UWTSD鈥檚 INSPIRE recruit Impact and Engagement Ambassadors
Eighteen members of staff from across the University have been recruited as INSPIRE Impact and Engagement (I & E) Ambassadors.
The aim of the Impact and Engagement Ambassador scheme is to create an opportunity for university staff to work in partnership with INSPIRE鈥檚 Research, Commercialisation, Enterprise, and Civic Engagement leaders to help deliver the University鈥檚 RWIF (Research Wales Innovation Fund) Strategy.
INSPIRE is a core professional support unit at UWTSD which is responsible for driving research, innovation, commercialisation, enterprise, and civic engagement across the University. Executive Director of Commercialisation at UWTSD and head of INSPIRE, Gary Clifford, commented:
鈥淲e are delighted to announce the names of our first group of impact and engagement ambassadors. This is a new cross-departmental role that will formally unite the University鈥檚 鈥榗hange-makers鈥 with INSPIRE鈥檚 vision.
We will draw on their experience and expertise to lead, motivate, and engage others in a way that builds upon the university鈥檚 impact in the fields of research, commercialisation, enterprise, and civic engagement. This role has been designed to support those individuals who have the desire to make a marked impact and influence on society and to build a strong rapport with fellow staff, students, funding bodies, industry leaders, employers, and people in our local communities.
We have assembled quite a team and I am very much looking forward to working with each and every one of them.鈥
At a special event held at the University鈥檚 SA1 campus, the new ambassadors came together to start planning their work and activities. Richard Morgan, Head of Innovation and Engagement at the University鈥檚 Wales Institute for Science and Art (WISA), will be focussing on the Commercialisation division. Following the event, he added:
鈥淚t was wonderful to meet the other ambassadors today and I am very much looking forward to getting started.
Currently I lead on a number of Welsh Government funded collaborative partnership projects, working with organisations such as Aston Martin Lagonda, Marelli, Troy Manufacturing Group, Treharne Automotive Engineering and Reeco Automation. Through this Ambassador role I鈥檓 aiming to play a crucial role in supporting the University鈥檚 commercial activities throughout the year and to establish and develop further exciting collaborative projects.鈥
The following members of staff have been appointed as Impact and Engagement Ambassadors for 2022鈥23.
- Nalda Wainwright
- Anna Lewis
- Elizabeth Edwards
- Claire Savage-Onstwedder
- Richard Morgan
- Kathleen Griffiths
- Ffion Spooner
- Catherine Owen-Williams
- Jacqui Jones
- Ashley Pullen
- Elizabeth Walder
- Gary Metcalfe
- Matt Anthony
- Jessica Shore
- Geraint Forster
- Andrew Killen
- Vasilios Tavlaridis
- David Bird
Further Information
Arwel Lloyd
Principal PR and Communications Officer
Corporate Communications and PR
Email: arwel.lloyd@uwtsd.ac.uk
Phone: 07384 467076