Toolkits

Published: May 2025

Working with a partner outside of higher education can bring excellent benefits to public engagement projects. This toolkit will help you think about who you might work with, and provide tips on how to work with them.

Published: December 2025

This toolkit will provide you with the key information you need to be able to approach exploring collections in an academic setting.

Published: May 2025

When planning your public engagement activity, you need to consider: who do you want to engage with? This module will help you consider why and how you should plan your public engagement activity not just for the ‘general public’, but for specific audiences, to ensure high quality engagement.

Published: May 2025

Thinking creatively about your public engagement activity can help you find engaging, innovative and exciting ways to engage the public with your research. In surveys with our audiences, the most common reason for attending events is often ‘entertainment’: aiming for this as part of your public engagement event will help draw in a crowd, as an interesting format will help to draw in your target audience.

Published: December 2025

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This toolkit written and presented by an experienced freelance professional in the arts and humanities sector explores how to pursue a freelance career as a Humanities PhD. It contains practical tips, interviews with practitioners and resources to provide you with a head start.