The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities supports the practice of public engagement through networks, platforms, partnerships, professional development, and innovation – rooted in arts, humanities and social science, and growing across all fields of research.
Resources and Support
Through our Engagement Practice Support Service and Enhanced Engagement Resources, we aim to grow confidence, capacity, and expertise in engagement practice.
Funding
Our grants programme support bold ideas and collaborative projects that push the boundaries of public engagement across disciplines, sectors, and communities.
Digital Record of Practice
A collective repository for practitioners to document, evaluate, and share public engagement work. Launching in 2026.
About the Centre
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities (CPEP) is a transformative addition to the UK public engagement landscape, supporting researchers, practitioners and organisations to develop innovative and exciting ways for the public to engage with research.
Our goal is to support researchers and other engagement professionals to engage meaningfully with the public, to facilitate cross-sector collaboration with cultural and community organisations, and to nurture a reciprocal relationship of learning, innovation and inclusion with communities outside higher education.
The Centre works in close collaboration with Being Human Festival and both are delivered by a joint team. This allows us to ensure strong reciprocal links across our work supporting for public engagement.
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice is funded by UKRI for a six-year period, grant reference: AH/Z000742/1