Lead Institution: University of Exeter
Collaborating with: Bournemouth University, Plymouth University
The Community of Practice for Outreach and WP Practitioners' project resulted in a range of outputs detailed below:
1. Two events across 2011 which saw STEM outreach practitioners from across the university, FE college and third sectors coming together to share best practice and to learn from leaders in the field - Inspirational Outreach and Outreach and WP in Practice
2. The development of an online space for the community of practice to house key resources that can still be accessed, alongside a JISCMail group for outreach practitioners that remains
3. Seminar presentations to promote the project
4. A comparative report of access agreements across six key SW universities that identifies outreach and WP activities and plans for evaluation and monitoring of these activities across the institutions
5. A creative learning journey (CLJ) - a mixed media digital portfolio capturing progress of the project through audio, photography and video means. A precis of the CLJ can be viewed here; the full journey is on the CreativeSTEM website
6. Adoption of the community of practice project at three other universities - Bradford, Hertfordshire and Loughborough - resulting in 16 new and improved STEM outreach activities and strengthened links between these universities and local community organisations
7. A final report detailing the progress of the project, including challenges met and future sustainability
Dr Barrie Cooper
Project lead, University of Exeter
Chloe Cunningham
University of Exeter
Christine Keenan
Bournemouth University
Claire Gray
Plymouth University
Dawn Evans
University of Exeter
Emma Stephenson
University of Exeter
Jane Rowe
University of Exeter
Mitch Berger
University of Exeter