%0 Journal Article
%T What opportunities can university museums offer for academic-public interaction? Some lessons from LondonĄ¯s Beacon for Public Engagement
%A Steve Cross
%J University Museums and Collections Journal
%D 2009
%I International Committee for University Museums and Collections
%X UCL has recently been named one of the UKĄ¯s Beacons for Public Engagement, a group of higher education institutions tasked with finding ways to change the culture of Higher Education to include the public better. UCLĄ¯s new Public Engagement Unit has identified a number of barriers to university staff working with the public, and, alongside UCL Museums & Collections, is working to break these barriers down.
%K public engagement
%K Beacon
%K London
%U http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/umacj/2/cross-steve-23/PDF/cross.pdf