teaching, workshops

Engagement, participation and outreach activities

avbees
2015-07-04

This page details some public engagement, widening participation and outreach activities I undertook in the main while employed at the University of Sheffield. The university defines these as distinct activities (see below), but I enjoyed their common purpose: to encourage people to share their skills and experience widely with others.

  • Public engagement – ‘the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education and research can be shared with the public. Engagement is by definition a two-way process, involving interaction and listening, with the goal of generating mutual benefit’.
  • Outreach activities – aim to create a close working relationship between schools, colleges and the university, working together to help their students identify and pursue the Higher Education opportunities that are available to them.
  • Widening participation aims to identify and support the ‘most able, least likely’ to progress to high education.

2021

  • “Let’s get creative,” in Ask the experts session, Remotely from Chesterfield, UK. STEM outreach activity with Kakou. Interview. 20 May, 2021.
    [BibTeX] [link] 
    @inproceedings{Kakou:2021afb,
%%author = {},
title = {{Let's get creative}},
booktitle = {{Ask the experts session}},
year = {2021},
address = {Remotely from Chesterfield, UK. STEM outreach activity with Kakou. Interview. 20 May},
link = {https://www.kakou.org.uk/},
month = may
}

2019

  • D. Egan, A. Beeston, and L. Cheesman, “SONA: Landmass (Orkney),” in YSWN’s Amplify programme, Stromness Warehouse Buildings, Stromness, Orkney, UK. Open studio. 31 May, 2019.
    [BibTeX] [link] 
    @inproceedings{SONA:2019landmass_os,
author = {Egan, Deborah and Beeston, Amy and Cheesman, Lucy},
title = {{SONA: Landmass (Orkney)}},
booktitle = {{YSWN's Amplify programme}},
year = {2019},
address = {Stromness Warehouse Buildings, Stromness, Orkney, UK. Open studio. 31 May},
link = {https://avbees.com/sona-landmass/},
month = may
}

2017

  • D. Egan, L. Clough, D. Gusejnova, and A. Beeston, “SONA: Making Sense!,” in British Science Association Fun Palace, Sheffield, UK. Makey-makey fruit orchestra (family workshop). 7 Oct, 2017.
    [BibTeX] [link] 
    @inproceedings{SONA:2017fruit,
author = {Deborah Egan and Laura Clough and Dina Gusejnova and Amy Beeston},
title = {{SONA: Making Sense!}},
booktitle = {{British Science Association Fun Palace}},
year = {2017},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Makey-makey fruit orchestra (family workshop). 7 Oct},
link = {https://sonawomen.co.uk/2017/10/07/fun-palaces-fruit-orchestra/},
month = oct
}

2016

  • A. Beeston, “Science while you sleep,” in Researchers’ Night, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Exhibition stall and software demonstration. 30 Sep, 2016.
    [BibTeX] [flyer] [poster] 
    @inproceedings{Beeston:2016sleep,
author = {Beeston, Amy},
title = {{Science while you sleep}},
booktitle = {{Researchers' Night, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2016},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Exhibition stall and software demonstration. 30 Sep},
flyer = {http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/A.Beeston/dl/Flyer_UoSResearchersNight-2016.pdf},
poster = {http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/A.Beeston/dl/Poster_UoSResearchersNight-2016.pdf},
month = sep
}

  • A. V. Beeston, L. Blazic, N. Chue Hong, R. Domander, M. R., and R. T. Wilson, “Ten simple rules for writing a comparative software review,” PeerJ Preprints, p. 4:e2221v1, 2016. [doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.2221v1]
    [BibTeX] [paper] 
    @article{Beeston:2016ssi,
author = {Amy V. Beeston and Blazic, L. and Chue Hong, N. and Domander, R. and Mounce R. and Wilson, R.T.},
title ={Ten simple rules for writing a comparative software review},
journal = {{PeerJ Preprints}},
volume = {0},
number = {0},
pages = {4:e2221v1},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.7287/peerj.preprints.2221v1},
paper = {https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2221v1},
month = jul
}

