Engage Online 2023: Changing Practices
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Engage Online 2023 on Wednesday 6th December. Join us for some thought-provoking plenaries and provocations to help drive our thinking forward, and be inspired by the Engage Carnival where you can meet and share cutting edge engagement practice with colleagues. Celebrate the work of our Watermark Award winners with our special guest host.
If you are interested in public and community engagement with research and innovation, come along for an inspiring and people-centred exploration of how universities can fulfil their social purpose
Early bird tickets are available until Monday 23rd October.
Early Bird tickets: £65 + VAT
Standard tickets: £99 + VAT
Draft Programme
We will be updating this programme over the coming weeks, so keep checking back!
Time | Session |
9:30 – 10:45 | Plenary 1 |
10:45 – 11:15 | Break, with time to read and watch provocations from our contributors |
11:15 – 12:45 | Provocations - a chance to respond to our Engage Provocateurs who want to shake up our ways of thinking |
12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch |
13:30 – 14:45 | Engage Carnival |
14:45 – 15:00 | Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Final plenary and Watermark awards |
Contributing to Engage 2023
There are two opportunities to contribute to Engage Online 2023, and we're really looking forward to hearing your ideas!
You will use your booking form to submit your contributions, so please do read the information below so you can prepare your information in advance. Submissions for provocations will be open until Monday 23rd October and successful contributors will be notified by Tuesday 31st October. We will then need some further information from you by Wednesday 15th November - please see below for details.
Submit a Provocation
Engage Provocateurs
Engage 2023 provides an opportunity to move our collective thinking forward. We are inviting delegates and contributors from within and outside higher education, to put forward provocations to stimulate our thinking and encourage collective action. Provocateurs will have the opportunity to share their provocation and lead a session with delegates to develop practical ideas to address it.
If you would like to be an Engage provocateur, please share the outline of your provocation when you register. The information we will need from you in the booking form is:
- A summary of your provocation in one line: e.g. public engagement is an outdated term, and we need to reinvent our language
- Description of provocation
- What questions would you like to discuss with delegates relating to this topic?
- How would you manage this conversation to lead to actionable outcomes?
You have 1000 characters (with spaces) for each answer. In framing your provocation, you might think about
- What is the opportunity or challenge in relation to public engagement that you want to focus attention on?
- Why is it so important for us to address it?
- What could be different if people did act on your provocation? What’s your vision?
- Who needs to be involved?
Run a Carnival stand!
Engage Carnival Hosts
The Engage Carnival will be a spectacular celebration of engagement practice! We are seeking hosts for carnival 'stands' that delegates will be assigned to for 15 minutes. You will have 7 minutes to 'hold the floor', to share the essence of your practice and bring the experience to life. Delegates will reassigned to different stands twice, so you will meet 3 groups in total. You could share:
- A case study example of engagement practice
- A story
- An interactive exercise you can do in the session together e.g. a listening exercise
- An Immersive experience
- A film
If you would like to be an Engage Carnival Host, please share the outline of your stand when you register. You have 1000 characters (with spaces) for each answer. The information we will need from you in the booking form is:
- Title of Engage Carnival Submission
- Is your submission a:
- Case Study
- Story
- Interactive exercise
- Immersive experience
- Film
- Description of carnival submission, including who else is involved. Please note: contributors will need to book their place at the conference separately.
- How will you make your 7 minute introduction as engaging and involving as possible for delegates?
- How will you enable delegates to respond, react and ask questions?
Submissions for stands will be open until Monday 23rd October and successful contributors will be notified by Tuesday 31st October. You will then need to share a full session outline and tech requirements by Wednesday 15th November.
Registration information
Early bird tickets are available until Monday 23rd October.
Early Bird tickets: £65 + VAT
Standard tickets: £99 + VAT
Paying via invoice
We encourage you to book via our online booking system. If you need to pay by invoice, please email NCCPEconference@uwe.ac.uk and we will guide you through the process. Please note, there is an admin fee of £50 for each invoice generated.
An inclusive conference
We value the participation of everyone in the NCCPE network and want our work to be fulfilling and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We will not tolerate harassment in any form.
Participation in Engage Online 2023 indicates that you are willing to abide by our practice guidelines.
Download the NCCPE Accessible and Inclusive Practice guidelines.
Engage cancellation policy
We ask that you notify us at least 20 working days before the event for a full refund. Any cancellations up to 10 working days of the event will have 50% of the cost returned, and cancellations within 10 working days of the event will not be refunded.