Towards an open research university: creating the conditions where engaged research can flourish.

Embracing the values of publics, stakeholders and end-users enriches knowledge generation and exchange, improving the quality of research. For the principles of engaged research to become embedded in university cultures of research, however, fundamental changes are required at strategic and operational levels. Richard Holliman has been leading a programme of organisational change at the Open University to create the conditions where engaged research can flourish across different academic domains. Here, he argues that questions of quality are at the heart of securing a progressive agenda for engaged research.