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Engagement with Society – Engagement with Society – The Third Core Objective for The Third Core Objective for

UniversitiesUniversities

Dr Marilyn WedgwoodPro-Vice-Chancellor External Relations

16th Annual EAIE Conference September 2004

Manchester Metropolitan University

Should a University of the 21st Century

be engaged with the

concerns and issues of society?

Should Engagement with Society be a CORE VALUE


Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

Teaching and

LearningResearch

Third Stream

Knowledge Transfer: Engagement with Society

T R

Third Stream

Core fundsEsteem measure

(TQA)

Core fundsEsteem measure

(RAE)

No core funds No esteem measures

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

THE CHALLENGES


POLICY ISSUES

• Breadth & Focus• Scale & Scope• Diversity & Excellence

SUPPORTING/ENABLING ISSUES

• Core Funding• Esteem Measures• Professionalism

T R

T R

TS

UNRESOLVED TENSIONSNational, institutional, discipline, individual


focus

breadth

funding

reason

driver

‘position’ In the University

Narrow

Science

Project Initiatives

Income Generation

Marginal

Nationally Driven

Broad

All Disciplines

Core funds

Society Good

Embedded (core)

Institutional Mission

MODELS FOR

UNDERSTANDING


Food Technology

Digital Media

Clothes

Technology

Environ Technology

Sports

Retail

Finance & Prof Services

Tourism

Creative Industries

Creative Industries

Technology & Science

Architecture

ICT

Incubation

Spinout

Startup

Enterprise & Schools

Enterprise & Business

Enterprise in the Community

Enterprise & HE

Education &Training (skills)

Community Development

Equal Opps, flexible worker, diversity

Crime, Drugs, Gender

Ethnicity & Women

Widening Participation

Art

Music

Performing Arts

Literature, Philosophy & History

Sport

New Media

Fashion

The Physical Environment

Fitness / Exercise

Life Styles

Food / Diet

Living Conditions (architecture & buildings)

Self Identity and Development

Holistic practice

Environment and Pollution Control

Enterprise Cultural Enrichment

Improved Business Competitiveness

Social Inclusion

Healthy Society

New Companies

(Growth)

THIRD STREAM‘Engagement a core value’

Engagement with

BUSINESSThe Wealth Creation

Agenda

Engagement with the

COMMUNITYThe Quality of Life Agenda

REGENERATION

GROWTH

STRONG ECONOMY STRONG SOCIETY


Academic (Driver)

Societal (Driver)

CO

NT

EX

TC

ON

TE

XT

Teaching ResearchCORE BUSINESS


Teaching Research

Academic

Societal

Teach

ing L

ed

Resea

rch le

d

Research Led

Teaching Led

Disci

pline

Focus

Exter

nal F

ocus

External Focus

Discipline Focus

Institutional or Departmental Models

Ext

ern

al

Led

Dis

cip

line

Led

Research Led

Teaching Led


Teaching Research

Academic

Societal

Widening Participation

Sector Skills

Graduate Employability

Higher Education Targets

Professional Qualifications

Life Long Learning

Workforce Development

•Economic Growth

•Business Competitiveness

•Healthy & Safe Society

•Social Inclusion

•Regeneration

•Graduates

•Post Graduates

•Higher Education Targets

•Internationally recognised academic research base

Some agendas addressed


Teaching Research

Academic

SocietalImpacts

wealth creationincreased competitiveness

social inclusioncultural enrichment

employability

INTELLECTUALCAPACITY

Discipline Development


Teaching Research

Academic

SocietalExample Stakeholders

Professional BodiesHealth Sector

Local AuthoritiesRegional Development Agencies

Not for Profit SectorPrivate Sector

Police

Academic CommunitySubject Discipline Groups

Professional InstitutesInvestors (large Companies mainly)

Funding Councils

INDIVIDUALSTUDENTS


Teaching Research

Academic

Societal

Quality

Ben

chm

ark

Quality

Ben

chm

ark

Quality Benchmark

Quality Benchmark

TQA / QAA

??????

RAE

Esteem Measures


Teaching Research

Academic

Societal

Quality

Ben

chm

ark

Quality

Ben

chm

ark

Quality Benchmark

Quality Benchmark

TQA / QAA

??????

