Placing Placemaking: Exploring what constitutes best practice in UK universities
I was commissioned by NCACE, though its Cultural Knowledge Exchange and Placemaking strand of work, to look at UK universities and their placemaking practice – who is doing such projects, how they are done, with whom and where.
Key takeaway:
There are two key questions universities should be asking themselves now: what is at stake for your institution if you don’t take a placemaking approach?, and indeed, how can you foster best placemaking practice at your institution?
And a call to action:
UK universities have an opportunity as anchor institutions in place - with shareable research assets, expertise in knowledge exchange, and access to far-reaching networks - to take up the challenge of place leadership, and in the process, to lead by example to extend both local and global placemaking practices.