The University's Public Engagement Forum
Our Public Engagement Forum is a group of leaders and champions of public engagement from all of our academic Schools and our professional services Directorates. Meetings are chaired by Prof John Rowan, our Vice-Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact.
The Forum is a sub-committee of Senate and reports in to the Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee. This formal structure exemplifies the emphasis the University places on engagement.
The Public Engagement Forum first met in May 2018, and meets every two months. The Forum is action-focused and is leading the University's efforts to embed our already excellent public engagement activity in all that we do.
The Forum aims to
- Implement and raise awareness of the Public Engagement Strategy that states our vision and sets out the ways in which we support engagement in our University community
- Support the sharing and development of best practice between different areas of the University
- Help the University of Dundee to become Scotland's most engaged University
The current focus of the Forum is delivering on our Engage Watermark Action Plan. We have created five working groups involving members of the Forum, our Public Engagement Network and our University community to monitor progress on these actions. The five working groups are below.
- Advocacy and Strategy - Led by John Rowan
- Celebrating our Successes - Led by Anna Robb and Paul O'Mahoney
- Evaluation and Recording - Led by Jon Urch
- Partnerships - Led by Margaret Teven
- Supporting our Staff and Students - Led by Andrea Rodriguez
For more information on the activities of the Working Groups please contact the Working Group leads.
Public Engagement Champions and Members of the Public Engagement Forum
Each School and Directorate has at least one representative on the Public Engagement Forum, alongside two members of our student's union (DUSA) executive. You can find your Forum representative/s on the list below (alphabetically by Directorate, then School).
University Executive
John Rowan (Chair) - Vice Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact and lead of the Forum's Advocacy and Strategy Working Group
DUSA
Zechariah Laari - Vice-President Academia
Academic and Corporate Governance
Rebecca Coatswith
Doctoral Academy
Sandra Oza
Estates and Campus Services
Kevin Frediani - Curator University of Dundee Botanic Garden
External Relations
Emma Shea
Finance
Pam Houston
Human Resources
Lisa Anderson - Organisational and Professional Development
Ajit Trivedi - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Institute of Sport and Exercise
Audrey Duncan
Library and Learning Centre, and Culture and Information
Caroline Brown - Culture and Information
Moya Fox - Library and Learning Centre
Matthew Jarron - Culture and Information
Research and Innovation Services
Ann Brown
Margaret Teven - Lead of the Forum's Partnerships Working Group
Jon Urch - Lead of the Forum's Evaluation and Recording Working Group
Student Services
Shona Johnston
UoD-IT
Currently vacant
School of Art and Design
Janice Aitken
Tamara Richardson
School of Business
Norin Arshed
Stephen Knox
Linn McFarlane
School of Dentistry
Andrea Rodriguez - Co-lead of the Supporting our Staff and Students Working Group
School of Education and Social Work
Richard Holme
Kristi Herd
Fernando Lannes Fernandes
Anna Robb - Co-lead of the Celebrating our Successes Working Group
School of Health Sciences
Appointment of new lead is due soon
School of Humanities
Chris Murray
School of Life Sciences
Erin Hardee
Nicola Stanley-Wall
School of Medicine
Laureano de la Vega
Christopher Henstridge
Ros Langston
Gillian Martin - Tayside Clinical Trials unit
Paul O'Mahoney - Co-lead of the Celebrating our Successes Working Group
Amy Rogers
School of Science and Engineering
Margi Vilnay
Heather Doran - Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science
School of Social Sciences
Lorraine van Blerk
Upcoming meetings
14:05-15:25 - Tuesday 16 August 2022
15:05-16:25 - Thursday 27 October 2022
10:35-11:55 - Monday 12 December 2022
Minutes and agendas from recent meetings
University of Dundee users only
Forum 21 - Tuesday 14 June 2022
Forum 20 - Monday 28 February 2022
Forum 19 - Tuesday 14 December 2021
Forum 18 - Agenda 31 August 2021
Forum 17 - Agenda 14 June 2021
Forum 16 - Agenda 8 February 2021
Forum 15 - Agenda 10 December 2020
Forum 14 - Agenda 15 September 2020
Forum 13 - Minutes 23 June 2020
Forum 12 - Minutes 29 April 2020
Forum 11 - Minutes 2 April 2020
Forum 10 - Minutes 17 February 2020
Forum 9 - Minutes 29 November 2019
Forum 8 - Minutes 10 September 2019
Forum 7 - Minutes 11 June 2019
Forum 6 - Minutes 18 April 2019
Forum 5 - Minutes 20 February 2019
Forum 4 - Minutes 6 December 2018
Forum 3 - Minutes 11 October 2018
Forum 2 - Minutes 16 August 2018