Scintillating in São Paulo

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Bruce Ryan

Thursday 2019_01_04 and Friday 2019_01_05: Travel

depart	at (UK time)	arrive	at (UK time)	mode
home	3pm	Edinburgh airport	15:30	taxi
Edinburgh	18:00 supposedly	Frankfurt	19:55 supposedly	flight LH965
Frankfurt	21:05	Rio de Janeiro	08:50	flight LH500
Rio de Janeiro	11:20	São Paulo	12:30	flight LH3528
São Paulo	3pm	Ibis Styles Faria Lima	I forget!	Renato’s car

So here we are in São Paulo, after little sleep, some wondering about and far too much walking from gate to gate, only just making the second and third flights. I’ve not had anything like enough sleep, which is predictable, but have already seen some fab things. Continue reading →

What has Bruce been up to in the second half of 2018?

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Bruce Ryan

Napier

#	When	What	outcome and notes
1	July	RIVAL: community event on the theme of LIS research impact: my blog post Hazel’s blog post	success! Also enabled further funding application (line 5)
2	July	applying for GCRF funding for PB in Brazil	success! See line 7
3	July	marking work-based learning 2017-18 final reports	——-
4	September	Drafting an idea for some public engagement/democracy work	to revisit in 2019
5	September	RSE funding application to follow up RIVaL: RIVaL network	success! Work to start in Feb 2019
6	October	marking work-based learning 2018-19 initial reports	——-
7	October to present	PB in Brazil: whether and how PB benefits the very poor in Sao Paulo Bruce going to Sao Paulo 4 to 27 Jan, Wegene 4 to 13 Jan	LitRev in progress builds on CSI’s relationship with University of Sao Paulo
8	November	marking BSAD coursework 1	——-
9	November	application for RIO funding to run WriteNow! writing sessions in 2019	success! working with Frances
10	December	marking work-based learning 2018-19 mid-year reports	——-
11	December	marking BSAD coursework 2	——-

Question

Could I offer a short course or other help to students’ improve their report-writing skills?

Elsewhere

12	July	contribution to 2018 Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide: A Longitudinal Assessment of Municipal Websites Throughout the World	fancy certificate of thanks
13	July to present	minuting meetings between Community Councils Together on Trams and Edinburgh Council’s Trams Team	better citizen-involvement?
14	September	Taking part in a follow-up to research by the Scottish Community Development Centre on community councils.	led to involvement in draft PB charter
15	September to present	member of £eith Chooses steering group	voting Saturday 23 February 2019
16	October, November	further participation in Scottish Government (SG) Online Identity Assurance stakeholder group my latest blog post SG’s latest blog post	TBC
17	November	participation in debate/research on governance of and possible new powers for community councils	TBC
18	December	commenting on Scottish Government draft Open Government Action Plan	appreciated by SG
19	December	participation in Scottish Government/CoSLA event on mainstreaming participatory budgeting. Write-up of event is in a set of posts starting here	TBC
20	all year	minutes and websites for three Edinburgh community councils: Leith Central Leith Harbour & Newhaven New Town & Broughton	better recording and publicising of hyperlocal government activities

Apply now for £EITH CHOOSES funding

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Bruce Ryan

My personal side has blogged about £EITH CHOOSES participatory budgeting.

Digital evidence that Bruce might have a life

(I’ve been interested in participatory budgeting since at least 2015, thanks to Ali Stoddart‘s talks at the digiCC events I organised, and subsequent conversations with the Democratic Society. Until recently, I’ve not had much direct involvement but am now on the £EITH CHOOSES steering group.)

After much hard work by the steering group and others, £EITH CHOOSES 2018-19 is open to applications. The closing date for applications is 21 January 2019.

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