Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
An institution reports annual engagement metrics by activity type, partner type and demographic reach.
- Is an instance
A research programme tracks engagement depth via partner co-authorship and shared governance roles.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
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Reporting only attendance numbers without context of engagement type or depth.
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Equating altmetric attention with quality engagement without qualitative interpretation.
Editorial commentary
Engagement metrics complement impact metrics by measuring the intermediate processes that often precede impact. Common indicators include numbers of engagement events, participant counts, demographic reach, follow-up engagement, partner co-development, stakeholder advisory-board composition, and altmetric attention. NCCPE's EDGE tool maps engagement at institutional level. Engagement metrics are increasingly required by funders (Wellcome PE evaluation, UKRI KEF, NIHR PPI reporting) but face methodological challenges: counts of activity often do not capture depth, and engagement quality is fundamentally qualitative.
References
- NCCPE EDGE tool. UKRI Knowledge Exchange Framework documentation.
Also known as
Engagement indicator · Engagement KPI
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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