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From: "Helen Graham" <H.Graham@leeds.ac.uk>
Date: Oct 26, 2012 4:09 PM
Subject: ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change
To: <MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk>

Forwarded on behalf of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)

ENGAGE 2012: Responding to Change

The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is hosting a number of specialist workshops targeted at anyone passionate about the role of public engagement including: community groups, schools, festivals, museums and galleries, voluntary sector and charities wanting to develop more effective engagement work in partnership with the HE sector.

The workshops take place at 09.30 on Wednesday 5th December in three central Bristol locations. There are a limited number of FREE PLACES available to organisations that partner universities.


·        MSHED – The People’s Museum: Exploring the challenges and opportunities of museums and universities working together in the city, illustrated by the story of the M-Shed.

·        Public Engagement with Health: Exploring how engagement has been embedded into research practice, and what we can learn from this important field.

·        Creative Partnerships: Exploring the experience of working with universities and on the strategies, techniques and approaches that university partners have deployed to develop successful partnerships.
For more information about the workshops and speakers: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/events/engage-2012-specialist-workshops

To register for these workshops: https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/nccpe/engage2012specialistworkshop

Why are we organising these events?

The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) works with universities to help enhance the social and public value of their research and teaching. Since 2008 we have been working with universities, policy makers and funders to embed a culture of public engagement in the work that universities do.  However, much of the engagement activity universities do is in partnership with other organisations, which have strong links and networks in the community.   These include schools, festivals, museums and galleries, and voluntary sector organisations and charities.  These specialist workshops form an important part of our third national conference Engage 2012.  To find out more about the conference and our work log on to our website: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/.  For specific details about Engage 2012 follow this link<http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/engage-2012-responding-change>.

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