Community and Public Engagement

Glasgow Caledonian University has a wonderful record of Community and Public Engagement. I am hugely impressed by their approach and plans to coordinate their engagement activities and share best practice."
Dr Heather Rea, Project Lead, Beltane Public Engagement Network

Through our locale in the heart of Glasgow's City Centre, our history dating back to 1875, and our staff and students, Glasgow Caledonian University is intrinsically linked to the City as a place of learning, of employment and of partnership.

We have always been commited to using our wealth of skills, knowledge and facilities to make a positive contribution to the well-being of the communities we serve at home and overseas.

Community and Public Engagement agenda

Our Community and Public Engagement (CPE) agenda, launched in 2012, has renewed GCU's commitment to it's motto and guiding principal 'For the Common Weal', meaning working for the common good. Engagement ensures our relevance to the changing needs of society and our new CPE structure enables a coordinated and integrated approach to engagement at GCU.

The benefits of an engagement agenda

Engagement with the world beyond our campuses, benefits communities outside of academia but by its very nature of two-way dialogue and interaction, it also broadens and enriches our institution's research, teaching and learning.

Our work in public and community engagement allows us, not only to share our professional expertise and knoweledge wherever it is needed, but to learn from the many communities we serve in Scotland and across the globe. "
Professor Karen Stanton, Vice-Principal and PVC (International & External Relations), Glasgow Caledonian University

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