Institutional Context
Summary
Liverpool Hope University has been engaging with local, regional, national and international communities since its foundation in1844. Hope has stayed true to its core values as a generator of new knowledge in order to be a natural epicentre for research and knowledge exchange thereby making a demonstrable contribution to society through meaningful and impactful engagement with communities, businesses and organisations.
The mission and values of Hope ensures we are embedded in the fabric of the educational, religious, cultural, social and economic life of Liverpool, North-West and beyond, from our traditional bedrock of arts and humanities through to a growing knowledge base in science and emerging technologies thus developing and expanding opportunity for knowledge exchange with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Institutional context
As the only ecumenical Christian University foundation in Europe and distinctive because of this characteristic anywhere in the world, Liverpool Hope University is well placed to make an exceptional contribution – well positioned to enable its students and staff to become truly global citizens, not ready just for the world of work, but also to do the work of the world.
We are a proven generator of new knowledge and ideas, a natural centre for research, knowledge transfer, consultancy and professional development. Our students receive appropriate work and learning placement opportunities and throughout their time at Hope are stimulated to engage with society, to be innovative, creative and acquire knowledge and wisdom. We seek to help them find their vocation and calling.
The University continues to make significant strategic investments in world class staff and facilities in order to sustain our upward trajectory. In addition to the £14.5m investment made in state-of-the-art Science and Health complex in 2016 and subsequent years in radically enhancing the University estate and academic provision at both of our Campuses.
Figure 1 - Health and Sport Sciences Complex
A further investment of £13.5m in an IQ Building, will further enhance our capacity for KE in areas crucial to the delivery of the Government’s Industrial Strategy. It will provide an innovation and learning hub for students and academics, including a AI/MR simulation lab.
Figure 2 - Graphic of IQ Building
Significant elements of our KE strategy focus on cutting-edge research, teaching and growing industry partnerships in the areas connected to the above two investments, including: AI; immersive technologies; robotics, electronic engineering; mathematics; health sciences; nutrition and sport and exercise sciences; and KE and public/community engagement in the creative industries.
However, the impact of our broader KE strategy can be found across many other areas of the University. Our Business School led Business Gateway continues to play a key role through the Employment Opportunities Manager in identifying and managing collaborations and high growth businesses as well as engaging with local, regional and national businesses in a wide range of KE activities. Our School of Education continues its long-established work supporting the development of capacity within schools and further education to improve teaching and promote engagement in STEM subjects by young people. Similarly, our School of Social Science contributes significantly to the social fabric of the Liverpool City Region through its top-notch Social Care and Social Work programmes. It has key partnerships with statutory and voluntary organisations in the region and beyond. Our Centre for Socio-Economic Applied Research for Change (SEARCH) produces academically informed and methodologically robust outputs, drawn from Schools across the University to provide immediate practical solutions and real-world impacts for society.
Our KEF strategy is focused on significantly increasing Hope’s Research Impact and levels of high quality KE and KT with business, industry the third sector and wider stakeholders.
For further information, please send queries to pvc.research@hope.ac.uk
Local Growth and Regeneration
Summary of approach
Liverpool Hope University’s (LHU’s) status as the only ecumenical Christian University foundation in Europe positions us as having a unique voice in the conversations and actions related to local, regional and national growth. Since the inception of our founding college in 1844, the mission and values of this University have been rooted in a desire to support the disenfranchised and to enable civic, community and societal engagement and the subsequent growth of its local and regional environment. The University works closely with regeneration bodies such as the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCR CA), local chambers of commerce, the local education authorities, professional bodies and a host of important local agencies and communities to ensure that our region grows strategically.
Aspect 1: Strategy
Although LHU increasingly engages with a range of international agendas, the bedrock of our mission and values since the inception of our founding college in 1844 has been to pursue social justice and to support the disenfranchised in our local communities (i.e. the Liverpool City Region). The location of our Creative Campus in Everton - one of the UK’s most socio-economically deprived electoral wards – signals our intent to contribute significantly to the regeneration of our city.
Figure 1 – The Capstone Theatre, Creative Campus, Everton, North Liverpool
Our Creative/Performing Arts academics and practitioners play a major role in keeping the University at the heart of the City Region’s creative and digital industries sector, recognised as a growth cluster by the LCR CA. The Dean of School of Creative and Performing Arts and other senior colleagues are passionate about projects which specialise in research and knowledge exchange on the social value and economic impact of arts and culture, which is set within the context of key regional growth policy drivers, described in the LCR CA Plan for Prosperity.
