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Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈
Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈
Rebecca asks how can funders better support the locally led partnerships?
Jo discusses how Des mentioned reversing the relationship with funders is important.
The ability to make a difference is so rewarding.
Jo discusses how Des mentioned reversing the relationship with funders is important.
The ability to make a difference is so rewarding.
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Rebecca asks how can funders better support the locally led partnerships?
Jo discusses how Des mentioned reversing the relationship with funders is important.
The ability to make a difference is so rewarding.
Jo discusses how Des mentioned reversing the relationship with funders is important.
The ability to make a difference is so rewarding.
She says how identifying and breaking down challenges in smaller places is important and the shared collaboration approach.
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
She says how identifying and breaking down challenges in smaller places is important and the shared collaboration approach.
Rebecca passes to Jo, asking how the hub shapes UKRI priorities?
She says how the shared learning is critical as they go forward and how to influence back into government.
They can really think about how they can take project funding and the challenges that smaller areas face.
She says how the shared learning is critical as they go forward and how to influence back into government.
They can really think about how they can take project funding and the challenges that smaller areas face.
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Rebecca passes to Jo, asking how the hub shapes UKRI priorities?
She says how the shared learning is critical as they go forward and how to influence back into government.
They can really think about how they can take project funding and the challenges that smaller areas face.
She says how the shared learning is critical as they go forward and how to influence back into government.
They can really think about how they can take project funding and the challenges that smaller areas face.
She continues to say how important secondments are and how they have really helped her and supported her learning.
She says how being open to conversations and opportunities is beneficial and valuable.
She says how being open to conversations and opportunities is beneficial and valuable.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
She continues to say how important secondments are and how they have really helped her and supported her learning.
She says how being open to conversations and opportunities is beneficial and valuable.
She says how being open to conversations and opportunities is beneficial and valuable.
Abigail says how she agrees how rewarding the research is. She says how interesting the projects are but it does take time to build partnerships and you have to nurture these relationships.
It is essential to have the funding to be able to make the most out of these partnerships.
It is essential to have the funding to be able to make the most out of these partnerships.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Abigail says how she agrees how rewarding the research is. She says how interesting the projects are but it does take time to build partnerships and you have to nurture these relationships.
It is essential to have the funding to be able to make the most out of these partnerships.
It is essential to have the funding to be able to make the most out of these partnerships.
Last question to Des and Abigail, Rebecca asks what advice would yoy give?
Des says how in terms of people wanting to look at how they take forward place-based research, to do it! It is exciting to work with people external to academics, you pick up skills and it can be very rewarding.
Des says how in terms of people wanting to look at how they take forward place-based research, to do it! It is exciting to work with people external to academics, you pick up skills and it can be very rewarding.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Last question to Des and Abigail, Rebecca asks what advice would yoy give?
Des says how in terms of people wanting to look at how they take forward place-based research, to do it! It is exciting to work with people external to academics, you pick up skills and it can be very rewarding.
Des says how in terms of people wanting to look at how they take forward place-based research, to do it! It is exciting to work with people external to academics, you pick up skills and it can be very rewarding.
Having more capacity has really helped, the fellows are able to take on and develop the programme further for elements she personally doesn’t have capacity for anymore as her role has grown.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Having more capacity has really helped, the fellows are able to take on and develop the programme further for elements she personally doesn’t have capacity for anymore as her role has grown.
Rebecca passes back to Abigail and asks what challenges has she faced.
She says how recruiting the fellows was a challenge, it took longer to identify the contracting process. This allowed conversations to happen and ask what the wanted to do and the burning questions that we need answered.
She says how recruiting the fellows was a challenge, it took longer to identify the contracting process. This allowed conversations to happen and ask what the wanted to do and the burning questions that we need answered.
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Rebecca passes back to Abigail and asks what challenges has she faced.
She says how recruiting the fellows was a challenge, it took longer to identify the contracting process. This allowed conversations to happen and ask what the wanted to do and the burning questions that we need answered.
She says how recruiting the fellows was a challenge, it took longer to identify the contracting process. This allowed conversations to happen and ask what the wanted to do and the burning questions that we need answered.
Part of the problem is that a lot of funding is project based, so it isn’t having a long lasting effect on these small places, identifying its best interests. People must feel ownership but not duplicating what has already been done in their area.
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Part of the problem is that a lot of funding is project based, so it isn’t having a long lasting effect on these small places, identifying its best interests. People must feel ownership but not duplicating what has already been done in their area.
They want heritage and experience to be recognised. Finding things that places are good at and advancing the place but adding to national growth. Places like the WM have a lot of capacity but there is a lot of places that don’t have this.
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
They want heritage and experience to be recognised. Finding things that places are good at and advancing the place but adding to national growth. Places like the WM have a lot of capacity but there is a lot of places that don’t have this.
Rebecca passes back to Des asking what has stood out to him.
He says how persuading funders and partners was something that stood out to him and getting the message across that place is critical, one size doesn’t fit all.
He says how persuading funders and partners was something that stood out to him and getting the message across that place is critical, one size doesn’t fit all.
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Rebecca passes back to Des asking what has stood out to him.
He says how persuading funders and partners was something that stood out to him and getting the message across that place is critical, one size doesn’t fit all.
He says how persuading funders and partners was something that stood out to him and getting the message across that place is critical, one size doesn’t fit all.