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Your involvement matters – Please share details of BU’s social, community, and cultural events for the annual Higher Education Business & Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey

Bournemouth University reports on a range of knowledge exchange activities for the HE-BCI survey, collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Providing a comprehensive view of these activities is crucial, as Research England uses HE-BCI data to allocate the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) annually. For 2024-25, BU received £549,064.

Data collection period

The SharePoint site collects information on all social, community, and cultural engagement events delivered by BU between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025.

Please ensure all event details are uploaded by Friday 17 October 2025.

Find your faculty table

Complete all the columns in your faculty’s table, paying particular attention to the Number of attendees and Academic staff time for delivery.

Please note that this year, we cannot include data solely uploaded to the public engagement records on BRIAN, as they do not capture all the information required by HESA. If you have already added data to BRIAN, you must also upload full details to the SharePoint site to ensure your event is included in the survey.

Further support

For detailed guidance on what to include, please refer to the FAQ’s

Please contact the Public Engagement Team should you have any additional questions publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk