Our Vision, Mission and Aims
The NCCPE seeks to support a culture change in the HEI sector through our vision, mission and aims.
Our vision is of a higher education sector making a vital, strategic and valued contribution to 21st-century society through its public engagement activity.
Our mission is to support universities to increase the quantity and quality of their public engagement activity.
Our three strategic aims are to:
1. Inspire a shift in culture
- by supporting universities in bringing about strategic change that embeds public engagement
- by identifying, developing and disseminating evidence-informed practice
2. Increase capacity for public engagement
- by brokering and encouraging the sharing of effective practice
- by capturing learning from the beacons and beyond and sharing it widely
3. Build effective partnerships to encourage partners to embed public engagement in their work
- by informing, influencing and interpreting policy
- by raising the status of public engagement
'Engagement' is an important word in modern society. We believe that a closer relationship with HE helps empower people to take an informed part in the democratic process and the decisions affecting their lives'
Alan Thorpe, Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council
Funded by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust. About our funders