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CUPP: Learning to make a difference

Community-university partnerships make a difference. They enrich teaching and the student experience, offer innovative ways of engaging communities with research, and provide tangible benefits for local people.

The University of Brighton has a longstanding research programme to develop such knowledge partnerships through our pioneering Community University Partnership Programme, known as CUPP.

Our partnership projects, underpinned by co-production, combine community and university knowledge and experience, and help to address social disadvantage and build sustainable communities. 

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Dr Nicolette Fox - cupp@brighton.ac.uk.

CUPP is an outstanding example of how we think learning has to happen in the twenty-first century. It’s challenging the traditionally accepted view that knowing is held by the university and applying is held by the community. It’s a learning partnership.

Dr Etienne Wenger-Trayner, social learning theorist, international practitioner, co-founder of ‘communities of practice’ concept

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Usually when you do a project you deliver the report and that’s the end of it. What’s great about the Ignite community-university partnership is its sustainability. This kind of collaborative partnership makes delivering long-term successful projects and accessing funding much easier.

Tony Kalume, Diversity Lewes, 

Banner image provided courtesy of Sam Moore at Sussex Scene. 
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