#37 Mariana Velho from CERN Switzerland on Public Engagement

About this episode

Mariana Velho discusses the importance of science communication and outreach in engineering education.

Attracting students to study engineering, and helping society understand what engineers do, are ongoing challenges within engineering education. In this episode we spoke to Mariana Velho, Communication, Education and Outreach Manager for CERN openlab. Mariana draws upon her background in psychology, education and outreach, to manage various communication projects and campaigns, and manage stakeholder relationships. Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the use of science communication and outreach in encouraging students to study engineering. Timestamps 0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode 0.23 Podcast Intro 0.48 Experiences with science communication and outreach from Natalie and Neil 3.20 Introduction to Mariana 6.47 The importance of science communication 7.28 ATLAS Experiment and CERN 8.44 The role of psychology in science communication 11.46 CERN 14.44 CERN openlab 16.47 Mariana's role within CERN 19.28 Developing the scientists and engineers of tomorrow 21.22 The Summer Placement 27.36 Science communication skills 31.32 Educational resources 37.11 Microsoft Dreamspace and spatial skills 43.24…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Natalie Wint, Dr. Neil Cooke

Guest: Mariana Velho

Topics covered

• engineering education
• science communication
• public engagement
• student attraction
• outreach
• psychology in education

Keywords

• engineering
• CERN
• science communication
• outreach
• education
• psychology
• student engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CERN, CERN openlab, University College London, University of Birmingham

Places: Switzerland

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