Discover stories, ideas and strategies for sharing know-how and expertise in SHAPE research commercialisation.
Resources

27 September 2021
Creative Challenge Series Event Report
Summary of the event, sharing lessons and guidance on how to run similar events.

24 September 2021
Ecosystem Audit Outputs
Drawing on the wealth of entrepreneurial activities and opportunities that exist across the Aspect network.

23 September 2021
Aspect International Project Report
A detailed report that shares the learnings and findings from the Internationalisation of Aspect pilot project.

20 September 2021
How is Equality, Diversity and Inclusion translated into business engagement practice?
Exploring how CoP members are addressing issues of equality, diversity and inclusion.

20 September 2021
FinTech Deep Dive Resources
Videos and a guide exploring good practice in engagement between academics, universities FinTech organisations

7 September 2021
HealthTech Deep Dive
A deep dive to explore how social sciences research can add meaningful insights to the health-tech industry.

1 September 2021
Ludic Labs
Discover how Ludic Labs is supporting the production of educational games generated by social science research.

27 August 2021
LegalTech Deep Dive Project
Exploring collaboration between universities, academincs and law firms.

25 August 2021
The Creative Industries ‘Deep Dives’
An investigation into activities between social science academics and the creative industries in the Northwest of England to highlight a plethora of activity in this area.

24 August 2021
The Ideas Box: Making Enterprise, Engagement & Impact Everyone’s Business
The Business Engagement COP, led by The University of York, has produced a range of materials exploring barriers and opportunities.

29 July 2021
ASAP: Post-Programme Outputs
An update on how ASAP is supporting a like-minded community of student entrepreneurs who are building socially impactful and responsible scalable businesses.

29 July 2021
Methods for Change: Mapping as Octopus
Here we join Heather Miles, University of Manchester, reflecting On the Creative Methods Zoo question “If your research method were an animal, what would it be?”

28 July 2021
Methods for Change: Bumble Bees and Creativities
In this guest blog post Lauren White, an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, shares her reflections and methodological musings from the Creative Methods Zoo.

20 July 2021
Podcast mini series: The ASAP Club
The mini-series aims to inform, inspire, and prepare early-stage innovators, preparing them for life as an entrepreneur.

19 July 2021
Methods for Change: Creative collaborations for sharing postgraduate research
In this article, six postgraduate researchers profiled in the gallery reflect on their experiences of collaborating with Methods for Change creatives to communicate their methods in thought-provoking ways.

19 July 2021
Research Method: Biographical Mapping
This ‘how to’ guide outlines the Biographical Mapping research method used by Penny Tinkler and Laura Fenton from the University of Manchester. The image was created in collaboration with More Than Minutes.

4 July 2021
Aspect Festival21 Webinars
Take a look at the Aspect Festival21 via webinars for both days.

25 June 2021
Funding Challenges for SocSci Business Engagement
A discussion about the challenges related to the funding for social science business engagement.

23 June 2021
Podcast: Inside the Founders Mind
An 6-part podcast exploring the entrepreneurial mindset and key traits such as resilience, stamina and facing failure.

21 June 2021
Introducing Social Shifters
A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice.