Heidi R. Green

An Update on What’s in Store for the Next Few Months

I’ve done that thing again where I have a tonne of ideas and things to post, and then life gets in the way and time disappears leaving me with a never ending to do list and a blog that hasn’t been updated in too long. That never ending to do list is currently almost entirely…
Facing the Future – Reflections from Day 2 at Engage 2018

This is the third of four blog posts that cover my attendance and learnings from the Engage conference – they can be read individually, but to get the most out of them I’d recommend reading the previous 2 (here and here) before you return to this one. I have a lot of thoughts to squeeze…
Navigating the Changing Landscape of Public Engagement – Reflections from Day 1 at Engage 2018

Hello, hello, I’m back with more chat about the Engage conference. Just a warning, this will be ongoing for the next few blog posts. After that I’m taking a break for Christmas, and then I’ll be back to blogging as I’ll be firmly in the process of traveling adventures for my Winston Churchill Memorial Trust…
Changing the Way We View Public Engagement – Reflections from Day 1 at Engage 2018

This UK’s National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)’s Engage conference is now in its 8th year, this year it took place on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th November. The conference has previously taken place in NCCPE’s home city of Bristol, but this year the team ventured north, inviting an incredible line up of researchers,…
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park 2018

This Saturday 8th December, I will shun the comfort on my warm bed and instead sleep outside in Aberdeen’s Duthie Park. No, I haven’t had some sort of break down, there will be lots of other people there with me, including colleagues and friends from work, as we take part in Social Bite’s Sleep in…
I Graduated!

Look at me, updating the blog when I said I would… I graduated yesterday, I did the actual graduating with all the people and everything! That’s it, my PhD is officially over, and I am so, so proud of myself. The last 3 years and a half years haven’t been easy by any stretch of…
About that Blogtober thing…

Hello again.. When I last did one of these ‘I SWEAR I’m gonna post more’ type posts, I said I was going to do Blogtober – i.e. posting every day in October. I did that, kind of, a little bit, not entirely. I missed 2 days between October 1st and 25th, and I haven’t posted…
I’m on Mighty Casey Quinlan’s Podcast!

Another late post, but I’m super excited for this one. Today I spoke to the wonderful Mighty Casey Quinlan – she’s a hugely engaging podcaster and comedian who interviewed me in the most warm and enthusiastic way. We talked all things trials, public engagement, and patient involvement. Listen to our podcast here. Links to things…
Let’s Do Something

Today’s #Blogtober isn’t about anything that I’m doing with regards to academic life; it’s more important than that. I got back from Birmingham today and I’ve just caught up with freelance projects, still got a new pin to design for a Science On A Postcard client, but I’m sat in my office with the snuggliest…
Prioritising the Research Agenda for Trial Retention – Birmingham, 23rd October 2018

I’ve been in Birmingham today for the final consensus meeting of the PRioRiTy II project, so I thought I’d write a quick blog post before dinner so that you can find out a bit more about the process of research prioritisation. I’ve spoken on this blog before about the first PRioRiTy project, which was a…