NCCPE Engagement Conference 2010

7 December 2010 (All day) - 8 December 2010 (All day)

Public engagement can transform the ways universities behave and how they are perceived and valued. Join us at Engage 2010 to find out why engaging with the public is a critical survival strategy for the 21st century university, and how different institutions are rising to the challenge.

Please note we have had a lot of interest in our conference and are currently full. We are however operating a waiting list and would recommend that you still register for a place and we will allocate places if they become available. Please register to go on the waiting list by following this link:  Register Here 

The conference will take place on:

7th December 2010 - 9.45am - 17.00pm

8th December 2010 - 9.30am - 16.45pm

Information

Engage 2010 is the NCCPE's first national conference focusing on the broad theme of why and how universities should engage with the public.

The conference is aimed at anyone with an interest in university public engagement and will include content tailored to senior managers, academic staff and researchers, volunteering staff, support staff, policy makers, students and community partners.

Content will include

• The launch of our Public Engagement Manifesto and associated resources - distilling the learning from the beacons initiative, and created to inspire and support universities to embrace engagement in their work;
• High profile speakers exploring the place of public engagement in the 21st Century university system;
• Workshops to share the stories of the beacons and others - honest, practical accounts of ways they've sought to make their universities more 'engagement friendly' - everything from creating an engagement strategy to changing reward structures in their institutions
• Engagement in practice: front line experiences from practitioners who've developed effective ways of engaging with the public - from co-produced research projects to student volunteering including case studies from our vinspired student project
• The launch of resources from our vinspired students project, including our research into student volunteering.

Programme

We have now published our conference programme.  In addition we have published a list of workshops and taster case studies. To secure a place at the workshops of your choice we would encourage you to use our online booking form following the links below.

Inevitably there may be last minute changes - and we will update it if anything changes.

Download the Conference programme

Download the Workshop and Taster Case Study Lists (904kB: Please note this document provides details of the workshops - which you may want to refer to when you book your workshops - as the full details are not included in the online booking form.)

Book your Workshop Choices. Booking for our workshops has now closed. You will have the opportunity to book your place at our workshops on arrival at the conference.  

 VENUE: CHURCH HOUSE, Deans Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ.

Please click on the following link for directions:

Contact details

Our event is being managed by In Any Event. If you have a query about your booking please contact Vickie Hancock or Laura Ketland on 0117 962 4577 or email events@inanyevent-uk.com

Normal rates (bookings received after midnight 15 October 2010)

£110 for one day; £170 for two days.

Students are offered a reduced rate of £65 for one day; £100 for two days.

Other rates

Community organisations who would like to attend the conference will be offered a community rate - please contact Lisa Adlington if you would like to benefit from this offer. 

The event costs are subsidised - but we are keen to ensure the event is accessible to all. Therefore we are offering a small number of reduced rate places. Please contact Lisa Adlington if you would like to apply for one of these places.