Deborah Hann & Marcus Gomes
CiviCast
We welcome Cardiff University Business School's Professor Deborah Hann and Dr Marcus Gomes for an in-depth discussion of their Society & Economy module. The module is mandatory for all first year students on their Business & Management Programme and focusses on community engagement and impactful local campaigning. We discuss the challenges and opportunities in making local engagement a mandatory part of the student curriculum, how this can make a positive impact in their region, and what learning the UK civic university movement can take from Deborah and Marcus' experience of developing and delivering the module.
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Wild Medicine River Dôn Special
CiviCast
Experience slow radio to connect with nature and improve wellbeing.
This special episode is a collaboration between Wild Medicine and CiviCast as part of the River Dôn Project. The project aims to reconsider our relationship with the environment through art projects, citizen science, technological tools and public engagement.
Credits
Contributors in order of appearance:
- Danaé Wellington (Writer, artist and poet laureate)
- David Cotterrell (Artist, Professor of Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Amy Carter Gordon (faethm Curator & Innovation Manager at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Harriet Tarlo (Poet, Professor of Ecopoetry and Poetics at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Ella Barrett (Community Creator, Bantu archive programme)
- Adam Leach (Programme Director, National Civic Impact Accelerator)
- Joanna Rucklidge (Artist, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Erika Phoenix (Catchment Partnership Officer at Don Catchment Rivers Trust)
- Joanne Lee (Artist, Writer, Researcher, Course Leader in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Dr. Rose Butler (Artist, Senior Lecturer Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University)
- Alban Krashi (Co-founder of The River Don Project/ Opus Independents)
- Jonny Douglas (Co-founder of The River Don Project/ Opus Independents)
- Dr David Bramwell (Podcaster, Broadcaster, Author, Musician)
Music in chronological order:
- Ocean Moon - Angel Falls (Music From Memory)
- Om Unit - Lonely Cities
- Ruf Dug - Blue Sky Thinking (Episode 7-8) (Ruf Kutz)
- Ocean Moon - Ways To The Deep Meadow (Music From Memory)
- Son of Chi - We Carry Eden Part 1 (Music From Memory)
- Shrinkwrap - Beautiful Dub Thing (Delia Recordings)
- Ruf Dug - Elephant Skank (Caroline True Records)
- Richard Norris - Music For Healing - Oceans 2
- Echoplex — Wintering (February 2025 Full Snow Moon)
- 9 Voices - Ocean Swell (JIM Remix)
- 9 Voices - Ocean Swell (Chris Coco Remix)
- Lobster Shower - Danu
- Curtain Twitcher - Analogue Epilogue (Ambient Mix)
- Son of Chi - We Carry Eden Part 2 (Music From Memory)
- Ocean Moon - Alaksura (Music From Memory)
- Ocean Moon - Aqua (Music From Memory)
- Torn Sail - Mud People Rise (Delia Recordings)
- Huw Costin - Save The World By Dawn (Delia Recordings)
- Ocean Moon - Golden (Music From Memory)
- Ocean Moon - An Ending Full of Light (Music From Memory)
With special thanks to:
Lauren McConnell (faethm Creative Producer), Joe McDonnell (artwork), Rob Gawthrop & Rose Butler (field recordings), Tako at Music From Memory, Ruf Dug at Ruf Kutz, Huw Costin at Delia Recordings, Grace Griffin, and Sophie Heaton at Sheffield Hallam University (episode artwork / photography).
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Jacob Coburn
CiviCast
NCIA's Jacob Coburn, Knowledge Exchange Manager at the Institute of Community Studies, explains how their series of Co-Commissioning Panels helped to shape the NCIA's Evidence Reviews on civic university impacts.
The Evidence Reviews explore the economic and social impact of universities across the following key domains:
- Healthy Universities, People and Places
- Shaping Sustainable Universities
- Society, Culture and Locally-Connected Universities
- Universities and 'Economic Placemaking'
Read the Evidence Reviews here.
Find out more about the National Civic Impact Accelerator programme here.
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Prof Katy Shaw
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Professor Katy Shaw, Director of the UKRI/AHRC Creative Communities programme and Professor of Writing and Publishing at Northumbria University, talks to NCIA's John Fell about a range of topics including:
- Creative Communities outputs, including their recently-launched podcast series on their Community Innovation Practitioners.
- Devolution as an opportunity to supercharge change and growth locally.
- Devolving R&D and innovation at a local level.
- How universities can help foster diversity in creative industries.
- The Case for Culture Report's recommendations, and the impact of Covid on the creative industries and geographic decentralisation.
- Using university cultural spaces as a gateway to engage with the public.
- And more!
Creative Communities homepage
Creative Communities Podcast
Creative Communities Policy Labs
The Case for Culture Report (2022)
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Sjoerd Louwaars in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
In the last of our special series of conversations between Prof John Goddard OBE and leading voices in the HE sector:
John talks to Sjoerd Louwaars, founder of Onbound, to get an international perspective on the civic university movement, including:
- How the UK can learn from Europe and vice versa.
