• "Through constant collaborative experimentation Aspect discovers new pathways to impact"

    Since 2018, we’ve been actively experimenting! Through the Aspect Testbed, we offer seed funding for collaborative projects that propel the boundaries of SHAPE research innovation forward

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    Testbed Collaborations

    We’re constantly exploring new ways to stimulate innovation across Testbed activities

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    Create, Develop, Grow

    Below, you’ll discover details of remarkable projects we’ve supported throughout the years. The insights gleaned from these projects often shape our training programmes and materials, enriching our offerings with valuable knowledge and experiences from across the Network

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    Phase 3

    Social Venture Pathway

    The project aims to develop a new and dedicated multi-step pathway to support academics interested in forming a social venture. The unique pathway will include a set of tools and guidance documents, to allow innovation teams to readily guide the formation of a social venture.

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    SUCCESS Programme

    Phase 1

    SUCCESS Programme

    Seeding University Collaboration for Commercialisation and Enterprise in Social Sciences. The SUCCESS programme is a first-of-its-kind opportunity designed to help social scientists with innovative and marketable research ideas.

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    The Cambria Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs

    Phase 2

    The Cambria Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs

    Increasing scholars’ capacity to commercialise their research interests through social enterprise models.

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    Phase 3

    The SHAPE of things to come: Current and future Aspect impact

    In the five years since it launched, the Aspect programme has achieved a remarkable amount. As it approaches the latest milestone in its evolution, and to support the introduction of a new funding model, this project set out to achieve three key aims.

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    Train the Trainer

    Phase 2

    Train the Trainer

    Supporting professional service staff to communicate knowledge exchange and its impact for SHAPE.

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    Train the Trainer

    Phase 3

    Train the Trainer

    Following the first scoping phase of the ‘Train the Trainer’ project in 2021/22, the KE/Comms CoP will now implement plans to improve the accessibility and use of the toolkits and other outputs produced in the first phase of Aspect and develop some new resources and sessions for PS staff tasked with communicating / promoting / supporting knowledge exchange (KE), innovation and its impact for SHAPE researchers within their institutions.

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