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Community Relations
Visitors studying an exhibition in the Chinese wing of the museum.

Community Engagement Task Force Economic Sub-Group

Chaired by the Director of Research & Innovation Services, this group looks at what the University is doing: 

  • To increase awareness of its impact on and contribution to the local economy 
  • To engage with residents and key external stakeholders to identify and act on opportunities to enhance its impact 
  • To share information on services such Procurement and Catering, and on approaches to topics such as graduate retention and student enterprise 
  • In its collaborations on matters such as the Regional Industrial Strategy and post-covid economic recovery 
  • In its growing Memorandum of Understanding with Durham County Council.

Key teams from Durham University involved in this sub-group are: 

  • CED 
  • Procurement 
  • Catering 
  • Enterprise & Careers 
  • Event Durham University 
  • Key partners involved in this sub-group are: 
  • Durham County Council 
  • City of Durham Parish Council 
  • Durham University Residents Forum 
  • Durham BID 
  • Business Durham 

Key areas this sub-group remains focussed on looking at together include: 

  • Post-covid economic recovery in the City and wider region 
  • The University’s Social Value programme 
  • Projects such as the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), NETPark and the work of the Durham City Incubator, and the development of the Venture North investment fund.