Mind the gap: Can a professional development programme build a university’s public engagement community?

摘要: A number of ‘gaps’ may be present within public engagement with research – disparity skills, priorities and knowledge between staff practitioners, as well differences institutional ambition departmental reality. Such gaps are often perceived problems deficits to addressed through training culture change initiatives. The design delivery Imperial College London’s Engagement Academy 12 members research, teaching professional services sought explore work across such gaps. We propose that these areas disconnect universities challenging, but they also structurally necessary, potentially even a source rich engagement.