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Bridging the Gap: Taking Research Knowledge Beyond University Walls

Explore challenges, opportunities, and successful projects in bridging research with the outside world. Learn about community collaborations, funding initiatives, and impactful partnerships. Discover how to build meaningful connections and share knowledge effectively.

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Bridging the Gap: Taking Research Knowledge Beyond University Walls

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  1. Bridging the gap: taking knowledge from research to the outside world Richard Wells and Michael Wykes, University of Exeter 7th April 2011

  2. Challenges I • Proactive or Reactive? • Money, money, money • Developing a shared understanding • Competing Interests • Location/Geography • Timescales • Rights and Benefits

  3. Challenges II • ‘Unknown Knowns’ • Managing Expectations • Language and Perception • Communication: involve at every stage? • 8-page CDA Case for Support / Je-S? • Unsuccessful bids

  4. Opportunities I • Win-Win • Success Rates • REF – Outputs, Impact Statement and Case Studies • De-mythologising and Evangelising • Capacity Building

  5. Opportunities II • Scalability • International Comparators (PROTTEC) • Evidence; GVA • Combating the ring-fence • Surviving the 2010s • Satisfaction

  6. How to build a bridge • Engagement and exchange not mere ‘transfer’ • The Link Fund for academics • Bridging the gaps – pilot funding • Work placements and internships for postgraduates

  7. Bridging the Gap • Community and Landscape: Transforming Access to the Heritage of the Poltimore Estate, in partnership with Poltimore House (£160k, 2010-2012) • Penlee house Museum and Gallery: Connecting with the Local Community, in partnership with the Penlee House and Gallery Museum (£103k, 2008-9) • Geevor Tin Mine Museum, in partnership with Pendeen Community Heritage (£66k, 2007-9) • Revitalizing the Prom: Popular Performance and History at the Seaside, in partnership with the Pierrotters (£28k, 2010)

  8. Bridging the Gap • Collaborative Doctoral Awards in partnership with the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site (2010-15, £150k) • Exetreme Imagination: Festival of Literature for Children and Young People (£125k, 2010 ) • Small is Beautiful? Visual and Material Cultures of Making and Mending (£87k, 2011) • The Role of Values in Responding to Major Social Change:  Christian Churches and the Transition Town Movement (£227k, 2010-13) • Wordquest Devon (£150k, 2010-2012)

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