Recognising the demands of busy schedules and global time zones, we offer online training materials for Aspect Members to access at their convenience. Developed collaboratively to empower academics and professional support staff, our suite of resources includes pathways like The Social Venture Pathway, helping academics launch their own social ventures; the Games Development Pathway, offering insights from industry and academic professionals of converting research into both tabletop and digital video games, and Building on ABC developed by Aspect Members the University of Oxford, The University of Edinburgh, The University of Glasgow, University of Birmingham, York University, and Durham University providing a comprehensive knowledge exchange training programme. We also collaborate with a number of external organisations to share their learnings, with courses on embedding sustainability, legal structures for ventures and tools for effective project communication and marketing
Since our inception, we’ve championed experimentation and collaborative learning to foster SHAPE ventures’ growth. Uniquely, our network is built by members, ensuring that our collective knowledge is shared and utilised for the benefit of all. Our upcoming training sessions cover topics such as the nuances of licensing, consultancy, and contract research; strategies to promote research, identify collaborators, and enhancing scholarly impact on LinkedIn, and approaches to structuring CPD programmes, leveraging research outcomes, and engaging partners effectively, all designed to enhance skills and impact. These training sessions are held online with time commitments from four hours to 10 depending on the course. As with all of our training, participants will be issued with micro-credentials via our Smart Badges upon completion to attest to the knowledge and skills gained
Michael Muthukrishna provides an overview of his venture Culturalytics.
Exploring the Life Histories Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Case studies from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Mapping funded project.
Exploring the Social Practice Art as Research Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Exploring Playing Games as Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Lucy Jenkins provides an overview of her venture the MFL Student Mentoring project.
Exploring Hands-on engagement and learning with Ketso Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Jo Deakin provides an overview of her venture So What App-ens Next
Michael Bruter provides an overview of his venture tackling the lack of understanding of public opinion in electoral processes.
Exploring the Digitised Ethnography Creating Interactive Stories Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Exploring the Open Interviews Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Getting ‘bang for your buck’ A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice.
A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice.
Liam O’Hare provides an overview of his venture, an initiative helping CSR teams design and evaluate social impact programmes
Sarah Ward provides an overview of her venture, an initiative addressing child poverty by putting young people at the heart of policy interventions designed to help them.
