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Blog about Cupp Eastbourne Summer Digest 2015

Cupp Eastbourne Summer Digest 2015 It was a beautiful day when we met last week in sunny Eastbourne to celebrate, showcase and learn from community-university partnerships. There was a great mix of staff, student and community partners that made for some interesting new connections and lively discussion. Showcasing Even before the Digest started, several…

Blog from a Cupp seminar 29/4/15. Challenging experiences of exclusion and marginalisation: A participatory video project with Amaze and the University of Brighton

Watch the video here This collaboration was a participatory video project that included a community psychologist from the university and parent service users from Amaze, a Brighton-based charity that supports the parents and carers of children with complex needs. Following an evaluation research project undertaken with Amaze, the group got together and set to work…

Professor Sir David Watson: 1949-2015

David Watson was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Brighton when Cupp first got going over 10 years ago. In fact, if it weren’t for David, there would never have been a Cupp at all. His tragically early death last Sunday is an immense loss in so many areas of private and public life – including…

Cupp Brighton Autumn Digest blog

Cupp’s Brighton Autumn Digest brought many people from university and community backgrounds together last week to celebrate and reflect on community-university partnerships. All were welcome to share and learn about current local partnerships – and the offer of cake obviously worked as the room was packed out! The showcasing began with a fascinating tour of the Waste…

Cupp seminar 1/12/14 blog: Community Based Research – international perspectives

A powerful triple header seminar covering very diverse community engagement practice in three continents in ninety minutes. Longtime CUPP ally Budd Hall (co-holder of the UNESCO chair in Community Based Research) kicked off with a challenging account of the Mpambo African Multiversity project in Uganda,. This embodies the four Knowledge Democracy principles of: multiple epistemologies;…

Cupp International Seminar blog: Better World Cameroon ~ Joshua Konkankoh

Cupp International Seminar blog: Better World Cameroon- Fostering Regenerative Education & Permaculture Training in Bafut, Cameroon with Joshua Konkankoh Joshua Konkankoh has been connecting with Cupp through this Network for the last 4 years…and finally it came together so that he could come in person and share his knowledge and experiences during his trip from…

Cupp International Seminar blog: Child Protection in Ethiopia, Anannia Admassu

Cupp International Seminar: Enhancing the participation of Communities in Child Protection in Ethiopia ~ Anannia Admassu, Director of CHADET Hearing from international visitors always helps to shine a new light on community engagement. However listening to Anannia Admassu share his experiences of working with children and young people in Ethiopia was particularly inspiring for me….

Eastbourne Cupp Winter Digest blog

At the beginning of the month, many of us came together in Eastbourne to talk and share about community-university work ongoing in the local area. It was a great turnout for the lunchtime event, with an even split of community partners and university staff and even a few students! Despite a varied and packed programme,…

Social Mentoring Workshop: Models for practice

There was a great turnout for yesterday’s Social Mentoring Research Group Network workshop, with representation from community organisations, academics, mentors and students. The two workshops generated detailed discussion on research on mentoring and its practice. Jo Tolley from SMRG and also Prince’s Trust presented initial findings on the group’s research – her slideshow can be…

“…Happy Biiirrrrthdaaaayy to Cuuuupppppp…”

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy biiirrrirthdaaaayy to Cuuupppp…happy birthday to you!” Sallis Benney theatre was filled with our voices first thing yesterday as we were led into a round by Kim Aumann, co-facilitating with Andrew Church for the day. It was a fun way to start as we then embarked on…