Welcome to CiviCast: our new regular series of podcasts and blog posts, amplifying the voices shaping the future of civic universities and the places they call home.
CiviCast is the platform for a range of opinions, views and commentary on the UK's civic university movement, designed to spark dialogues that illuminate the contribution that universities and other anchor institutions can make to the places they call home, and debate solutions to the challenges they face on their journey. Whether you prefer to read our blog or listen to our podcasts, we invite you to join the conversation.
Do you have a civic story to tell, or an idea to maximise the impact of place-based collaboration? Get in touch to contribute to this new series!
Adam Leach, NCIA Programme Director
CiviCast
A new and regular series of podcasts from the National Civic Impact Accelerator, available wherever you get your podcasts!
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CiviCast Debate Stage
Blogs and opinion from a range of voices across the civic university movement:
Making Civic Work Visible: Why the Civic Capabilities Framework Matters
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, NCCPE, ran an action learning programme for the NCIA, bringing together 14 civic partnerships to think through how to do this sort of work. A clear piece of ...
Embed Civic Responsibility Across University Practice: Reflect on real local needs and explore how universities can align their operations with community priorities, ensuring their practices genuinely model the positive changes promoted in wider society.
we often imagine civic responsibility as something carried out on the edges of university life, through outreach projects, community research, or volunteering. These activities matter, but they should not distract from a more fundamental truth. ...
Community Listening and Reverse Volunteering: Creating Civic Pathways for Inclusion
In many instances, community voices with the most to offer especially in terms of lived experiences and local knowledge are least likely to be heard. Therefore, inclusion as a practice should begin with listening. Community ...
Reflections from the NCIA Action Learning Programme
From September 2023 to April 2025 the NCCPE brought together 14 university-led civic partnerships from across England to take part in an action learning programme for the National Civic Impact Accelerator. The programme explored how ...