December 2012 saw the customary end of year engagement jamboree in the form of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement’s (NCCPE) annual conference ENGAGE. ENGAGE is usually a packed, lively and uplifting event and this year’s conference proved no exception, despite the decidedly non-uplifting nature of the sector’s struggles in ‘Responding to Change’ (the … Read more
The JISC Business and Community Engagement programme has recently funded 11 projects as a result of the Phase 2 Open Innovation and Access to Resources (OIA2R) call. These build on from the 8 completed projects from Phase 1. A start-up meeting was held last week at the Centre for Life in Newcastle which provided an … Read more
Do you have skills and expertise in impact analysis… …or, are you a researcher looking for support embedding impact analysis in research? Grant Funding Call now available……. JISC is funding an opportunity for researcher groups to develop their capability to analyse and articulate the impact and benefits of their work, by working in partnership with … Read more
In association with JISC, the Higher Education Academy are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts for case studies on a range of topics pertaining to Open Educational Resources including public engagement. Funding has been provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to offer grants of £2,000 for the production of evidence-informed studies … Read more
JISC has just launched a new funding call to encourage skills sharing between researchers, engagement practitioners and information management specialists. The project, which will be facilitated by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE), focuses on the highly topical area of research impact. It invites people to form partnerships to synthesise and share learning … Read more