We are also a key voice in a multi-agency partnership, including other Merseyside HEIs, seeking to support the growth of North Liverpool, a much-deprived area of the city. The needs of the communities in these areas are defined by the residents and community groups themselves with the University positioning itself as an enabler. More recent engagement with initiatives such as the Liverpool Civic Data Coop, funded by the LCR CA, is seen as an excellent vehicle for connecting communities to identify innovation to address real-life health and well-being issues
Beyond our immediate local area, our School of Education plays a vital role in increasing the capacity of Schools, their leaders and their teachers across the North West and beyond. The University Centre for Professional Learning and Development offers a range of CPD focused on educational settings to develop and enhance teaching skills and knowledge which are practice-based and impact-driven in order to support high quality teaching and learning and school improvement priorities in the NW region.
Our £14.5M investment in Science & Health laboratories at our main campus has enabled the University to expand particular skills areas such as psychology and food science. Both areas have been actively engaging with local communities, for example: Psychology has engaged with National Museums Liverpool (NML) to investigate how implicitly held racial attitudes influence eye movements made when viewing artworks. Integrated into other behavioural measures, with the possibility to produce a real-world measure of the success of museums and galleries in developing a sense of self-relevance in visitors, thus enabling positive curating to address EDI.
The Business School also plays a key role in contributing to LCR CA knowledge and innovation goals as a member of the Professional and Business Services (P&BS) Board. It also has AACBS (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools and Business) accreditation and in addition, the School takes a highly active role in stakeholder engagement through taking part in local growth platform and chambers of commerce networking, events and partnership opportunities. Thus, keyed into the regeneration strategy for the Liverpool City Region CA contributing to the COVID Recovery plan and the region’s graduate retention strategy.
Figure 3 - Map of Liverpool City Region showing key growth sectors (LCR comprises of 6 Local Authorities which together are the Combined Authority (LCR CA))
(Maps acknowledgements to Experience Liverpool (http://experienceliverpool.com/liverpool-city-region/) and the DfE (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585982/Liverpool_City_Region_AR_-_Report_-_Final.pdf))
At a national level, many of our academics contribute to government and agencies policy formation. For example, our Psychology department has an extensive record of knowledge exchange with government departments. These activities are most clear in the case of efforts to support de-radicalisation (Home office, UK and US Security services, Police service of Northern Ireland) and public safety (Home office, Department for Transport, UK Security services, Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure). In addition Computer Science and Engineering has presented at local (Liverpool Good Business Festival), national (The Investigator) and international (Europol) workshops concerning disruptive technologies and their impact on law enforcement.
At an international level, Liverpool Hope has a network of partners with similar faith-based missions and values to ours including France, India, USA and China. Our partnerships with top Universities and colleges in India sees our School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering engaging with knowledge exchange programmes, supporting economic growth in several key cities (Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore). These projects range from AV, through cyber security to mathematical modelling.
Also, Global-Hope, the University’s international education programme, gives staff and students the opportunity to engage in projects addressing social justice in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Brazil. The University supports this charitable arm both financially and in encouraging academic and support colleagues to engage in the many life-changing projects each year. These projects are, as a matter of course, driven by local needs.
Figure 4 – Staff and Student Volunteers in Peru – a Global Hope Project
All of the above priorities and activities are reflected in the University’s Corporate Plan as well our, Research and HEIF strategies.
Aspect 2: Activity
The University’s approach to supporting local growth more often than not begins with its increasing research profile. Over 75% of our academics hold doctorates and are research active, clearly focused on the application and impact of their research. This is supported by our partnerships with key organisations who share our ambitious knowledge exchange agenda.
A key focus of our knowledge exchange agenda is the aim of tackling the enhanced regional disparities in education and skills levels, health and social care.
To address these issues, the University has commenced holding university-wide engagement days designed to bring local influencers, decision and policy makers onto Campus to raise their awareness of what the university can offer to all sections of the community. The first, held in May 2022, was targeted at local and regional members of parliament which was really well attended. The event was deemed a success and provided a blueprint for future similar events with different targeted regional sectors for example Charity and 3rd Sector, LCR SMEs.
