Day 1: Universities (open to all disciplines) - 18th July

Day 2: Business education (for business schools) - 19th July

We welcome all stakeholders from students, academic staff and peers to community organisations and individuals. The aim is to gain a wider perspective on the role universities can play in increasing social value.

Attendees can choose to attend online via MS Teams , or in-person at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Both days are free and for those attending in-person will include refreshments and lunch.

If you want to attend both days, please book a place for each day separately.

Event Format:

Both days will be opened by Crispen Sachikonye, CEO of Social Value UK & Tony Wall, Professor at Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Business School.

These will be followed by breakout sessions, with feedback and summary in-between - see agendas in the below descriptions.

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Day 1: DRIVING SOCIAL VALUE ACROSS DISCIPLINES

Monday 18th July, 10am – 2pm

Universities now need to understand the impacts they create with their stakeholders, including local communities. Day 1 of this global symposium focuses on understanding the changes stakeholders want to see in their lives as a result of the work of universities (including through their courses, projects and research). Stakeholders will include academics from across disciplines, students, research participants and the communities which universities impact (e.g. Liverpool residents). When identified, these changes form the basis of what is valued in a holistic account of social value.

This symposium will underpin the work of, and launch, a new Academic Social Value Thought Leadership Group.

Day 1 opening talk: Driving social value through universities – teaching, research, exchange

Day 1 sessions:

1. What is already being done in terms of social value in the universities? - discussion

BREAK

2. What more can be done: what should be continued, stopped, started?

LUNCH -12.15 - 1.15

3. What action or commitment can we make? (plus opportunity to express interest in joining the Academic Thought Leadership Group)

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Day 2: EMBEDDING SOCIAL VALUE IN BUSINESS SCHOOL EDUCATION

Tuesday 19th July, 10am – 1pm

Responsible management, ethics, and corporate social responsibility are now commonplace curricula topics in business schools. Despite this, curricula which enables learners to practically understand value more holistically and from the perspective of stakeholder groups remains scarce. This global symposium provides a unique and innovative collaborative development space to pinpoint ways to integrate the principles and processes of social value methodology into a variety of business school curricula spaces across the globe. These spaces include, for example, undergraduate and postgraduate modules, courses, capstones, projects, and dissertations. The symposium will bring together academics, students, and the communities which universities impact, to inform new guidance to accelerate the introduction of social value in business schools.

Day 2 opening talk: Practicalities of social value and business school curricula spaces

Day 2 sessions:

1. What specific social value processes are already in place and working well in your context?

BREAK

2. What might an ideal curriculum look like which embeds social value processes in your context – and – what would need to change to facilitate it

LUNCH

There is no session after lunch on day 2 so for those attending online the symposium closes once we have fed back and summarised session 2.

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ONLINE ATTENDEES: CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MEETING: MS Teams

Supporters: This event is kindly supported by: British Academy of Management (Sustainable and Responsible Business SIG), Principles for Responsible Management Education (Working Group on Poverty), University Vocational Awards Council, Social Value International, The Academy of Business in Society, American International Accreditation Association for Schools and Colleges, and the National Society for Experiential Education

Note: Online participants will be an active part of this event, we will be in touch nearer the event with the link and guidance on how will integrate the online community to the live event

Ethical Statement:

Purpose: the event will collect opinions from delegates in order to create guidance for business schools and other organisations re integrating social value methods into education. We do not expect any delegate to be harmed in any way during the event.

Outputs: a report will be produced which summarise the conversations (or parts of them) generated at or in the course of the events.

Anonymity: no individual or organisational identities will be identified in the report unless permission is sought from those participating.

Photographs: photographs at the event will be taken only for the purposes of transparency, i.e. illustrating the processes used at the event to the funder and to promote further engagement activity in the future. This may reveal identity.

Consent: please do let the organisers know when booking this event or during the event if you would prefer not to have your photo taken or your particular views (which might identify you) represented in future reports.

Social Value at Universities, Global Symposia