- Universities as 'mulitiversities'
- Approaching institutional transformation as an urban area development
- Perspectives on leadership development in Higher Education from France
- Territorial development building bridges around missions in Spain
- Students as key players in the civic engagement agenda in The Netherlands
- The value of intermediate organisations for interdisciplinary education and research
- and more!
Introduction by NCIA's John Fell.
https://www.onbound.org
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en
https://plnt.nl/en
The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus alliance
The Una Europa European Alliance
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Dr Philippa Lloyd in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
In the fifth of our series "in conversation with Prof John Goddard OBE", John talks to Dr Philippa Lloyd, Vice-Principal for Policy & Strategic Partnerships at Queen Mary University of London, about a range of topics including:
- Her experiences working in government roles and in the university sector.
- How universities interact with government departments.
- The relationships between Higher Education and Further Education, and implications for the skills agenda.
- The London City Institute of Technology and its formation.
- The civic role of universities in East London.
- The idea of a civic university manifesto, to help partners work together.
- Universities' accountability to their communities in a competitive environment.
- Priorites for the NCIA programme moving forward.
And more!
Introduction by NCIA Policy & Partnerships Manager John Fell.
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Des McNulty in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
Des McNulty, Chair of the Local Policy Strategy Innovation Hub at University of Birmingham and former member of Scottish parliament, talks to John Goddard about a range of subjects including:
- How civic universities work with policy partners.
- How devolution could build stronger partnerships between universities and their regions.
- Learning from Scotland, and the interface between academics and government.
- Reflections on international examples of civic-related work.
- The capacity of central government in creating a civically engaged higher education sector.
- What levers could be put in the system to better enable civic university activity?
This is the fourth in our series of six conversations between Prof John Goddard OBE and insightful voices from the HE sector, giving their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for the civic university movement.
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Dr Shaid Mahmood in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
Dr Shaid Mahmood MBE, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Durham University, talks to Prof John Goddard OBE on a range of topics including:
- His role at Durham University.
- Civic university activity in the Northeast of England.
- The links between Further Education and Higher Education in civic work.
- The opportunities and challenges of devolution.
- The differences in working in a local government role vs a university role.
Introduction by John Fell, NCIA Policy & Partnerships Manager.
This podcast was brought to you by the National Civic Impact Accelerator programme, funded by Research England and powered by the Civic University Network.
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Jane Robinson in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
Jane Robinson, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement & Place at Newcastle University, discusses a range of subjects including:
- Her experiences moving from a local government role to a university leadership role.
- Her work leading Newcastle University’s engagement and place strategy
- Her role as Strategic Board Chair for Insights Northeast - a collaboration between Newcastle and Northumbria universities, the NHS and local authorities.
- Universities’ ability to work at a local, regional, national and global level.
- Setting up a shared strategy with local partners.
- Policy drivers that incentivise universities to take civic engagement seriously.
- The impact and opportunities of devolution for civic university activity.
Interview by Prof. John Goddard OBE.
Introduced by NCIA's John Fell.
https://insightsnortheast.co.uk/
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/engagement/
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Mike Boxall in conversation with John Goddard
CiviCast
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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Anne-Marie Canning MBE
CiviCast
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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NCIA's Action Learning Programme with Gemma Adams and Zoe Williamson
CiviCast
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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Citizens UK: Community Organising and the Civic University Agenda
CiviCast
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
CiviCast
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
CiviCast
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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A History of the Civic University Movement
CiviCast
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
CiviCast
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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Dr Femi Owolade
CiviCast
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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Paul Manners
CiviCast
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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Prof. John Goddard OBE
CiviCast
In the first episode of CiviCast, NCIA Programme Director Adam Leach talks to Professor John Goddard OBE about his career, background, and work with the NCIA programme.
Professor John Goddard OBE is Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University, Professor of Universities & Cities at Birmingham University and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University.
In the podcast, we explore the workstreams of the NCIA, how they link together, and the background and context of the UK’s civic university movement.
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Deborah Hann & Marcus Gomes
39:06
Wild Medicine River Dôn Special
1:00:31
Jacob Coburn
12:30
Prof Katy Shaw
33:22
Sjoerd Louwaars in conversation with John Goddard
29:15
Dr Philippa Lloyd in conversation with John Goddard
23:37
Des McNulty in conversation with John Goddard
28:59
Dr Shaid Mahmood in conversation with John Goddard
29:49
Jane Robinson in conversation with John Goddard
26:36
Mike Boxall in conversation with John Goddard
28:22
Anne-Marie Canning MBE
35:37
NCIA's Action Learning Programme with Gemma Adams and Zoe Williamson
30:18
Citizens UK: Community Organising and the Civic University Agenda
50:35
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Tania Carregha
32:21
Dr Julian Dobson
31:56
A History of the Civic University Movement
42:29
Greg Burke
24:24
Dr Femi Owolade
25:57
Paul Manners
27:49
Prof. John Goddard OBE
26:00