blackburn catalyst
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Blackburn with Darwen Prosperous Group Visit to Lancaster University InfoLab21, 10th June 2013
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Catalyst
@catalystproj www.catalystproject.org.uk
Prof. Jon Whittle, School of Computing & Communications
#catalystas
What is Catalyst?
• £1.9M initiative on digital technologies for social change– Community-University partnerships – University-wide– Framework of projects
• Sprints (big)• Launchpads (modest)
Goals
• Change cultures– Promote academic/non-academic
collaborations
• In a way that…– Tackles real issues,– and leads to world-class research
#patchworks#patchworks
access autism
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BARTER
Ecohome
Activist Tweets
Citizen-Led Research
more #catalystas!
Roaming #catalystas
1. SCC2. LUMS3. Sociology4. LEC5. LICA
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