The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement defines engagement this way: "Public engagement describes the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education and research can be shared with the public. Engagement is by definition a two-way process, involving interaction and listening, with the goal of generating mutual benefit."

In the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at UEA, we are involved in many engagement activities. For example, we regularly give talks or run workshops for primary and secondary schools; we offer a series of café conversations; we write for popular newspapers and magazines and appear on the radio and television; and we organise events together with many museums or institutions or in conjunction with various holidays or celebrations (such as Holocaust Memorial Day, LGBT History Month, and Banned Books Week).

We invite you to contact individual members of staff to discuss ways of working together or you can contact LDC's engagement director, B.J. Epstein, at b.epstein@uea.ac.uk.

Community University Engagement Team

UEA has a small dedicated Community University Engagement team, Julie Worrall and Ruth Selwyn-Crome, who are on hand to advise staff and students about different aspects of their engagement activity including ideas, planning, evaluation and impact.  Financial and practical assistance is also available via a Small Expenses Fund and the loan of equipment such as audio recorders.  You can find more information and case studies on the Community University Engagement website