Friday, 5 August 2016

SUII call for proposals "Learning from each other" & information sessions


Call for Propsals: "Learning from each other"
This call is targeted on knowledge exchange between places (as well as between disciplines and between academics and non-academics) to improve policy and practice. This could involve looking at the lessons to be learned from varying policy and practice approaches in different parts of the UK or EU or from the experience of places further afield.

This call for proposals aims to support SUII member universities to work with universities elsewhere and alongside policy makers and practitioners to explore the lessons that can be learned from different approaches. Applicants are encouraged to be innovative in the methods used to share knowledge in an imaginative and sustainable way.

Typically, projects are funded in the region of £12-18k.

Further information about the call is available on:

Knowledge Exchange Programmes
The Insight Institute supports programmes that address substantial issues facing Scotland and the wider world, which have the capacity to extend knowledge and inform policy and/or practice. Programmes should be proposed and organised by teams whose composition reflects the multi-discipline and multi-sector remit of the Institute. Programme participants should include academics and members of communities beyond academia, e.g. the public and voluntary sectors, business and industry, as well as bringing in international expertise. Programmes should:
  • marshal the existing knowledge of participants and deploy their experience in fresh ways;
  • be multi-disciplinary and incorporate policy-maker and/or practitioner knowledge;
  • foster ongoing collaboration through a schedule of activities over a number of months, and
  • demonstrate the capacity to extend knowledge and inform policy and practice.
Organising teams must include members from at least two of partner universities. The institutions participating in this call are:
 
Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow School of Art, Heriot Watt, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde 



SUII Autumn Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Registration is now open:
http://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/AbouttheInstitute/Callforproposals.aspx

SUII will be holding a series of workshops to provide an overview of what we do at the Insight Institute and share details of our next call for proposals. Participants will be invited to consider some of the key aspects of applying for and running a Knowledge Exchange programme within small group discussions. There will also be an opportunity to hear from someone who has previously run a SUII programme, as well as time to ask questions and discuss potential project ideas.
The workshops we are running in September at the following locations:

Wednesday 14 September 10.30 - 12.30 - Charles Stewart House, Edinburgh – Facilitating: Marlies Kustatscher, University of Edinburgh, and Maire Cox, Edinburgh School of Art

These sessions are open to all members, not just academics at the institutions where they are being held, so people can go to whichever one is most convenient for them.
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