Overview
- Addresses the need for a comprehensive reappraisal of what it means to be a ‘civic university’
- Draws from collaborative work by the Civic University Network and community-based partners
- Provides a framework that universities and their partners can use to examine the extent of their civic activities
Part of the book series: Rethinking University-Community Policy Connections (REUNCOPOCO)
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This book addresses the need for a comprehensive reappraisal of what it means to be a ‘civic university’. For two decades the ‘civic’ agenda has been driven by a concern with economic impact and regional economic development. While recognising the importance of these aspects of universities’ civic influence, there is a need to more comprehensively outline how universities can and should make a difference across a wide spectrum of place-based activity, against a background of intensifying global social and environmental challenges. Rooted in collaborative work by the Civic University Network and community-based partners, the book provides a clear logical framework that universities and their partners can use to examine the extent of their civic activities, but also challenges them to use that framework as a starting point for deeper reflection and engagement. It celebrates the actions universities have taken to respond to communities’ needs, and encourages them to think more rigorously about what they can do in the future, and how they can become more accountable to the communities they serve. The book is an essential read for university leaders, academics involved in public engagement, and civic leaders and representatives who wish to develop closer engagement with their local universities.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Julian Dobson is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has worked in academia, consultancy and journalism and is known as a writer and conference speaker.
Ed Ferrari is Director of the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has wide ranging knowledge and practical experience of local and regional policymaking and collaboration across academic, policymaking, practitioner and private sector organisations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reframing the Civic University
Book Subtitle: An Agenda for Impact
Editors: Julian Dobson, Ed Ferrari
Series Title: Rethinking University-Community Policy Connections
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17686-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17685-2Published: 14 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17688-3Published: 15 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17686-9Published: 13 February 2023
Series ISSN: 2629-2432
Series E-ISSN: 2629-2440
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 177
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Education Policy, Higher Education