How should universities engage with the public?

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About the NCCPE

The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement [NCCPE] is part of the Beacons for Public Engagement project. Our role is to inspire a culture change in how universities engage with the public. We work with all the beacons to promote best practice in public engagement and provide a single point of contact for the whole higher education sector. We also work strategically with our key national partners to help develop work across the sector. More about the NCCPE.

Get your feet wet

Welcome to our website. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner with wide-ranging experience of public engagement, or you are just at the stage of finding out more, you've come to the right place. We hope you will be inspired to get involved in our work, to inspire a culture shift in how universities and research institutes engage the public.

NCCPE News

NCCPE Conference: A date for your diary - we are hosting our first national conference on 7-8 December 2010. We want to provide an opportunity for people passionate about university public engagement to come together - find out more about the conference.

New Viewpoints added: We are continuing to add to our Viewpoints series, in which those involved with PE across the academic sector tell us why it matters to them, and how we can work to increase its presence. The latest articles are from Sarah Davies and Tim Johnson - you can read them here.

Open House Day We have published a photostory of all the happenings from our Open House event in November - you can watch the videos of the fantastic presentations given by Gerry Kelleher, Paul Younger and Steve West, and read about the case studies that you may have missed.