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
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.
Exploring how social science startups ideate and evolve their business models
Exploring Participant Packs: A Flexible, Inclusive and Accessible Method, with the Methods for Change project.
Exploring the Elliptical Methodologies research method with the Methods for Change project.
Exploring the Mobile Visual Methods approach with the Methods for Change project.
Here We Flow is a social start-up bringing organic feminine hygiene products to the mass market in the UK.
Lisa Kelly provides an overview of her venture, a digital training, safety and compliance app for film production.
Lawrence Barsalou provides an overview of his venture, which aims to assess a health behaviour, like stress, on two dimensions of situatedness.
Exploring the graphic interviews: graphic elicitation and sketch reportage research method.
Gianpaolo Fusari provides an overview of his venture, OnTrack Rehab helping stroke survivors.
Mark Doffman provides an overview of his venture, supporting art organisations in a post-pandemic world.
Exploring the Geographical Biography research method with the Methods for Change project.
Generation Purple seeks to enhance diversity in graduate recruitment through digital initiatives
Exploring the Participatory Qualitative Interviews research method with the Methods for Change project.
Welcoming the Aspect Research Commercialisation (ARC) Accelerator class of 2021
