Catalyst Group Homepage
This page hosts all Engaged Futures catalyst updates, reports, session recordings, resources, and opportunities.
Please do not share the URL for this page with anyone who is not already a catalyst. You could also save it in favourites bar on your browser so you can find it easily.
Welcome to new Catalysts!
We invite new Catalyst Group members to have a look at the Catalyst Welcome page. This hosts all the background information you'll need to understand the project:
- What is your role as a catalyst?
- Catalyst briefing webinar which tells you about your role in the project
- A short video about the '3 Horizons' framework
- The Engaged Futures project timeline
- A description of the four phases of the project
- How to bring others into the catalyst group
Project Timeline
We are in Phase 4
We are now in Phase 4 where we will be working closely with our Domain of Action groups to distill areas for action which they feel are in most urgent need of attention.
The group members will consult the wider Engaged Futures community to feedback on a shortlist of action areas and work with them to build briefs for each action area. A small budget will be available to commission the work needed to provide the knowledge, tools and resources that will enable change. The people / groups / organisations that will be delivering the requirements of the brief will be called "Action Development groups".
The Domain of Action groups may commission research, bring together key organisations to create a powerful network, or ask a group to create a framework for HEIs to follow - details of the activities will be stipulated in the briefs outlined by the groups. The outputs of these activities will scaffold those in the sector to drive forward the actions needed to make the lasting, transformational change that we imagined.
For those not involved in the Domain of Action groups, the next opportunities for you to input will be on 25 March 2026 when we will be inviting our networks to feedback on the shortlisted Areas for Action in an online event, and contribute to the development of the brief for each action area. Invites will be sent by email soon.
Ways to Get Involved
Engaged Futures is a collective movement for change. We hope you will continue to be involved and contribute your ideas and actions.
Upcoming event dates and times will be posted here. Please also check your inbox for catalyst news.
Up-Coming Events
- For Domain of Action group members - 04 February 2026
If you are in a Domain of Action group, we will be hosting an online workshop on Wednesday 04 February from 14:00-16:30, to shortlist potential action areas and start scoping out briefs to commission work on the development of these actions.
- Join us 2:30-5pm on 25 March 2026 for a chance to feedback on the shortlisted Action Areas and help develop briefs to commission work - Invites will be sent by email
The wider Engaged Futures community will be coming together on 25 March 2026 to participate in a workshop, where you will have the chance to feedback on shortlisted areas for action for each Domain of Action. We will also be asking you to feed into the development of briefs which will be used to commission the work which is to be carried out to produce outputs that will support the sector and the enactment of these actions.
Our Catalyst networks will be notified on the homepage and invited by email, please keep your eyes peeled for more information.
Connect with others in the group on LinkedIn
We know that there is an appetite amongst Catalysts to network and share ideas. We also need your help to build this movement and arrive at concrete actions that Catalysts and others in the system can take on.
Use the link below to join our Engaged Futures Catalysts LinkedIn group to make connections and continue sharing your thoughts.
We will continue to send formal communications through our email mailing list, but we hope that LinkedIn will become a place for catalysts to engage with one another, and that is catalyst-owned and nurtured.
When you join, please introduce yourself to others and share your hopes for Engaged Futures, whether it be an ambition for the programme itself, something you hope to see in the future, or someone’s existing work that you feel is moving us towards the futures we hope for and ought to be championed.
Identify New Catalysts
We are recruiting Catalysts throughout this project.
As we think about the 'Domains of Action', new people and groups may start to feel relevant to Engaged Futures. And so we are renewing our drive for new catalysts.
We want to build a diverse movement of representatives from the variety of professions and communities that work within, with and alongside HE. This might be in publishing, community activism, local government, educational, or research organisation.
Please help us and share this link with anyone you think will be interested.
Finally, Thank You!
Thank you for all the hard work that you put into phases 1, 2 and 3 so far. We would have arrived at this point without your involvement and support.
We look forward to working with you in phase 4 of Engaged Futures!