Volunteers are being sought to join a new panel which it鈥檚 hoped will help guide aspects of research at the 黑料网.
The University鈥檚 College of Life Sciences and Medicine (CLSM) is recruiting members of the public onto the panel which also aims to bolster activities undertaken by the University Public Engagement with Research team.
Dr Margaret Watson, Senior Research Fellow and CLSM Public Engagement Co-ordinator, said: 鈥淭his is a new initiative for the College of Life Sciences and one that we hope could be really helpful to our scientists, as well as giving our panellists an insight into the wide range of research we carry out at Aberdeen.
鈥淲hen researchers apply to funding bodies for money to carry out their work they need to complete summaries about what they are proposing to do, and sometimes this can be tricky for scientists to explain in layman鈥檚 terms. Our panellists could help provide advice on funding applications and research reports using layman鈥檚 terms.
鈥淧anellists would also be asked their opinions about research being planned or already underway and they could also get the opportunity to tell us about the kind of research they think we should be carrying out.
鈥淎s well as helping review documents, further down the line they could help with the public dissemination of results from studies, which we do via activities such as our popular Caf茅 Scientifique 蝉别谤颈别蝉.鈥�
Panellists should be 18 and over and don鈥檛 need any specialist knowledge of research. Contact with panellists would mainly be via email or 鈥榩hone although face-to-face meetings would take place at the University, maybe three or four times a year.
Dr Watson added: 鈥淭he University is very good at engaging externally with the public but we want to improve how we engage the public internally with us. I hope this new panel will achieve this as well as help strengthen our research.鈥�
- Anyone wishing to volunteer or find out more should email mwatson-peru@abdn.ac.uk