A. Overview of the Aims of WIE

OVERVIEW OF THE AIMS OF WIE

WIE was soft launched in November 2020, and formally instituted in August 2021, as part of the university’s Strategy Group, reporting to the Registrar. As such, WIE exists to help ensure that the university can meet its 2030 Strategic core

purposes of Research and Education as well as its strategic priorities of Innovation, Inclusion, Internationalisation and Regional Leadership.

“I’m thrilled to see the launch of the Warwick Institute of Engagement and want to offer my thanks and support to all the staff and students who get involved.

“The Institute supports the university’s 2030 strategy in a number of important ways.

“It helps us play a regional and national leadership role as a modern university working with local communities to deliver place-based and people-focused results; it helps us drive innovation through maximising the exchange of knowledge between the university and society to enrich learning and innovation, stimulate innovation and partnerships; it gives us a stronger role in championing inclusion – through public discussion, knowledge curation and generation; it enhances the teaching experience we offer Warwick students, as well as contributing towards skills and employability; it informs our research and sharpens our impact, and it gives us a genuine platform for Warwick to play our part even more strongly in national and international debate, social, economic and policy development.

“Working hand in hand with our communities is strategically critical for Warwick. Now, in 2020, it is more important than ever for universities to look to nurture future generations passionate about research and innovation, and to listen to public concerns and aspirations.”

Sir David Normington, Chair of university Council, November 2020

WIE achieves its goals by working in three main ways:

c WIE acts as a pan-university hub

for joined-up discussion and coordination of public engagement activities to align with the university’s strategic priorities,

Grand Challenges, and response to the Government’s Knowledge

Exchange agenda.

c WIE builds capacity and expertise

amongst Warwick staff and students to ensure they can communicate and collaborate with the wider world in the most compelling and effective way possible.

c WIE creates the right public

and community engagement opportunities for university staff and students to collaborate with the public, communities, key influencers, and decision makers.

The Report is organised around these three key strands of WIE activity.