of inaugural awards; the Impact Awards run by the Research Strategy Office, and the Public Engagement with Research Awards run by the Public Engagement team in the Office of External Affairs and Communications.

In particular the Public Engagement with Research Awards were set up to recognise and reward those who undertake quality engagement with research. Amongst this year’s winners was the Department’s Dr Paul Coxon.

Over the last ten years Dr Coxon has endeavored to engage with audiences often overlooked by traditional public engagement channels. He has given talks in venues as varied as bingo halls, working men’s social clubs and steam fairs to showcase his passion for solar research, steering clear of the “flashes and bangs” approach often associated with Chemistry. He has also designed a Fruit Solar Cell Starter Kit, used in fifty low-income catchment schools across the UK.

Full details on the awards made are available: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/winners-announced-in-the-inaugural-vice-chancellors-impact-awards-and-public-engagement-with