Our civic mission is working with partners and communities to make a positive difference for the public good across North Wales - learning and leading together for positive whole system change.

We are passionate and committed to working with partners and communities in new ways- understanding the key challenges and co-creating our approach across North Wales.

Our new civic mission has people and place at its heart. Together in conversation with leaders, we have identified that the root cause of many of our region’s challenges and priorities for action relate to social inequality. This is what we want to address.

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Civic Mission Partnership Strategy

The challenges we are all faced with are constantly changing. Our civic mission is not static and our conversations will continue to shape our approach and projects. As a University we want to be a positive force for change.

This strategy sets out in detail our approach and projects that we will develop and deliver alongside our partners. Our civic mission work is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council Wales (HEFCW).

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Civic Mission: Research that Transforms

At Wrexham University, we have an ambitious research strategy in which we aim to undertake research that transforms. To support our civic mission partnership, we want to develop applied research and knowledge using critical inquiry, applied research and impact evaluation to co-create a research framework that supports our collective mission.

The delivery of the civic mission in partnership provides us with an exciting opportunity to undertake research that transforms, connecting our academic teams to our partners working together on policy-relevant and applied research projects, placing students in real-life situations, helping to inform teaching, and supporting our academic teams to engage in active research linked to the civic mission.

Working together

Through a Civic Mission programme of over 35 projects, we work collaboratively to deliver meaningful change across our four key themes:

Head of Public Policy and Engagement's Nina Ruddle speaking to a group of changemakers and members of the North Wales Civic Engagement Partnership during a meeting.

Leadership and whole systems working

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Building community resilience

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Keeping Well

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Civic Mission Partnerships

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Nina Ruddle

Find out more

To find out more about our civic mission please contact Nina Ruddle, Head of Public Policy Engagement.

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