Maths Busking has been entered for ‘Engage U’, a “European Competition for Best Innovations in University Outreach and Public Engagement”. A detailed entry makes the case for Maths Busking, including the following description:

Maths Busking aims to show the public the surprising and fascinating side of mathematics through the medium of street performance.

The EngageU competition seeks:

to identify the most innovative outreach and public engagement activities that have been carried out by European Universities. We define outreach and public engagement in the broadest sense to incorporate all forms of interaction with individuals and organisations outside the university… The three winning entries will each receive a 5000 EUR prize for their institution… The three winners will be announced on 23 April 2012.

As well as being a competition, “all entries will be made public on the website, forming part of an online repository of good practice in outreach”.

You are encouraged to vote for entries and no registration is needed to do so.

A full list of entries, rules and further information is available via the EngageU website.