Join Jisc and colleagues from projects for a free one-hour webinar on the Access to Resources and Open Innovation initiative. Find out about the aims of the initiative and how they were achieved, together with examples of how projects brought about benefits to organisations: Chris Batt OBE, Critical Friend to the initiative will provide an … Read more
Last month I joined Andrew Stewart from the Jisc Services BCE team at the Social media marketing and communications strategy for education workshop in London. Delivered by Tracy Playle from Picklejar Communications, the day aimed to help delegates develop a strategic approach to the use of social media. There was plenty of opportunity for interaction … Read more
GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNI) Conference on University Engagement 2013 Blog series, Fifth post Workshop on Funding Enablers for Community Engagement Following this encouraging plenary discussion (see fourth post), delegates then split up into breakout groups, each considering the political and structural enablers for engagement through one of the four following ‘lenses’: policy; funding; infrastructures; networks/people. I … Read more
Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) Conference on University Engagement 2013 Blog series – Fourth post Frameworks and Structures to Enable Engagement The third day of the GUNI Conference commenced with a stimulating panel discussion on political structures and frameworks that enable engagement. Paul Manners, Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, chaired a … Read more
GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNI) Conference on University Engagement 2013 Blog series, third post Reconceptualising Knowledge Day 2 of the GUNI conference finished with a plenary focussed ‘Enlarging the Concept of Knowledge’. Cristina Escrigas, Jesus Granados and Francois Vallaeys held that typically we are currently using a rather chaotic form of knowledge exchange, fragmented … Read more