Figure 5 - MP Engagement Event May 2022
Through its initial teacher training programmes and consultancy and CPD activities for qualified teachers, schools and education authorities, the University’s Education Faculty is contributing significantly to the development of STEM teaching capacity within secondary schools. For example, programmes in Mastery of Maths and Maths Enhancement are in high demand across the region and the CPD team works with many local and regional schools to deliver the government’s Teacher Development Premium
A key strand of Hope’s HEIF strategy is the strengthening of employability levels among our student and graduate body and the enhancement of graduate retention levels and the utilisation of high-level skills in the region. For example, at undergraduate level, the Business School has developed a series of connected work placement, internships and real-world research project opportunities where students are jointly mentored by both academics and business people, Hope Insight to Business Awards. Paid internships awards are offered annually to engaged students by local and regional employers. The number of awards offered has grown from 7 in 2016/17 to 37 in 2021/22.
Figure - Insight to Business Award Evening
Our Health Science academics work with a wide range of organisations such as NHS trusts, health authorities, sports bodies and other universities to drive knowledge exchange in this area. A significant strategic partnership between the University’s Health Sciences Department, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust and Aintree University Hospitals Trust sees knowledge exchange and the development of collaborative research and funding bids in the area of upper limb research.
In Sports Science, the team has worked with national bodies such as The Lawn Tennis Association, promoting the sport as a healthy lifestyle choice and way of keeping fit for all ages. The University has also worked with Everton F.C on a wide range of research and KE activities, the origins of which are rooted in socio-economic and health needs of a community based in one of the most deprived wards of the UK.
Our Social Work/ Social Care programmes work with key local and regional organisations such as the City of Liverpool local authority, Person Shaped Support (PSS – one of the oldest voluntary organisations in the NW region), and a wide range of community organisations. Our students undertake placements in a range of voluntary, NHS and local authority settings adding value to the community.
The aforementioned investment in our Heath and Science capabilities has also allowed the University to reshape significant elements of its HEIF strategy to better address the government’s Research and Innovation Strategy. We continue to increase our capacity to: produce excellent research and industrial collaborations in the emerging technologies, including vital areas such as AI, Immersive Technologies and associated disciplines; develop prototype devices/systems for knowledge exchange and to demonstrate the myriad of applications that the research will support; and facilitate the commercialisation of this research leading to the enhancement of the competitiveness of the UK economy through co-development with industrial partners. Also key to knowledge exchange is engagement with local science and technology communities such as Sci-Tech Daresbury and increasing knowledge and understanding of intellectual property rights.
Within the School of Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) a ground-breaking project located in HMP Risley and Liverpool (HMP2Hope), is going from strength to strength which was initially founded in 2018. The project, part commissioned by Novus, a social enterprise which provides education to 52 prisons in the UK, is based on the premise ‘why do we insist that a person’s identity is defined by their past, as opposed to their potential to contribute positively to the future?’ The project is composed of a number of sub-projects and is delivered weekly as a 2-hour, prisoner- led education session. Examples of sub-projects are listed below.
Professors in Prison, a prisoner-led encouraging the men to question and discuss each area of research presented by the professors
Odyssey on the Airwaves; a community radio engagement project which facilitated a
performed reading of Homer’s “The Odyssey” in a local prison during the continuous 23-hour
COVID-19 lockdown (2020-21)
Philosophy and Performance in Prisons; Approx. 15-20 men participate weekly where prisoners select topics for discussion and the tutors help place the conversations in a philosophical context
More generally the Creative Campus is a hub for community links for example Voices of Hope, The Hope Metropolitan Orchestra, The European Opera Centre Schools Project, and The Big City Art Challenge along with a broad range of Liverpool’s cultural organisations including TATE Liverpool, Liverpool Everyman Playhouse and Liverpool Sound City.
Aspect 3: Results
All Knowledge Exchange (KE) projects are evaluated for impact and are recorded in our central impact repository. Because of the care in which projects are chosen and the effective planning processes in place, most projects can demonstrate appropriate levels of impact. For some projects, this may be as basic as the collation of evaluation forms from participants; for others it may be through increased local/regional profile and requests to contribute to events and boards or the publication and dissemination of major findings; and for others it may result in recognised improvements in local and/or regional conditions and/or further funding streams.
Previously our local growth and regeneration activities for KEF have used physical activity and sport in the community as a catalyst and vehicle for engagement to grow awareness, activity levels and aspirations. These have been through local, regional and nationally initiatives to improve facilities and public engagement through sporting activities and organisations to achieve health, well-being and social care goals. This has been in partnership with organisations such as the English Institute of Sport (EIS), Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Everton Football Club and their corporate responsibility arm, Everton in the Community (EiTC). These activities have evolved into a number of strands which include:
Bi-annual International Shoulder Rehabilitation Conference (now on its 3rd iteration)
Major contract research commission to study the Impact of intravenous Iron on Musculoskeletal Function in Older Adults to be undertaken in partnership with a local NGS Trust
Deepened partnerships with numerous social care and mental health organisations in the Liverpool City Region through our Schools of Social Science, Education and Humanities.
