Power Knowledge Exchange - Citizens UK

Power Knowledge Exchange

Knowledge exchange is important for the mission of universities.

Through the lens of community organising, we see that universities also have power that they can share with and receive from community partners. Through the building of collective institutional power in places, we can win change that we're unable to achieve by ourselves. Citizens UK's Power KE project sees universities as important to this mission.

Power Knowledge Exchange Conference

As the number of HEI leaders, academics, professional staff and students involved in broad-based community organising increases, we're hosting a one-day conference to celebrate and connect with each other.

Through building a community practice of organising in the HEI sector, we hope to make our work more impactful in policy, research and innovation that is felt in the lives of our communities.

Where: Queen Mary University London, Graduate Centre

When: Wednesday 18th January 2023, 9:45am - 4pm

Get in touch

For more information, please contact power_ke@citizensuk.org

Case Studies

Teaching

Cardiff University - Community Jobs Compact (masters business school students)
- https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/our-local-community-projects/community-gateway/our-projects/friendly-and-accepting-community/neighbourhood-leadership
University of Essex - Democracy in Action module (final year undergraduates)
- https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2022/07/25/democracy-in-action-course-leads-to-real-change
- https://www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2022/07/21/transformative-teaching
Queen Mary of University of London - Civil Society Internship (final year politics undergraduates)
- https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/media/politics/documents/undergraduate/QMUL-Civil-Society-Internship-Journal.pdf
University College London’s Institute of Education - Free School Meals for those with No Recourse to Public Funds (second year education students)
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/apr/work-ioe-students-leads-greater-free-school-meal-access

Research

Aston University - Local Economic and Industrial Policy
- https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/citizens-uk-seeks-work-member-organisations-build-citizens-agenda-around-local-economic
University of Birmingham - Environmental Research and Civil Society
- https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2021/environmental-research-playing-a-role-in-civil-society-is-key-to-success-at-cop26
University of Nottingham / Nottingham Trent University - Misogyny as a Hate Crime
- https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/newsroom/2021/07/22/violence-against-women-and-girls-is-everyones-responsibility/
- https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2021/04/what-do-social-sciences-staff-and-students-do-with-nottingham-citizens

Engagement (Civic)

Aston University - Health Outcomes in East Birmingham
- https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/aston-university-launches-community-project-promote-healthy-lives-east-birmingham
Cardiff University - Parent Power in Cardiff
- https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2613559-cardiff-parent-power-group-launched-to-boost-university-access-for-local-communities
King’s College London - King’s Refugee Community Sponsorship Scheme
- https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-leads-universities-response-to-hosting-ukrainian-refugee-students-and-academics
King’s College London - Latin American representation
- https://www.kcl.ac.uk/a-voice-for-change
University of Newcastle - Social Renewal in the North East
- https://www.ncl.ac.uk/social-science/research/social-renewal-in-the-north-east/citizens/

Engagement (Internal)

University of Loughborough - Collective Anti-Racist Efforts
- https://www.lboro.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/race-equality-charter/race-equity-town-hall/