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RESS Launch

Discover why RESS is crucial for public sector transformation, leveraging city university resources, impact research, and future collaborations. Explore successful joint projects, desired improvements, and plans for structured approaches. Let's work together to maximize impact and innovation in Sheffield!

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RESS Launch

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  1. RESS Launch 15 June 2012 James Henderson Sheffield City Council

  2. Today • Why RESS? A public sector perspective • Making it work for all • How we’ve worked together already • Working differently in future

  3. Why RESS? • Because we can’t afford not to! • Public sector budget reductions, leading to… • …faster and faster public sector transformation… • …with less and less ‘thinking’ capacity

  4. Why RESS? • Because we know that the city’s university(ies) are world class research institutions… • …and a huge resource for the city – skills, expertise, learning, and human resource… • But linkages are ad hoc and opportunistic at the moment

  5. Making it work for all • Impactful research and, crucially, demonstrating impact • Using the city and city region as a test-bed – Sheffield by default? • Knowledge transfer – you need to know what knowledge we are interested in! • University of Sheffield as a civic university

  6. How we’ve worked together to date • State of Sheffield • Knowledge sharing events – Planning, Wellbeing • Student placements • Projects – Sheffield Urban Think Tank (place making), Heat Mapping, Urban Rivers and Sustainable Living (URSULA), Plugged in Places, Sheffield First Environment Partnership, Housing projects

  7. Case study – State of Sheffield • A short, analytical narrative supported by in depth background documents. • Highlights significant changes and trends and puts these in relevant contexts. • Collaborative working has led to a step change in the product • Helped make the project more neutral – instead of council “badged” – and introduced academic rigour • Potential spin offs – research projects for the University, income generation opportunities, much closer collaboration between both organisations

  8. What has gone well • Worked closely as a team – SCC / University joint working of State of Sheffield • Good collaboration between SCC and U of S – although at a local scale • Fresh ideas and academic perspective to work being delivered within the service

  9. Areas for improvement • Better organisational support on both sides • Lack of national context and profile to some work • Work is reasonably ad hoc and not making the best use of our strengths

  10. Working differently in future • Developing more structured approaches • Bending research expertise to areas where it can have the most impact • Using RESS as a portal/conduit to the wider public sector

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