Phil Jemmett

But please make sure you don't talk while reading it... 🙄 you will get told off by Ali.

We wrote a thing! But, perhaps more importantly, this @timeshighered.bsky.social article contains an exclusive on whether @alexhorne.bsky.social considers Jaffa Cakes to be cakes or biscuits... 👀

Phil Jemmett and Ali Struthers holding the Greg’s head trophy from Taskmaster.

Some things are exciting even when you work for #Taskmaster 🏆

Thankfully in this case the colleague can walk the extra distance... Imagine the inconvenience if the more expensive station was the only accessible station?

It's just so bonkers isn't it?

Well done for looking after your colleagues by checking these things! That's very kind of you 😆

That's going to be fun to make...

Phil Jemmett holding the real trophy shaped like a gold pineapple, with a hand crafted gold pineapple trophy in the foreground. Phil smiles for the camera.

Special shout out here to @philjemmett.bsky.social who, every year, takes the winning trophy from the Champion of Champions Prize Task & makes it into the real trophy for the next year of the competition.

Here is Phil with last year's trophy & the real trophy that the children won this year 🏆

Indeed @philjemmett.bsky.social What an incredibly brilliant day @warwickengages.bsky.social #ResonateFestival So many fabulous families engaged and ethused about STEM.

A group of people standing in a university classroom.

What a brill day today at @warwickengages.bsky.social #Resonate Festival of Science and Technology.

Thanks to the awesome helpers from @wmgwarwick.bsky.social and the amazing @compscitsui.bsky.social for making the Engineers, Inventors, and Explorers room come to life!

#WarwickSTEM #WMGoutreach

A group of people standing together to take a selfie. The picture is of the workshop leaders.

a sheet of paper with red writing on it. The writing shows the costs involved in making a product.

There are 4 picture frames shown, and in each frame is a stitched patern.

image shows four picture frames with stitched patterns in them.

Happy #IWD25 Today, our predominantly female crew led the @ri-science.bsky.social #Engineering Masterclass at @wmgwarwick.bsky.social

We explored #Manufacturing & Assembly creating beautifully framed patterns using @turtlestitch.bsky.social

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD25 #WomenInSTEM #Engineering

My wife to my daughter: "Do you want the book about scientists that daddy's friend wrote, or do you want the one about bums?"

My daughter: "Bums!"

Sorry @dralistruthers.bsky.social.... this is what you're competing with 😆

I just searched for something that started with "How to make b..." and one of the suggestions was

How to make black coffee.

Isn't that obvious?

Option a) do it in the dark.
Option b) start with white coffee and take the milk out.

No comment your honour.

Two students lead a conference session to a room of academic attendees.

Today, two of my brilliant #SchoolTasking student team led a session at Warwick's Widening Participation Conference, putting none other that our own @philjemmett.bsky.social on the spot in this photo 😂

Ten of my now 28-strong student team are finalists & have been with the project since 2022. 1/2

Photograph shows childrens work on display at Coventry Transport Museum. On the wall are collages of work done by primary school children. Each collage is made up of a collection of patterns stitched onto brightly coloured felt.

Interested in creative cross-curricular #primary projects? Our paper #Engineering in the Classroom with @philjemmett.bsky.social explores #StitchInTime approach using @turtlestitch.bsky.social to create beautiful patterns on fabric: wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
#CSed #TeamCompSci #WMGoutreach

This trophy does look a bit like a star and a pineapple had a child.. I'm sure there's a CAD tool for that.

Extrude, revolve, pineapple star.

Well, this was an exciting start to a Wednesday. What a gentleman.

With @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social now having an account, a couple of us thought a Starter Pack of Warwick staff, doctoral students & postdocs might be helpful for those hopefully migrating here alongside the University.

Please post below if you work at Warwick & would like to be added.

Example: @megjlow.bsky.social Stitch in Time workshops

Maths, coding, and design - but no loss of momentum because students have ownership and choice in how to approach it - warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/...

#Engineering #EngineeringEducation #Outreach #WideningParticipation #STEM #STEMoutreach

The momentum stays up because the students are driving the content in their own direction. You'll have a nice easy time.

Try not to set prescriptive, single path tasks. Allow for more creative flow.

Instead, a task should have a starting point and some creative direction that allows people to play.

Investigate, explore, have fun.

The task can then have an end goal, some will get there fast - but then push further. Others won't be direct but play and with a nudge will head towards the goal.

#outreach and #publicengagement: be creative.

If a task has one answer, the students who know how to work it out will, and then have nothing to do, while those who don't, won't, and then have nothing to do.

You'll have to drag the momentum back up. It's going to tire you out as a presenter!

This time last year...30 kids, one lost sombrero, some sneaky clues in an antiquities cabinet, eggs and lots of tasks. All to celebrate the brilliant work done by @alexhorne.bsky.social in his support of @schooltasking.bsky.social

Where possible, I try through #SchoolTasking to support talented independent creators.

Kimberley's work is one example, but we've also commissioned many crocheted & needle-felted Alex Hornes (details of these below) & rely to a huge extent on the 3D printing prowess of @philjemmett.bsky.social 🤩

Any other tips and ideas from you lovely folks?

Start with a box.

I raved about this years ago on the "before Bluesky" platform but you should start demo design with the box that it's going to go in and where it will be stored. If you can't store it safely and find it easily - the demo might as well already be broken. Think about the long term.

Don't do public engagement work for nothing.

Yes, it is fun. But it should be delivering something for you personally as well as for the audience and your company. How can you get visibility for the work you're doing? Photography? Websites? Social media? Press interest? Intranet/bulletins?

Nothing should be used once and forgotten.

Think about what other events or expositions you are doing and how you can use any content for both. Adults and children both like playing with toys while you talk.

Find something everyone enjoys talking about.

The best thing to do is chat about the topic until you all realise you're grinning and laughing - there's the central element of any public engagement resources you design!

It's easiest to find this with someone who is not an expert in the field.

This morning I was working with a company on how they can do #PublicEngagement work and heard the all-time classic "but our stuff isn't interesting".

It always is. It's always fascinating! Here's a couple of things I think are useful to keep in mind:

a group of people are dancing in a room with the words we don t talk about bruno-no-no-no ALT: a group of people are dancing in a room with the words we don t talk about bruno-no-no-no

We don't talk about (Derren) Browno, no, no, no.