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Research Councils UK

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Research Councils UK is the strategic partnership of the UK's Research Councils. We invest annually around £3 billion in research. Our focus is on excellence with impact.

Our vision for public engagement is to: enable society to value and have confidence in research processes and outputs; for public engagement to inspire young people to pursue research careers; and to increase the societal impact of research by creating a culture where the research sector and researchers themselves value public engagement as an important activity and an awareness of social and ethical issues informs research decisions. To achieve this we are working to three aims: recognising and responding to public views, inspiring young people and supporting researchers to engage. Our programmes include Researchers in Residence (www.researchersinresidence.ac.uk) and the Beacons for Public Engagement initiative (www.publicengagement.ac.uk).

For further information including details of all our projects and resources please click our web link.

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