The Department for Culture Media and Sport in partnership with Podium are delivering a joint event to bring together academics and students who are researching and evaluating the London 2012 Games.

The Conference 

The Researching and Evaluating the Games Conference (23 Feb) will serve to bring together academics from institutions across the UK to present on topics that fit within the four main areas of the London 2012 ‘legacy plan’. 

• Sport: harnessing the UK's passion for sport to increase grass roots participation and competitive sport and to encourage physical activity
• Economic: exploiting the opportunities for economic growth offered by hosting the Games
• Community Engagement: promoting engagement and achieving participation across all groups in society through the Games
• East London regeneration: ensuring that the Olympic Park can be developed after the Games as one of the principal drivers of regeneration in East London

The full Conference Agenda can now downloaded from here. 

DCMS – Meta-Evaluation

The Department for Culture Media and Sport has commissioned a consortium led by Grant Thornton, including Ecorys and Loughborough University, to undertake a comprehensive meta-evaluation of the London 2012 'legacy plan' including outputs, outcomes, impacts, benefits, and value for money of investment in the 2012 Games. The meta-evaluation will pull together the results of evaluations of individual legacy programmes, projects and initiatives, and use these along with additional research to evaluate the overall legacy of the Games. It will aim to address overarching questions such as the impact of the Games on the UK economy and on the uptake of sport.

This event is hosted by the DCMS and Podium.