The third

SEPnet Public Engagement Awards were held on Wednesday 29 November 2017. The ceremony was a fantastic opportunity to showcase�amazing Public Engagement projects and practitioners�from across the region.

Awards were were given out in six categories. For some awards the competition was very close, leading to other nominees being awarded a highly commended certificate.

The winners were:

Innovation Project Award Winner - Tactile Universe, Portsmouth

Highly Commended:

SSFX, QMUL Stargazing +, Oxford Walk-In Quantum Computer Installation, Sussex

Collecting the award are the project team,�Dr Coleman Krawczyk, Dr Nic Bonne, Dr Karen Masters and Raffles. Dr Jen Gupta couldn't make the presentation.

Impact Project Award Winner - Research In Schools, QMUL

Collecting the award is project lead Dr Martin Archer.

Communication Award Winner - Dr Guillem Anglada-Escud�, QMUL

Highly Commended:

Dr Suzie Sheehy, Oxford

Prof Winfried Hensinger, Sussex

Newcomer Award Winner � Emma Osborne, Southampton

Highly Commended:

Lucy Newnham, Portsmouth

Dr Michelle Collins, Surrey

Sophie Bashforth, RHUL

Achievement Award Winner � Dr Karen Masters, Portsmouth

Highly Commended:

Suzie Sheehy, Oxford

Research Group Award Winner - Centre for Particle Physics, RHUL

Highly Commended:

Optical Engineering & Quantum Photonics Group, Southampton.

Collecting the award are representatives,�Sophie Bashforth, Anna�Christodoulou, Dr Stephen Gibson,� Prof Stewart Boogert,�Andrey Abramov

Other photographs from the event can be found here.

The panel was formed�by Public Engagement�experts from outside the SEPnet region, who weren�t Physics focused, and representatives from the IOP and RAS Outreach & Public Engagement teams. They were extremely impressed with the standard of nominations. There were many difficult decisions and it came down to splitting hairs. Thanks to all members of the panel for taking the time to review all the nominees.

A big thank-you to all those who submitted a nomination and hearty congratulations to all the winners.