Creating connections in the East Midlands

Join us for a morning of presentations surrounding the local innovation landscape and hear about the work of Royal Society Industry College network members, who are working to foster industry-academia collaboration.

The Royal Society Industry College network consists of current and former award holders of the Royal Society Industry Fellowship, short Industry Fellowship and Entrepreneur in Residence schemes. All three schemes were established by the Society to help facilitate research translation and strengthen the links between industry and academia.

This session is open to all.

If you would like to attend this session, get in touch with the Industry team.

We are inviting Nottingham based secondary school teachers and senior leaders to a workshop session, focussing on providing support and solutions to carrying out practical science in the classroom. This session has been designed by The Royal Society Schools Engagement team. Alongside discussions and a workshop activity, the session will highlight The Royal Society's free teaching resources and opportunities to access funding for science projects. It will also feature a case study talk from a teacher and STEM partner who have participated in The Royal Society’s Partnership Grants scheme.

This session is invitation-only.

We invite professionals working in public engagement and outreach across universities, science centres, local museums and community organisations to a dedicated workshop hosted by the Royal Society Public Engagement team. 

We hope this session will be an opportunity to create and strengthen local and national connections. We are keen to share Royal Society-funded opportunities for collaboration and want to better understand how the Society can support its funded researchers to engage in their local areas.

In the morning, we’ll focus on exploring and deepening connections between engagement professionals, using resources and initiatives from the Royal Society to spark ideas and collaborative partnerships. After lunch, the conversation will shift to roundtable discussions centred on essential skills and knowledge that you think that scientists need to lead and deliver effective public and community engagement.

We look forward to a day of shared learning, inspiration, and building a stronger network of public engagement professionals.

This session is invitation-only. To request an invite, please get in touch with the Public Engagement team. 

The workshop, Barriers and enablers for women researchers working in industry, will bring together award holders and Fellows of the Royal Society to explore the challenges and opportunities for women in this space. This topic has been selected in part to help us mark the 80th anniversary of the first women Fellows of the Royal Society and the discussion will examine the improvements that have been made to support women scientists as well as the challenges that remain.

Locally informed place-based investment in research and innovation has an important role to play in improving productivity across the UK. Alongside investment in infrastructure, skills, and amenities, the development of regional research and innovation clusters may be an important way to unlock local growth.

This roundtable invites a small group of individuals from government, industry, and academia, to discuss how the UK can maximise the innovation potential of regions outside of London and the South East. The discussion will focus on the barriers and enablers to building and growing regional innovation clusters, how regional strategies should be balanced against national priorities, and how regional clusters can work together to achieve growth. The roundtable discussion is an opportunity for attendees to share their experiences and recommendations and will inform the Society’s policy work on regional innovation and local growth.

This session is invitation-only.

This workshop from the Royal Society schools engagement team highlights opportunities for STEM professionals in academia and industry to connect with local schools. As well as discussions, the workshop will include a case study talk from a teacher and STEM partner working in industry, who have participated in the Royal Society’s Partnership Grants scheme.