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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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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