The EDGE tool
How well does your institution currently support public engagement? What are you doing well, and are there areas which you could quickly and efficiently target to make a big difference?
We've distilled the work of the Beacons for Public Engagement and other universities to create a self-assessment tool to help you take stock and plan your own work. The tool has nine focal points which form a self-assessment matrix, to allow you to assess your institution's progress. We've called it the EDGE Tool as it describes 'Embryonic', 'Developing', 'Gripping' and 'Embedded' approaches to supporting engagement.
The EDGE tool provides a really useful device to get colleagues talking and reflecting on the current state of play in your department, school or institution, and helps identify where to focus your efforts. You can find out more in our website's EDGE tool section.
In this task, we want you to have a go at assessing your own institution using the EDGE tool. This will be for your own learning and reference as well as ours.
Please prepare your words in a separate document before inputting into the webform. The form cannot be saved and returned to at a later date, and cannot be retrieved in the event of an internet connection error or timeout: Document Link
Information about you
As part of this form, we will ask for details that can be used to identify you – e.g. your name, email address, job title, institution, location, etc. We will also ask for details of your accessibility requirements. This information is needed so that we can process your registration and ensure you are able to fully access the event.
We will store all your responses securely in files held on Microsoft services hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol. The data are accessible only to members of the NCCPE; access requires multifactor authorisation using institutional names and passwords. Your responses will be stored for 3 months from the date of the event, after which time they will be permanently destroyed.
If you have any concerns about this form, please contact engage.academy@uwe.ac.uk. If you would prefer to speak to someone who was not directly involved in the organisation of the Academy, please email nccpe.enquiries@uwe.ac.uk.
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