\u201cthe phenomenal success of both Erica herself, the team who developed and built her and their impact on the University\u2019s reputation. The team hugely deserves an award for their ongoing tireless effort using Erica for outreach activities.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I have blogged before about a fabulous outreach tool that Erica has been. We were very excited to be recognised for this award as it demonstrates the work we have done at a university level.<\/p>\n Picture by C.Gutteridge<\/p><\/div>\n Erica was also a finalist in the National Public Engagement Awards. As well as winning the VC award, back in June Erica was also a runner-up in the\u00a0<\/span>National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) Engage Competition<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0\u201cEngaging with Young People\u201d category. It was an honour to be nominated in a national awards. Again its nice to have our hard work recognised. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We were really lucky for Erica and team \ud83d\ude09 to win a VC award in August. The award was given for: \u201cthe phenomenal success of both Erica herself, the team who developed and built her and their impact on the University\u2019s reputation. The team hugely deserves an award for their ongoing tireless effort using Erica … <\/p>\n![\"Picture](\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/rp2e12\/files\/2014\/08\/ericavc.png\")
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