The Higher Education Community Engagement Model was created in 2003 by several Russell Group universities, in collaboration with the Corporate Citizenship Company. It is based on the London Benchmarking Model which is used by many large companies to measure their contributions to the community, but has been adapted for use by any Higher Education Institution.  The model was piloted in 2004, underwent a large scale evaluation and was opened up for use by any HEI in 2006.

The aim of the model is to capture community activities which are conducted over and above the University’s core purposes of teaching and research. ‘Community’ is here defined in its broadest sense – i.e. any contribution which would be broadly accepted by society as charitable. 

Here you can find further information about how to use the Higher Education Community Engagement Model:

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Higher Education Community Engagement Model.
• Download the User Guide to the Higher Education Community Engagement Model.
• Download the Survey and Return Pack, which contains more detailed documentation on how to complete the Survey and Return spreadsheets.
• Download the Survey spreadsheet  and the Return spreadsheet

We also refer you to the book “Companies in communities: valuing the contribution” (David Logan and Michael Tuffrey, 1999) which provides a useful reference.