Public engagement

Source: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/slowcat/public-engagement/ Parent: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/slowcat/

Sharing our research with the public - including school children and budding scientists - is an important part of what we do.

We launched our fully accessible, large-scale interactive exhibit at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in July 2022.

It attracted more than 5,700 visitors from the across the UK and beyond - including more than 700 students and their teachers.

In September 2022, we were selected to be part of the British Science Festival - hosted by De Montfort University - and showcased our innovative research at Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2023.

[### “I love that I can use my degree to help in the fight against climate change.”

PhD researcher Sam Wallbridge holds one of just 10 Society of Chemical Industry (UK) public understanding of science fellowships.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/school-college-liaison/post-16/why-it-matters/resources/science/chemistry/sam-wallbridge/)

[### “Visitors found it fascinating how many everyday products come from oil and how can we replace it."

Feedback from Dr Julie Maxton (Executive Director of the Royal Society) to the SlowCat Team.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/slowcat/public-engagement/royal-society/)

Our engagement partners

We are very grateful to local schools De Lisle and Limehurst as well as our research partners with whom we road tested our ideas before developing our interactive exhibit.

The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry has generously supported the creation of our exhibit as well as the training of team SlowCat’s young researchers as science ambassadors.