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    • What is public engagement?
    • Who are the public?
    • Why does public engagement matter?
    • The current policy landscape
      • What does an engaged university look like?
      • Public engagement and the REF
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      • Public Engagement and the KEF
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      • About quality engagement
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      • Target your audience
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    • Manifesto for Public Engagement
      • About the Manifesto
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    • Strategy and planning
      • The EDGE tool
      • Developing a strategy
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      • How we can help
      • The culture change journey
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    • Images of Public Engagement 2018
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      • PEP Insights Research Study
      • Enhancing Place Based Partnerships
      • Citizen Engagement on the Environment
      • National Forum for Public Engagement in STEM
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      • STFC Wonder Match
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The NCCPE is recruiting for several new roles to help us improve race equity and equality in public engagement.

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Inspire me!

Gain inspiration for your public engagement work through case studies, stories and films.
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Join the NCCPE to support more inclusive engagement

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20 / 03 / 2023
The NCCPE is recruiting for several new roles to help us to develop and support more inclusive public engagement.
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Joining forces to improve public involvement and engagement

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08 / 03 / 2023
In recognition of the one year anniversary of the launch of our Shared Commitment to Public Involvement, we met with patient advocate and NCCPE partner Stephen Hill.
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Championing university-community partnerships: Announcing our 2022 Engage Watermark winners

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15 / 12 / 2022
Four UK Universities have been awarded the 2022 Engage Watermark, in recognition of their outstanding commitment to public and community engagement.
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Manifesto for Public Engagement Signatories include:
  • University of Brighton logo
  • University of Leicester logo
  • University of Cambridge logo
  • Bath Spa University
  • Liverpool John Moores University
  • Lancaster University logo
  • SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies logo
  • University of Aberdeen logo
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • SAS logo
  • Oxford Brookes University logo
  • Cranfield University Logo
  • Teesside University Logo
  • UCL logo
  • Aberystwyth University logo
  • University of Lincoln logo
  • Royal Holloway, University of London logo
  • University of Glamorgan logo
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Staffordshire University
  • Ulster University logo
  • University of Surrey logo
  • Kingston University London logo
  • University of Reading logo
  • University of Manchester logo
  • University of East Anglia logo
  • Falmouth University logo
  • Bournemouth University
  • University of Portsmouth logo
  • The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
  • University of Bristol logo
  • Glasgow Caledonian University logo
  • Aston University Logo
  • Loughborough University
  • Edinburgh Napier University
  • University of Nottingham logo
  • University of the West of England logo
  • Institute of Education logo
  • The University of Sheffield logo
  • Queen Margaret University Logo
  • University of Bradford logo
  • University of Salford logo
  • University of Sussex logo
  • Northumbria University logo
  • Goldsmiths, University of London logo
  • University of Bath logo
  • University of Northampton logo
  • Heriot Watt University logo
  • Cardiff University Logo
  • Imperial College London
  • University of St Andrews logo
  • University of Southampton logo
  • University of Chester logo
  • University of York logo
  • University of Leeds Logo
  • Queen Mary University of London logo
  • Diamond Light Source
  • Birkbeck, University of London logo
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  • University of Glasgow logo
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  • Swansea University logo
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