The HTC undertook community-based projects using drama as a medium to address difficult and complex issues such as dementia care and the recognition that offenders have the potential to actively contribute to society on their release. Both of which have resulted in improved practice and knowledge with manuals to support adoption of practice by others; storytelling in dementia care and the use of arts intervention in prisons and other rehabilitation settings.
A key success story is the HEIF funded work in local HM Prisons. Examples of feedback from stakeholders’ report outcomes which include:
Increased levels of concentration and self esteem
Reduction in self-harm
Improved interest in understanding justice (specifically through art)
Ongoing projects include Philosophy and Performance in Prisons and Podcasts for Prisoners, and more recently there is interest from the Co-Chair of the National Alliance of Arts in Criminal Justice and the National Lead for Creative Strategies Novus, to roll out the overarching project, “Forgotten Futures and the City” nationally.
In addition research undertaken by CAPA has been pivotal in assisting rehabilitation initiatives of the Fallen Angels Dance Company for those suffering from drugs and alcohol addiction
The impact of activities contributing to the growth of our communities is disseminated in a number of ways: through publications and conferences; public/community meetings; partnership meetings, and via the University’s website, social-media platforms and blogs.
Public & Community Engagement
Summary of approach
Since the establishment of its first founding college in 1844, this University has been engaging with our communities, especially those who are disenfranchised, in order to share knowledge and enrich society. Faithful to its Christian moorings, the Hope Community aspires to be a welcoming, hospitable and caring community.
Our approach to KE is founded on a relational model of participation, responding to the needs identified by the community. As partners, we aim to develop shared solutions so the sense of success can reinforce collaboration.
Public/community engagement is embedded within the strategies/plans of our key research centres and academic schools/departments. It is also embedded in our programme development processes, which draw on principles of co-design and engage local community stakeholders.
Aspect 1: Strategy
The history, mission and values of this University ensures that we are embedded into the fabric of many cornerstone aspects of society, including: Church and faith-related communities; Education and teacher development; and social work and social care in its broadest sense. Our development as a Liberal Arts inspired university has also seen the growth of key partnerships with the stakeholders in the social care, health science, creative and performing arts and humanities and business sectors. More recently we have established a growing science and technology base which includes Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Psychology and Nutritional Science all of which have increased partnership opportunities, collaborative research and public engagement activities, contributing to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Innovation strategy and the government’s growth plan. Therefore, we both inform and are informed by continuous dialogue with some of the most influential agencies in society today. Indeed, we embrace public engagement in its broadest sense as part of the University’s social responsibility; we are accountable to the public and we aspire to increase the relevance of our research, academic and professional endeavours in people’s lives. Our commitment to the NCCPE Manifesto is a strong signal of this intent.
Figure – Stakeholder Map
At a strategic level public/community engagement, Impact and dissemination are all integral to our Corporate Plan and strategies relating to Research, Impact, Knowledge Exchange. We have a solid track record of engaging with our neighbours, communities and partners for example we have a highly active Community Engagement Team (CET). The educational mission central to the University is focused on the development of the whole person within the context of our wider community, and we value opportunities to bring people together as part of a city that is steeped with passion and pride for support and unity.
The Covid-19 pandemic intensified the operation of the CET; the Hope community of staff and students worked together in response to the needs of those on the frontline in the city, raising funds, equipment and much needed resources for those delivering frontline services.
Another key C&PE focus for activity is the Capstone Theatre, which serves as a cultural and community hub to host a wide range of creative and performing arts activities ranging from local community engagement projects to international festivals.
We use a wide variety of means to connect our top-level strategy with our academic community in an effective way. Institutional as well as School-based plans are shaped by interaction between our academic colleagues and key partners, coming together with their own knowledge capacities, interests, questions and challenges, and working collectively to create new knowledge, products, processes, policies and solutions that reflects the diversity of our stakeholders and thus embraces principles of inclusion and equality. As partners we aim to develop shared solutions, then the sense of success can reinforce collaboration.
