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The annual 香港六合彩中特网 Provost鈥檚 Public Engagement Awards celebrate the achievements of the projects and people whose collaborations have made a positive impact in and with communities locally, nationally and around the globe.

The project brought together clinicians, musicians, patients with laryngectomy and young people from East London to explore the role of beatboxing in voice rehabilitation and raise awareness of the difficulties facing those without voice boxes.

A series of鈥痓eatboxing鈥痺orkshops鈥痜or patients and clinicians鈥痺ith UK beatboxing champion Marv Radio, explored鈥痶he different techniques applicable in speech rehabilitation. These workshops culminated into a final performance, a world premiere of Beatboxing Without a Voice, at the Olympic Village鈥痠n鈥疭tratford, East鈥疞ondon.聽

The team discovered that beatboxing has helped all participants with their breathing, which is something they hope further systematic research will explore. The collaboration continues to experiment with different forms of singing techniques. In February鈥�2020, , 鈥�'Can You Hear My Voice?' was released. The film has been screened worldwide and used in鈥痗linical settings to raise awareness鈥痮f the possibilities for those experiencing and caring for laryngectomy patients. on Frontiers of Psychology (Performance Science), where all methods, tools and materials have been made available openly so that other groups can also benefit from this work.

The awards are organised by the Engagement Team at 香港六合彩中特网 Culture and sponsored by 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur.

Speaking about the award winners, Professor Arthur said: 鈥淭he value of this work is鈥痑ll the more鈥痠mportant as we see communities around our campuses and across the globe where 香港六合彩中特网 research and teaching is embedded, being adversely impacted by the鈥痯andemic.

鈥淭hese projects show that鈥痶hrough鈥痝enuine鈥痯artnerships, which embody a spirit of experimentation and鈥痳espond to communities鈥� needs, 香港六合彩中特网 can help make a tangible difference to people鈥檚 lives around the world.鈥�

Professor Himonides said: 鈥淚 am absolutely delighted to accept this award as the celebration of the value of experimentation in engagement that is innovative and impactful for the work that I conducted in collaboration with the Charity Shout at Cancer.

鈥淚 am very proud to see how research informed exploration and public engagement can have a continual impact on the lives of vulnerable people but also how absolutely vital the engagement of the public is in strengthening and furthering educational practice.

鈥淟ast but not least, I would like to stress the importance of the work that we do as educators here at the IOE; none of this work would have been possible if I hadn't had the opportunity to forge this meaningful synergy with Dr Thomas Moors from Shout at Cancer, a brilliant medical practitioner who had undertaken the 'Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication' postgraduate module that I lead.鈥�

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• View all the winners of the Provost鈥檚 Public Engagement Awards 2020
• Department of Culture, Communication and Media

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• Image credit: Professor Evangelos Himonides