Des McNulty, Chair of the Local Policy Strategy Innovation Hub at University of Birmingham and former member of Scottish parliament, talks to John Goddard about a range of subjects including:

• How civic universities work with policy partners.
• How devolution could build stronger partnerships between universities and their regions.
• Learning from Scotland, and the interface between academics and government.
• Reflections on international examples of civic-related work.
• The capacity of central government in creating a civically engaged higher education sector.
• What levers could be put in the system to better enable civic university activity?

This is the fourth in our series of six conversations between Prof John Goddard OBE and insightful voices from the HE sector, giving their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for the civic university movement.

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Dr Shaid Mahmood MBE, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Durham University, talks to Prof John Goddard OBE on a range of topics including:

- His role at Durham University.
- Civic university activity in the Northeast of England.
- The links between Further Education and Higher Education in civic work.
- The opportunities and challenges of devolution.
- The differences in working in a local government role vs a university role.

Introduction by John Fell, NCIA Policy & Partnerships Manager.

This podcast was brought to you by the National Civic Impact Accelerator programme, funded by Research England and powered by the Civic University Network.

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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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