RAE

Mapping – Institutions, discipline, subject, individual

ENGAGEMENT/ THE THIRD STREAM/ KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

• New Government Policy on

Third Stream

• Tensions about its strategic focus

• Models help

• Universities must determine their position

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

a balancing act

• Institutional Mission and National Policy

• Survival and Growth

• Prioritising Resources

• Find the Fit that is Right


DEVELOPMENT IN MMU Pragmatism with Vision

• Three core areas of work reflected in

institutional organisation and structure

• Development to reinforce the mission and

institutional positioning in the sector in all

disciplines

• New Policy, Strategy and Goals

• New Collaborations, Partnerships and Alliances

generating mutual value

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

MANCHESTERThe Knowledge Capital

Practitioners and Researchers working to a

common agenda from different perspectives


URBAN EDUCATION

Problem forManchester:19% participation in HE

Raise Aspirations

Retain Teachers

Establish a Research Base


KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL:

CENTRE FOR URBAN

EDUCATIONCORE ACTIVITIES

WORLD CLASS PROVIDER OF EXPERTISE IN URBAN EDUCATION

INCREASE THE NUMBEROF GOOD TEACHERS & OTHERPROFESSIONALS RECRUITED& RETAINED IN MANCHESTER

SCHOOLS

RAISE THE ASPIRATION AND ATTAINMENT OFMANCHESTER LEARNERS

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL:

CENTRE FOR URBAN

EDUCATION

TO ESTABLISH MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY AS A WORLD CLASS PROVIDER OF EXPERTISE IN URBAN EDUCATION

TO RAISE THE ASPIRATION AND ATTAINMENT OFMANCHESTER LEARNERS

TO INCREASE THE NUMBEROF GOOD TEACHERS & OTHERPROFESSIONALS RECRUITED& RETAINED IN MANCHESTER

SCHOOLS

INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION TO INCLUDE URBAN EDUCATION STRANDS SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONALLYKNOWN RESEARCH BASE

DEVELOP INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN RESEARCH BASE IN URBAN EDUCATION

HARRY TORRANCE IAN STRONACH

MANCHESTER TEACHERS’ BOND

PAUL CHIDGEYSYLVIA PHILLIPS

MANCHESTER TEACHERS’ LEARNING ACADEMY

PAUL LATHAMSYLVIA PHILLIPS

WIDENING PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

BRENDAN LAVERTYROB HALSALL

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SCHOOL (14-19) IDENTIFIED COHORT IN EACH HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL

SUSAN McGRATH

SPECIFIC URBAN EDUCATION COHORT

JOHN SAVIN

TRAINING SCHOOLS

BARBARA CRAIG

GROUPS OF TEACHERS GOING IN TO SUPPORT

SCHOOLS

JOHN SAVIN

RESEARCH TEAM LED BY PROFESSOR HARRY TORRANCE

INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN LEA AND

UNIVERSITY

HARRY TORRANCEERICA POUNCE

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS

MARILYN ECCLES

EVALUATIONS ON INNOVATIVE PRACTICE DEVELOPED FROM RESPONSES TO GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LEGISLATION, EG. GREEN PAPER

HARRY TORRANCE

INFRASTRUCTURE OF PROGRESSION ROUTES

DEVELOPED

CLIVE GEE

DEVELOP AWARENESS RAISING INFRASTRUCTURE – MANCHESTER

AIMHIGHER CURRICULUM

BRENDAN LAVERTY

DEVELOP ENTERPRISE EDUCATION & AWARENESS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH A MANCHESTER PATHFINDER BID

TERRY WARBURTON KEVIN BOLES

DEVELOPMENT OF SUMMER SCHOOLS

ROB HALSALL

ESTABLISH WIDENING PARTICIPATION GROUP WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY

ROB HALSALL

DATA SHARING BETWEEN LEA AND

UNIVERSITY

ALAN DOVEDARRYL LESTER

NORTH WEST SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE

JAN GREEN

WORLD LINKS: - SERVICES SCHOOLS - WUHAN - ST PETERSBURG - BARCELONA

- LEONARDO PROJECTS(EUROPEANISATION/ICT FOCUS)

- ILLINOIS – DEACON - MELBOURNE MARILYN - BRITISH COUNCIL ECCLES

TRAINING SCHOOL LINKS WITH TRANSFORMING THE

WORKFORCE AGENDA

MARILYN ECCLES

NQT AND RQT SUPPORT

PAUL LATHAMPAUL CHIDGEYERICA POUNCE

ENGAGEMENT/ THE THIRD STREAM/ KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

• New Government Policy on

Third Stream

• Tensions about its strategic focus

• Models help

• Universities must determine their position

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

EMERGENT ISSUES

• New ways of thinking about Higher Education?

• New ideas about the nature and role of the academic?

• Revised thinking on Academic Scholarship?

• Higher government expectations about the return on investment of HE?

Dr Marilyn Wedgwood

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