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'Universities have incredible potential to be catalysts for positive change' says our Director of Research – but how can they truly connect with their local communities and avoid 'civic washing'? Read Al Mathers' opinion piece for @NCIA_collab 👇bit.ly/3MqJwOY

How can universities have insightful, deep and lasting impact in their local communities? Writing for the @NCIA_collab Debate Stage, our Senior Researchers Jess Redmond and Adira Andlay share the value of data-driven approaches 👇bit.ly/3zb39Yi

At #Lab24 our Director of Sustainability Emily Morrison asks: ‘Where does policy go next, after the Levelling up agenda was designed but not delivered for left behind communities?'. Our review assessed which models thrived and failed over some 20 years👇 bit.ly/3HpRzu1

🆕 #OpenAccess article in Wiley's Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) #Geo journal Place-based and people-centred: Principles for a socially inclusive #NetZero transition dx.doi.org/10.1002/geo2.1… Results from our Nuffield Foundation project with @LucieMiddlemiss Professor Carolyn Snell Institute for Community Studies and others

EVIDENCE REVIEWS: How can universities contribute to their local place? Our Institute Head, Isabella Pereira Isabella Pereira, says these four reports, published today with @NCIA_collab, “delve deep into evidence on current civic practice.” Read them at bit.ly/4eY5Ds2

Blog 📖 | Prioritising accessibility in civic impact data In the latest blog for the @NCIA_collab, Adira Andlay and Jessica Redmond explore the critical role of accessibility in designing inclusive digital tools for measuring civic impact. More here👇 bit.ly/3OKszjF

What does participatory policymaking look like and how can it support people, places and planet in a fair transition to net zero? Case studies by Tania Carregha ♕ and Samanthi Theminimulle with The British Academy share learnings from Luton, Hartlepool and Newcastle bit.ly/49Mnxgn

DEBATE: We're pleased to be co-hosting the Civic University Network at Westminster today, joined by representatives from Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, UK Research and Innovation, DESNZ statistics, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov exploring civic universities' role in shaping policy. More👇 bit.ly/4hpa7tq

✏️🧶Calling all TWINE users! The Institute for Community Studies and Power to Change want to understand how our Community Benchmarking Dashboard is currently being used. Would you take two minutes to share your thoughts before 14 March? 👇 bit.ly/4hCSpms

🗣️Call for case studies! Our #NCIA programme with Civic University Network wants to hear from community & third sector orgs, students & practitioners. Share your experiences with uni students & local communities or civic climate education.⏰Deadline: 31 March bit.ly/4kjmklx

📆Have your say this week! TWINE users, past and present🧶- we want to hear from you. Please share your experiences of our Community Benchmarking Dashboard 👇

A just transition in London's retrofits - launch event for new London Sustainable Development Commission report prepared by The Young Foundation Institute for Community Studies - 8 May central London. Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-just-trans…