The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL is committed to actively involving patients and the public in our trials. All our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) work is overseen by our PPI Group, made up of MRC CTU staff alongside seven patient representatives, with a wide range of experience in different areas. In this episode of the Trial Talk podcast, two members of the Unit’s PPI Group, Richard Stephens and Ian Newsome, discuss what PPI means to them; how they got involved as patient representatives in clinical research; and how the MRC CTU at UCL embeds PPI into our trials. Resources: • Our PPI group: www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/patients-publi…our-ppi-group/ • PPI resources: www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/patients-publi…ppi-resources/ • Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare (book): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK66204/ For more information and to access the transcript: bit.ly/3KlKtak For questions or feedback on the podcast series, message us at mrcctu.engage@ucl.ac.uk.

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5/29/2024

Planet of the week, Mars, is pitched against Guest Planet Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, in a lively debate on one of the hot topics in astrobiology and planetary science: 'Where is the best place to search for life beyond Earth?'. Our experts will try to convince you of the case for Team Mars or Team Europa. The ‘Mars Week Debate’ was a free public engagement event held live in person at UCL and online, on Thursday 9th March 2023. Team Mars: Prof Andrew Coates (MSSL), Prof Ian Crawford (Birkbeck) and Catherine Regan (MSSL). Team Europa: Dr Mark Fox-Powell (OU), Dr Rachael Hamp (OU) and Grace Richards (OU). Host: Dr Andrew Rushby (Birkbeck) The audience were able to put their questions to the panels, before casting their vote for Mars or Europa. Watch to find out who won on the night!

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3/23/2023

After this extraordinary year of the global COVID-19 pandemic and as a Thank you message to key workers, and our NHS and GOS ICH colleagues, we have this message of support: We are all in this together: https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/49313and a message of support to everyone that we are all in this together.

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12/10/2020

"This is an Okay Experiment" is a spatial engagement project prepared for DEVP0003: Participatory Processes, Building for Development with Giovanna Astolfo. The project is a collaboration between Lorenzo Balugani, Chiara Ferioli, Dina Mneimneh and Lina Slimpi that took place across three cities: Athens, Beirut and Bologna. It is a social experiment that attempts to offer an opportunity for expression, spontaneity and creativity in public spaces, despite the effects of the pandemic.

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12/2/2020

Congratulations to qUCL's former director Prof Bob Mills, who has received a Provost's Public Engagement Award (Established Career category) for his work on the Hide & Seek: A Queer Tour of Bloomsbury walking tours he organised in 2018 in conjunction with qUCL and Out@UCL. The annual awards recognise staff and students’ contributions to the local community and further afield through collaborative engagement based on partnerships with diverse communities. Image credit: Prof Bob Mills receiving a UCL Provost's Public Engagement Awards 2019 © Natalia Janula

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5/17/2019

Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (UCL Library Services) talks about the benefits of Open Science for education and society.

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2/28/2018