The EDGE tool

How well does your institution currently support public engagement? What are you doing well, and are there areas which you could quickly and efficiently target to make a big difference? 

We've distilled the work of the Beacons for Public Engagement and other universities to create a self-assessment tool to help you take stock and plan your own work. The tool has nine focal points which form a self-assessment matrix, to allow you to assess your institution's progress. We've called it the EDGE Tool as it describes 'Embryonic', 'Developing', 'Gripping' and 'Embedded' approaches to supporting engagement.  

The EDGE tool provides a really useful device to get colleagues talking and reflecting on the current state of play in your department, school or institution, and helps identify where to focus your efforts. You can find out more in our website's EDGE tool section.

In this task, we want you to have a go at assessing your own institution using the EDGE tool. This will be for your own learning and reference as well as ours. 

Please prepare your words in a separate document before inputting into the webform. The form cannot be saved and returned to at a later date, and cannot be retrieved in the event of an internet connection error or timeout: Document Link

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