Following the successful sequence of rural seminars earlier this year the OU have agreed to sponsor a further three seminars for 2022. We will be publishing details along with information on the organising Cirican member in each case in January 2022. […]
Digital Futures webinar
Why are we discussing digital futures? Technology plays an important role in a rapidly changing context. Demographics are changing, new challenges are emerging among workforces, the prominence of digital has changed customer and consumer expectations, and all this in the wider context of Covid-19 where services were forced online. Our speakers discussed the role digital […]
Tackling Health Inequalities: Webinar 2 of the Cirican and The Open University Seminar Series
Cirican and the Open University developed this webinar series to present ideas and innovation for levelling up in rural places. This post summarises ideas presented in the second of these webinars: Tackling Health Inequalities. A big thank you to Dr Lincoln Sargeant from Public Health Torbay, Dr Colin Lorne from The Open University, Sheena Asthana […]
Rural Spin on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019
These presentations introduce a rural filter through an adjustment of the English Indices of Deprivation. “RDI Analysis Final” explains the background, there are three presentations and the maps show the distribution of the revised index across Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Devon is mapped. […]
Building resilient rural communities: Webinar 1 of the Cirican and The Open University Seminar Series
Cirican and the Open University developed this webinar series to present ideas and innovation for levelling up in rural places. This blog post sums up ideas discussed in the first of these webinars: Building resilient rural communities. The next looks at health inequalities in rural locations and the final webinar looks at the Digital Futures: […]
Cirican announces 3 new webinars for rural communities!

Interested in rural and how we can help our communities levelling up? We are delighted to share our collaboration with the Open University on what works in rural communities. Three webinars showcasing policy and practice with key speakers on tackling health inequalities, digital futures and social enterprise. These webinars are designed to bring policy and […]