The Beltane Public Engagement Network (Beltane) is a network for people interested in making academic research accessible to a wide variety of audiences.

The Beltane is supported by four Edinburgh universities: the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University. We are a small team based in the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Academic Development (IAD). 

The Beltane follows on from, and builds on, the work of the Edinburgh Beltane Beacon for Public Engagement project which was one of six UK Beacons for Public Engagement funded by Research Councils UK, the Funding Councils and the Wellcome Trust.