Global Hope is the University’s international education programme which gives staff and students the opportunity to engage in projects addressing social justice in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Brazil. The University supports this charitable arm both financially and in encouraging academic and support colleagues to engage in the many life-changing projects each year. This activity has been affected more recently by the global pandemic, as well as conflict in some target countries in terms of in-situ activity however much of this activity has moved online where possible.
Our growing number of cultural partnerships with local organisations including the Liverpool Philharmonic, National Museums Liverpool, Bluecoat and FACT has enabled us to expand our research activity in a range of Arts and Humanities areas vital to the cultural, artistic, and mental health perspectives of society. On our Creative Campus in Everton, we host organisations such as the European Opera Centre which engages in a wide range of public engagement activities with local communities in collaboration with Hope academics.
Figure - Range of KE activities
The University has also partnered with Everton Football Club for a first of its kind research partnership utilising the University’s high-quality academic resources to support the club’s strategy of public/community engagement. This has led to a wide range of benefits for stakeholders and has resulted in a Chair in Social Responsibility and a subsequent increase in research applied to the enhancement of society, which has led to deepening of partnerships with the social care sector regionally (Person Shaped Support (PSS)) and nationally Social Work Action Network (SWAN).
The University devolves responsibility for the establishment and development of P&CE activities to the Schools/Departments, guided by the University’s priorities and goals for P&CE. Each area has an identified key point of contact; called the Knowledge Exchange Champion.
Aspect 2: Support
The University supports its public engagement and research impact activity through the use of its core HEIF funding as well as discretionary operational budgets devolved to the Schools. Academic Schools, individual academics and professional colleagues can also bid for financial support for public engagement projects from the Vice-Chancellor’s Initiative fund as well as seeking funding and training and development from the University’s Research and Funding facilitator.
The University is very conscious of engaging external voices and views when designing academic courses. It has recently introduced a co-design model which requires external stakeholders from business, the professions and the wider community to have significant input to the shaping of our core provision to ensure currency and equality, diversity and inclusion principles are addressed.
Our KE Support Infrastructure is shown below (Figure 3). The figure is intended to show responsibility within wider role due to institutional size capacity limitations (circa 6000 students); leadership roles are (outlined in red), and operationalising (green) shared across the wider university communities to enable and run activities.
Figure – Liverpool Hope University KE Support Infrastructure
Hope has a very well-established Service and Leadership Award (SALA) for students who engage with community groups on a voluntary basis these include NHS Responders, Brownies and Scout leaders and a range of charities including Dr Barnardo’s and the NSPCC.
Reward and incentives for academic staff for P&CE is integral to the performance review/promotion process which is based on 3 criteria: teaching and Learning, Research and Scholarship, and the Wider Contribution to the Mission of the University. The balance of all 3 must be demonstrated and evidenced in the process.
In terms of practical support for EDI the University her identified Equality and Diversity Objectives (2019-2024), which are managed and monitored by the D&E Steering Group. In addition, the DVC and Provost is the champion for an annual cohort for the Advance HE Aurora scheme, and she is also the Chair for Hope Women in Leadership initiative.
The University has a centrally housed social media presence across all main platforms and employs colleagues with specific skills in this area to ensure its effectiveness and levels of responsiveness are always at the very least fit for purpose. Schools/departments and very often individual academics maintain their own specialist blogs which have an excellent track record of engaging members of the public in meaningful dialogue.
Aspect 3: Activity
The location of the university on 2 campuses in Liverpool, one of which is an inner-city campus (Everton), and its Christian roots, acts as a primary focus for engagement activity. It has a long track record in volunteering in the community both by staff and students.
The greatest intensity of C&PE at Hope is from two main and overlapping hubs: The Schools of Social Sciences (SS), and Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) with an overarching theme of Health, Welfare and Well-being of Local Communities. These hubs have continued to be the mainstay of activity of the university throughout the KEF3 period although challenged by the covid-19 pandemic which also served to intensify community support activity. Both hosted events for the Being Human Festival.
For example the Community Engagement Team the focus for staff and student volunteering is led by Social Sciences, which expanded activities in response to need driven by the pandemic, examples of this is the Growing Spaces project. Other projects include Comedy for Social Change working in partnership with the Comedy Trust with a range of groups including young people, people with disabilities.
There is also a highly active Centre for Culture and Disability Studies (CCDS) which annually hosts 60+ events, free to attend and open to the public, including the series Changing Social Attitudes to Disability; The Voice of Disability; and Disability and the Emotions. It also hosts its own YouTube Channel (this link features Dr Erin Pritchard “Top of Mind” radio interview and Facebook page; both a strategy for engagement and an output. CCDS published its Journal’s 50th Edition in 2022.
