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
Chris Fellingham reflects on the inaugural SUCCESS cohort and looks ahead to the new ARC Accelerator
University of Manchester’s Gavin Davies gives an overview of this Aspect funded project
The event explored the requirements for effective collaboration between academia and the creative industries
Q&A with UKRI’s Huw Vasey on the Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards, run in partnership with Zinc
Insights from a recent Methods for Change session which used creative techniques to explore creative methods
Tim Shakespeare highlights the key points from Zinc’s new report on innovation and healthy ageing
Connecting founders in the accelerator cohort with experts in the startup space
The team reflect on sessions focused on visual, participatory and policy-led methods
This discussion explores, and aims to help academics navigate, the commercialisation landscape
We learn more about CAST, a hub for understanding the social science of climate action
Exploring the social enterprise route to commercialisation
A report on how digital technology can support carers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Julia Black outlines Aspect’s work in this area and flags our recently published 2020 Learning Report
Experts from Cardiff University outline the key issues at stake
Find out which projects won awards at the pitch day
The learnings from an Aspect Q&A session on this key topic
Re-framing resource use policy with practice theories and design methods
