1. Manageable amount of work from EES to fit around other commitments
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2. Tutoring – new perspective on approaches to PE very inspiring
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3. Positive reinforcement through observing other activities (including how not to do things)
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4. Lack of support from Faculty/School/line management
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5. Helpful specific activity themes (some less needed for actual project but useful anyway)
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6. Locations sometimes hard to find
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7. Good experience of programme leader (had helpful ideas and suggestions)
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8. Spread out sessions made it more challenging to schedule and plan into academic year
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9. Buy-in from leaders at University VC Sir Alan DVC Lisa Roberts
Nick Plant
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10. Honesty from the group e.g. challenges
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11. Regular but spread-out meetings (sustained effort rather than forgotten workshop)
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12. Finding out about public engagement across the University
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13. Sharing ideas with enthusiastic people with knowledge, contacts, resources to make things happen (cross-faculty working)
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14. Practical aspects of sessions and applying ideas to own project, e. g
Practical aspects of sessions and applying ideas to own project, e.g. evaluation methods
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15. Work/life getting in the way!
Frustrating factors which are out of our control, e.g. contracts, career paths etc.
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16. Nice environment -> supportive group
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17. The money has been really useful and allowed me to do things I couldn’t have done otherwise – especially the trip to the Thackray Museum
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18. Help with evaluation – how this can be done in a less formal way
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19. My own work schedule has been really difficult and stressful to fit everything in.
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20. Raised in Yorkshire
Using EES to gain leadership for coordination of project; bringing together UG, PG and Staff to co- produce research with schools.
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21. Change in project – initial idea for project was not very well planned and maybe not ideal as focus for EES course.
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22. Mix of backgrounds – people bringing different skills
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23. Listening to ideas from other projects – inspiration from other subjects.
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24. Personal workload and health issues meant less commitment from me than hoped.
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25. Lots of creative ideas for activities in discussion groups
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26. Less experience in PE than other people so felt a bit out of depth at the start, BUT actually this has been good because it has made me learn more.
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27. Resources at University and investment for continued infrastructure for PE?
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