Beacons for Public Engagement Initiative: E-Survey

Please note that the deadline for completion of this survey has been extended until the 23 June 2008.

The Initiative

The Beacons for Public Engagement (BPE) initiative was launched by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust in January of this year. The initiative aims to encourage a change in culture within Higher Education with regard to engaging with the public and to support the development of public engagement across all subject areas and activities. It will do so by building on and refining existing work, and through the development of new practice.

The Beacons for Public Engagement are based around the following universities:

• Cardiff and Glamorgan
• UCL and Birkbeck
• East Anglia
• Manchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan
• Newcastle and Durham
• Edinburgh.

There is also a National Coordinating Centre involving the universities of Bristol and UWE.

The Evaluation

Oakleigh Consulting Limited are evaluating the Beacons for Public Engagement (BPE) initiative on behalf of the funders. This e-survey forms part of our baseline assessment for the evaluation. We are interested in the views of staff within both BPE institutions and those who are not in BPE institutions because we want to see what is happening across the sector, so please complete the survey wherever you work.