Engaged University Steering Group
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Terms of Reference
The Engaged University Steering Group is charged with taking forward the Engaged University Strategy (2009) by:
- Championing and steering the 'engaged university' vision, both internally and externally;
- Providing advice to the University through the Education Committee and the appropriate Pro Vice-Chancellor(s) on how to interpret and deliver 'engagement' in ways that meet the University's quality standards and complement and support other key aspects of its mission;
- Taking stock of existing engagement activities and recommending how they could be developed and co-ordinated in order to further the interests of the University, the community and partner organisations;
- Supporting the Head of the Centre for Public Engagement, Faculty Education Directors, Faculty Research Directors and practitioners in lifelong learning, continuing professional development, outreach activity and related fields by providing a forum for discussion, analysis and assessment of the University's policy and practice in this area of work;
- Helping to identify opportunities to develop productive links between the Engaged University Strategy and other agendas including the Widening Participation Strategy; Enterprise Action Plan; eLearning Strategy; and the report of the Partnership and Progression Group;
- Helping the University to stay abreast of new engagement opportunities, funding streams, other external drivers, and good practice in this field at comparable universities and elsewhere;
- Helping the University to take imaginative steps forward in this area of activity whilst minimising risks and securing value for money;
- Helping the National Coordinating Centre by sharing examples of good practice and facilitating forums for discussion at local, regional and national levels;
Associated groups:
The Engagers Group is a group of nominated engagement practitioners, one per department, convened by the Head of the Centre for Public Engagement.
- The Group meets twice annually, including at the annual conference on public engagement
- The Group discusses issues of relevance to the University’s engagement community
- The Group provides the CPE with access to personnel within departments for the purposes of internal communication about engagement
What an Engaged University is about
Such a university is:
- engaged with the public about its research and scholarship because it is proud of its work and because it values openness and accountability
- engaged with the public because it believes that it can be valuable to researchers to hear other people’s perspectives and points of view
- engaged with the ways people lead their lives and keen to provide a variety of convenient routes through which they can join the University
- engaged with other organisations’ need for staff who are heading for the top of their professions
- engaged with the needs, interests and aspirations of the city of Bristol and its region
- engaged with people’s concerns about research and keen to widen debate about the application of research to include public voices.
University of Bristol, Continuing Education Working Group The Engaged University, May 2004
Engagement at University of Bristol
University Engagement Award
From 2006/07 the University established an 'Engagement Award' to reward an individual or group of individuals which demonstrates exceptional and/or innovative 'engagement' practices, as defined by the University's 'Engaged University' report. Information on the award and details of the successful applicants is available from the Teaching Prizes section of the website.
Membership
The membership of the Group is as follows:
- Professor Avril Waterman-Pearson, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Chair)
- Professor David Mumford, Faculty Education Director for Medicine and Dentistry
- Dr Maggie Leggett, Head of the Centre for Public Engagement
- Mr Ian Blenkharn, Acting Head of Widening Participation and Undergraduate Student Recruitment
- Mr Chris Curling, Council Member
- Mr Paul Harrod, Research and Enterprise Development
- Mr Tom Sperlinger, Director of Lifelong Learning, English
- Mr Tim Harrison, Bristol ChemLabS School Teacher Fellow
- Professor Colin Taylor, Department of Civil Engineering
- Dr Alice Roberts, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology / Anatomy
- Vacant, Student Community Action Coordinator
- Professor Kathy Sykes, Institute of Advanced Studies
- Mr Barry Taylor, Director of Communications and Marketing
- Mr Leroy White, School of Economics, Finance and Management
- Miss Margery Lever, Centre for Public Engagement, Secretary to the Group
Meetings Agendas and Minutes [word]
2008/09
2007/08:
2006/07:
2005/06:
2004/05:
Papers for Information
- Bristol City Council Community Strategy [pdf]
- Bristol City Council Corporate Plan 2004-2007[pdf]
- Bristol City Council European Activity [word]