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Opening doors with outreach: using your physics skills to engage, inspire and break down barriers
- Outreach is vital for nurturing the next generation of physicists, promoting public understanding of science and building a skilled physics community.
- Accessing shared resources and training will make starting out much easier.
- The Physics Mentoring Project mentors school students to encourage them to continue studying physics, providing interactive training and online support.
- Long-term strategic planning, target audience identification, and resource considerations are important for successful outreach.
- Evaluation of outreach programs should be built in from the start. It doesn't always mean surveys and quantitative data.
- Outreach helps to break down barriers to physics and reach those who may not normally engage with the subject.
- External funding opportunities are available for engagement activities such as STFC's Spark awards and AI Enigneering's Ingenious grant scheme.
- The Ogden Trust supports university physics outreach through funding, the Outreach Officer Network, and annual Outreach Awards.
- The Taking a Strategic Approach to Outreach guide and annual leadership training course equip academics and teaching staff with skills to plan and deliver effective outreach.
- Examples of successful outreach programs include the Physics Mentoring Project, Orbyts, and My Place, My Science.
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