Figure – Angel Field Festival
CAPA has a thriving events calendar offering film, music, theatre, dance and visual arts, based around the Capstone Theatre which is open to all communities and has its own Facebook page. Tickets have a nominal price however many productions are free or have “pay what you decide” tickets. Productions include: the annual Angel Fields Festival 2022 with the theme “Strangers Transcending Borders” very pertinent for 2022.
Researchers within the University have a strong reputation for engaging with the public on a local, national and international level, with outreach activities and direct engagement with a wide cross-section of the public. Additionally, academics have reached large audiences by making regular contributions through media outlets such as television, radio, newspaper and lay journal articles, as well as presenting expertise to specialist programmes; for example, political analysis of the Conservative Party Leadership in 2022 in BBC News 24.
Furthermore, public/community engagement features high on the agenda of Liverpool Hope’s major research centres. Not only do we seek academic excellence but also an increased awareness and understanding of our work by the communities we serve. In turn, our engagement with the public and community groups helps to shape our understanding of their needs and thus drives further research interests and developments.
Other engagement activities include:
Accessible resources for schools, educators, and the public for science demonstrations and activities
An Annual Science Week, coinciding with British Science Week, which is open to schools and members of the public
Artists in Residence in civic buildings and Music Therapy in hospitals.
Public lectures and talks, distinguished speaker events, professorial inaugural lectures.(the embedded link provides examples).
Aspect 4: Enhancing practice
We have an excellent track record of impact and it is through our clear strategy for KE and Impact that a University of our size is able to engage so confidently with the public and our communities.
The main metrics used to measure Hope’s public/community/cultural engagement are to be found in the annual HEBCIS return. Obviously, these metrics are purely quantitative in nature. While they demonstrate year-on-year increases in activity levels, they only tell part of the story. More qualitative data can be found in project reports, Annual Review and Enhancement reports and research impact statements. Until recently, there was little centralised consideration of the impact of such activities – rather, research centres and academic departments reflected on impact and adjusted/increased their activities accordingly. The University has addressed this with the creation of a central repository focusing on impact and related public/community engagement, including an increasingly broad range of Research Impact case studies.
Currently this is primarily used for recording activities rather than activities and their impact, which has identified that training skills for evidence gathering need to be developed to enable such skills to be embedded in KE processes in the future.
However, there are pockets of good practice where outcomes of P&CE are measured and recorded as follows:
The Hope Professional Learning and Development (PLD) team design bespoke continuous professional development (CPD) programmes for targeted clients. These include the Church School Governance Scheme (CSGS) and Church School Studies (CSS), aimed at School Governors and Trustees and trainee teachers (aiming to find roles in schools with a Christian ethos respectively. Both programmes have run since 2019 with heightened demand during the pandemic due to a move to an online offer.
Figure - Professional Learning and Development of the School Workforce
Outputs for CSGS 2021-22: 100% of respondents felt their knowledge of church school governance had been greatly (88.2%) or to some extent (11.8%) enhanced. 100% of respondents would recommend this programme to others with 75% willing to be an advocate of this programme (2020-21 participants).
Outputs for CSS 2021-22 97.7% (n.42) of respondents felt the programme improved their understanding of working in a Church School. Additionally, 97.7% (n.42) of respondents felt the programme had improved their confidence in working within a Church School
Patients/Clients of Liverpool Hope's Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation Clinic (PSRC) are offered appointments flexibly outside of teaching time and remotely where appropriate. Liverpool Hope staff and students proactively contact local and national Rehabilitation providers and elite sport teams from a range of sectors making use of established and potential new partnerships. PSRC has been able to help numerous staff, students and the general public. Regular appreciative messages are received in regards to this and positive patient outcomes, and clinical PROMS (Patient reported outcome measures) are used to establish patient progress in a formal manner in patient notes.
Aspect 5: Building on success
While this is an area that the University acknowledges needs addressing, there is a good deal of project by project assessment of outcomes and feedback from stakeholders. Analysis tends to take place at School level and project evaluations consider the level and impact of outcomes are routinely compiled and are considered as part of the School’s Annual Review and Enhancement protocols. As a matter of course, the outcomes and results of public engagement activities are shared with the relevant stakeholders. The University is in a phase of transition as the existing Vice Chancellor will retire at the end of 2022, and therefore there is potential for revisiting the P&CE strategy and infrastructure for the next iteration of KEF with the incoming Vice Chancellor.
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