Brighton University is holding a public seminar on what it means to be a good neighbour.
The university said “everybody needs good neighbours” is how the song from the popular Australian TV soap goes but what does being a good neighbour really mean?
Experts at the university say that it normally refers to people “prepared to provide assistance when needed but who respect privacy”.
But they have discovered that practices vary from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.
The speakers include Graham Crow, deputy director of the Economic and Social Research Council’s national centre for research methods and professor of sociology at the University of Southampton, Professor Angie Hart, professor of child, family and community health at Brighton University, and Ceri Davies, development manager for the university’s Economic and Social Engagement Department.
The seminar has been organised by Brighton University’s Community University Partnership Programme (Cupp) which recently started “On Our Doorstep”, a programme based on the idea of the university being a good neighbour and the mutual benefits that can be achieved when communities and universities work in partnership together.
The seminar, which is called “Everybody needs good neighbours”, is aimed at helping this community and university partnership work.
It will be at the university’s Falmer campus tomorrow (Wednesday 6 October). For further information contact f.c.a.edwards@brighton.ac.uk.
