Providing a comprehensive overview of volunteer involvement in UK universities, this book addresses a distinct and substantive policy and management issue. Offering practice examples of volunteer involvement with students, staff, alumni and communities from 151 UK Higher Education Institutions, it provides the background to understanding volunteer involvement. It introduces key concepts for critically assessing ways in which those who seek to involve volunteers can respond to rapidly changing environments. Drawing on a combination of theoretical perspectives and practical experiences, the book systematically explores approaches based on the current structures of volunteer involvement in UK universities, which provides accessible insights for Higher Education Institutions into how they can effectively organise volunteer involvement and can maximise its societal impact. Developing ten indicators with measures to evidence universities’ strategic approaches and achievements in community-university relations, it also offers practical ways to plan, enable, monitor, and assess the impact of volunteer involvement in universities. weiterlesen