  • A. V. Beeston, “Sound tools for real-time audio tasks,” in Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop 2016 (CW16), Edinburgh, UK. Lightening talk. 21 Mar, 2016.
    [BibTeX] [slides] [watch] 
    @inproceedings{Beeston:2016ssicw,
author = {Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Sound tools for real-time audio tasks}},
booktitle = {{Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop 2016 (CW16)}},
year = {2016},
address = {Edinburgh, UK. Lightening talk. 21 Mar},
slides = {https://www.software.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/content/Beeston_SSI_cw2016.pdf},
watch = {http://youtu.be/cMlrj-Sy9FU},
month = mar
}

2015

  • R. K. Moore and A. V. Beeston, “MakeSpeech,” in Headstart summer school, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Guest tutor. 13 Jul, 2015.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Moore:2015headstart,
author = {Moore, Roger K and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{MakeSpeech}},
booktitle = {{Headstart summer school, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2015},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Guest tutor. 13 Jul},
month = jul
}

  • R. Timmers and A. V. Beeston, “Music and science demo,” in Department of Music, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Software demonstration. 6 Jul, 2015.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Timmers:2015mmm,
author = {Timmers, Renee and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Music and science demo}},
booktitle = {{Department of Music, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2015},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Software demonstration. 6 Jul},
month = jul
}

2014

  • R. Timmers and A. V. Beeston, “Tap with jazzy swing and romantic rubato: An interactive demonstration of expressive timing in music,” in Digital Humanities Congress, Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 4-6 Sep, 2014.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Timmers:2014dhc,
author = {Timmers, Renee and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Tap with jazzy swing and romantic rubato: An interactive demonstration of expressive timing in music}},
booktitle = {{Digital Humanities Congress}},
year = {2014},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 4-6 Sep},
month = sep
}

  • R. Timmers and A. V. Beeston, “Music and science taster session,” in Open day, Department of Music, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Software demonstration. 7 Jul, 2014.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Timmers:2014mmm,
author = {Timmers, Renee and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Music and science taster session}},
booktitle = {{Open day, Department of Music, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2014},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Software demonstration. 7 Jul},
month = jul
}

2013

  • A. V. Beeston and M. A. C. Summers, “Using machine listening to analyse timbre in performance,” in Music Mind Machine Research Centre ‘Open House’, Sheffield, UK. Demonstration. 26 Nov, 2013.
    [BibTeX] [slides] 
    @inproceedings{Beeston:2013mmm,
author = {Beeston, Amy V and Summers, Mark A C},
title = {{Using machine listening to analyse timbre in performance}},
year = {2013},
booktitle = {{Music Mind Machine Research Centre 'Open House'}},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Demonstration. 26 Nov},
slides = {http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/A.Beeston/dl/slides/BeestonSummers_MMM_Nov2013.pdf},
month = nov
}

  • R. K. Moore and A. V. Beeston, “MakeSpeech,” in Cutlers’ Ambassador Scheme, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Guest tutor. 3 Oct, 2013.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Moore:2013cutlers,
author = {Moore, Roger K and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{MakeSpeech}},
booktitle = {{Cutlers' Ambassador Scheme, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2013},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Guest tutor. 3 Oct},
month = oct
}

2010

  • R. K. Moore, G. Aimetti, and A. V. Beeston, “Computers that talk and listen,” in Open day, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 17 Feb, 2010.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Moore:2010guy,
author = {Moore, Roger K and Aimetti, G and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Computers that talk and listen}},
booktitle = {{Open day, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2010},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 17 Feb},
month = feb
}

  • R. K. Moore, T. Kempton, and A. V. Beeston, “Computers that talk and listen,” in Open day, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 3 Feb, 2010.
    [BibTeX] 
    @inproceedings{Moore:2010tim,
author = {Moore, Roger K and Kempton, T and Beeston, Amy V},
title = {{Computers that talk and listen}},
booktitle = {{Open day, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield}},
year = {2010},
address = {Sheffield, UK. Oral presentation. 3 Feb},
month = feb
}

Activities on my peer-learning facilitation page are also somewhat related to these…

Amy Beeston