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Engage Conference

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A space to celebrate excellent engagement practice, share innovative thinking, and create collective change in our sector.

Engage Summit 2026

The NCCPE Engage Conference provides an opportunity for all those interested in public and community engagement in higher education to come together, and be inspired, challenged and refreshed. Whether online or in-person, Engage provides a thoughtful and interesting space to take our collective thinking forward.

Recent Engage highlights

Catch up with all the highlights, discussions, outputs and action from Engage 2023 and 2024. Explore exhibits, activities and outputs, stream our inspiring plenaries and celebrate the Engage Watermark winners.

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Watch highlights from Engage 2024

Find inspiring plenary content, reflections from delegates and a specially generated poem!

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Reimagining futures

Budd Hall joined NCCPE Co-director, Sophie Duncan and fellow leading scholar, Ima Jackson, for the closing plenary at Engage 2024. During the session, he shared some learning from his career supporting engaged practice within Canada and more recently on a global stage. Budd blogged about his

Explore the Engage 2023 Provocations

Engage Online participants submitted 'provocations' ahead of the conference.
Seven sessions took place and delegates joined the provocateurs to discuss their statements. Take a look at the some of the videos of the sessions:

Check out the Engage 2023 Carnival

Engage Online delegates were invited to roll up and drop in to 'stalls' at our festival of innovative engagement practice. Head over and see some of the sessions that took place:

Previous Engage Highlights

Paul Manners, Jane Robinson and Chi Onwurah MP presenting via Zoomat Engage 2023

Place-based Engagement: Opening Plenary at Engage Online 2023

NCCPE Co-director Paul Manners explores the role and future of place-based engagement with Chi Onwurah MP and Jane Robinson.

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Futures of Engaged Research : Closing plenary at Engage Online 2023

NCCPE Co-director, Sophie Duncan, introduces a panel of brilliant speakers including Jaideep Gupte, Dr Mai Musie and Pen-Yuan Hsing to discuss the future of engaged research.

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Celebrate the 2023 Engage Watermark winners

NCCPE Co-director, Sophie Duncan, and Professor Jim Al Khalili presented the 2023 Engage Watermark awards at Engage Online. Watch the video:

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Visit the NCCPE's YouTube Channel

The NCCPE YouTube Channel has a huge variety of previous Engage plenaries, as well as conference highlights, case studies and more!

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Reimagine the future - at Engage 2022

Steven Hill (Research England) and Nick Ishmael-Perkins (The International Science Council) share challenges and perspectives on the future of engagement and knowledge creation in rapidly changing times.

Engage Unconference 2021

The Engage Unconference was a plethora of activities and exhibits, bringing our community together in the weeks leading up to Engage to workshop ideas for change and share practice.

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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 NCCPE Engage Conferences indicates that delegates are willing to abide by our practice guidelines. 

Read our Accessible and Inclusive Practice Guidelines

See all of our past Engage Conferences

The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)'s Engage Conference has been running annually since 2010, providing an opportunity for all those interested in public and community engagement in higher education to come together, and be inspired, challenged and refreshed. Find out more about each of our past conferences. 

Past Engage Conferences

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