
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
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Blogs and opinion from a range of voices across the civic university movement:
Civic Universities: Powerhouses of Economic and Social Impact
Universities are more than educational institutions; they are economic engines and civic hubs. A recent scoping review, Civic Universities and Economic Impact, explores their role in regional development, job creation, and social innovation. But ...
Demonstrating the Economic Impacts of Civic Universities
Civic universities are universities which are embedded within their local area, they are rooted within a town, city and/or city-region. Their names, histories, specialisms, were often developed in line with the geographical location within ...
Building the Civic Impact Dashboard with Accessibility in Focus
Adira Andlay and Jess Redmond, Senior Researchers at the Institute for Community Studies at The Young Foundation, reflect on accessibility in user-centred design, collaborating to create truly inclusive experiences. In the world of data ...
Seizing the Current Policy Moment: Re-thinking the Geography of Higher Education
In a recent WONKHE article about the implications of the Budget for higher education (HE), Justine Andrew and Debbie McVitty explore how to move the conversation about strategic collaboration in HE from speculative to practical ...