Professor John Goddard OBE talks to Mike Boxall,  senior adviser to PA Consulting on strategy and policy developments in the HE and FE sectors. 

Mike has spent more than 30 years consulting to universities, colleges, policy makers and private investors in the UK and overseas, and is known across the HE sector for his numerous publications, articles and conference presentations on the changing environment and business of higher education. 

His output of thought leadership papers have proved influential on the thinking of leadership teams across the sector, and his work on an annual survey of university vice-chancellors (which he has run for nearly 20 years) has tracked and anticipated changing relationships between universities, government and places.

Please note: this conversation was recorded earlier in 2024, and refers to PA Consulting's 2023 survey of University Vice-Chancellors, which you can find here: https://www.paconsulting.com/newsroom/times-higher-education-uk-vice-chancellors-fear-sector-has-never-faced-greather-threats-12-october-2023

Introduction by NCIA's John Fell. 

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On this episode, we welcome Anne-Marie Canning MBE to talk about her work  as Chief Executive Officer of The Brilliant Club, her upbringing in Carcroft, South Yorkshire and her experience accessing higher education, her essay on Place-Based Widening Participation for the Kerslake Collection, and much more.

Interview by NCIA Engagement Manager Shereen Hutton.

Relevant weblinks:

Join The Dots
Parent Power
The Elephant Group
Feltham Convening Partnership
Harlem Children's Zone
The Kerslake Collection
Bradford Opportunity Area Glasses in Classes
TASO

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We talk to NCCPE's Gemma Adams and Zoe Williamson about the NCIA's Action Learning Programme working with civic university partnerships across England, reflecting on what's been learnt so far and a look ahead to the next phase.

Becoming Civic: Reflections on the first phase of NCIA's Action Learning Programme

The Civic Impact Framework

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In this special extended episode, we talk to Claire Rodgerson from Tyne & Wear Citizens, Fiona Meldrum from Cardiff Citizens, and Paulina Tamborrel Signoret from South London Citizens, for "A Tale of Three Cities: Community Organising in the context of the Civic University Agenda", and learn how Citizens UK collaborates with universities in these regions. With special thanks to Citizens UK's Tim Hall.

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Tania Carregha from the Institute for Community Studies (ICS) talks to NCIA's John Fell about her experiences of community engagement in Mexico City, building relationships with partners and civic actors, plus her research with ICS as a key delivery partner of the National Civic Impact Accelerator programme. 

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Dr Julian Dobson, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University, talks about the NCIA's A Theory of Civic Change: how universities can work for the good of their places, the Civic Impact Framework, his career journey, plus reflections from his recent visit to Hasselt University in Belgium.

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In this special extended episode, Prof John Goddard OBE provides a history of the civic university movement, recorded in conversation with Tania Carregha, Senior Research Manager at the Institute of Community Studies. 

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Greg Burke, Director of Place & Civic Engagement at Sheffield Hallam University, talks to NCIA's Laura Poole about the role of universities in building entrepreneurial ecosystems.

https://civicuniversitynetwork.co.uk 

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In this episode, Dr Femi Owolade talks about his research paper "Developing the Civic Mission: Lessons from Race Equality Initiatives in Higher Education", plus his own experiences and background. 

Dr Owolade is Research Associate at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), at Sheffield Hallam University, one of the National Civic Impact Accelerator (NCIA) programme delivery partners. 

Visit the NCIA webpage to read Dr Owolade's paper and find out more about the NCIA programme: https://civicuniversitynetwork.co.uk/ncia 

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 NCCPE Co-Director Paul Manners talks about the NCIA programme, the action learning workstream, the work of the NCCPE and his career background. 

[Please note: this interview was recorded in April 2023 before the application process for the NCIA Action Learning Project began.]

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