NCCPE Engagement Conference 2010

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

Filed under: NCCPE Event

London

The NCCPE are hosting their first national conference in December 2010. The conference will focus on the broad theme of why and how universities should engage the public. Day one will focus on HEI public engagement. Day two will feature student volunteering, informed by our vinspired students project.

The aim of the conference is provide an opportunity for people passionate about university public engagement to come together to share effective practice and to explore how to embed public engagement within HEIs. The conference is for university staff (including senior managers, academics, researchers, teaching staff, support staff), community partners, and students.

Content will include

• Launch of our Public Engagement Manifesto and associated resources - to help inspire universities to embrace engagement as part of their mission, and equip them to do so
• Case studies from the Beacons - focussing on embedding public engagement
• Workshops exploring relevant themes including: evaluation, impact, culture change, effective practice, funding etc
• Launch of our vinspired student manifesto and associated resources
• Case studies from the vinspired students pilot projects, national partnerships and research

The NCCPE would be interested to hear from anyone wanting to contribute a workshop to this event. Workshops should address one of the following themes:

• How universities have approached embedding public engagement (eg: reward and recognistion, support and infrastructure etc)
• Public engagement in practice: examples of effective public engagement projects
• How students have been involved in public engagement projects.

Please fill in the following form if you would like to take part, and send it to Sophie Duncan by 31 March 2010.

Booking for the conference will open in April 2010.