Impact Manager at UCL/@CAPE_acuk. Also interested in housing, regional policy and 'levelling up'. London/Sheff
Joined February 2020
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We are pleased to announce a new @NewhamLondon Policy Fellowship opportunities. #Researchers can gain hands-on experience in policy development and contribute meaningfully to community-oriented initiatives. Deadline: 18 March ucl.ac.uk/public-policy/newh…
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We’re trying something new this year!
I regularly chat with ECRs about skills gaps & what they need to develop their careers & increase confidence, particularly in the policy space. ECR24 aims to fulfil my promise.
It’s going to be something special, what are you waiting for?!
🔔Calling all early career researchers working with longitudinal population study data!
We've opened the call for abstracts for our ECR Conference and Training Event happening in London on 18 Sept 2024.
Check out the call for further info:
closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/ne…
#EpiTwitter
ALT Text reads: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: CLOSER Early Career Researcher Conference and Training Event 2024 We are inviting early career researchers working with longitudinal population studies data to submit an abstract to our upcoming in-person event: Bridging Research and Policy: Unleashing the potential of longitudinal research for societal impact (18 September 2024, central London) Find out more and submit by 26 March 2024: closer.ac.uk/2024-ECR-abstracts
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Great to see this new report by @CAPE_acuk @sarahchaytor_ @robynparker_ @AC_Beckett on the state of regional academic policy engagement in England published with @Y_PERN_ & @YorkshireUnis input @UKRI_News @ResEngland @ESRC @LeedsUniBSchool @NCCPE @civicuniversity #YPIP
Delighted that @YorkshireUnis & @Y_PERN_ and the region's academic policy engagement infrastructure feature within this superb new report.
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Still time to register for this event on Friday! – at South East, England
@tanyahoreck & I are looking forward to launching 2 new research reports in Cambridge next week! you can also join online to hear our incredible speakers including @Livingstone_S @emilysetty @VanitaSundaram @reportHC @IM_org @NEUnion @ASCL_UK @MargaretMulhol2 please repost widely
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How can governments use evidence to make decisions in fast-paced policy contexts?
Sign up to @ippouk online event at 10am on Thursday January 25th ⬇️
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📣We're hiring! Policy Insights Coordinator @UoN_Institute. Fantastic opportunity to work at the interface between universities and policy, and embed our learning on what works to support engagement
Apply: bit.ly/4aHxfAR
Deadline: 22 January
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🥳@WillDeakin1 has now done a passenger flow map for every station in Britain - all 2,657 of them - you can find them here:
github.com/anisotropi4/kingf…
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Lots of new resources to support academic policy engagement in our final newsletter of 2023 today! ➡ bit.ly/3RP9yPt
📑 Project scoping template; guide on rapid evidence assessments; report on regional engagement
💡4 new case studies
🔎New website resources section
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🎉Just In! @CAPE_acuk's new report provides insights into why academic advisers in local and regional authorities are valuable mechanisms for linking up academic skills and knowledge with local and regional policymaking.
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💡CAPE launch: Academic Advisers in Local and Regional Authorities: CAPE Insights Report
@luhc @uksciencechief
Key learnings:
➡️ Academic Advisers generate significant benefits
➡️ A network structure and collaboration is needed to maximise value
Read: bit.ly/local-and-regional-ad…
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It's out!
Working on this project has been incredibly eye-opening, revealing so much about how people think about democracy in the UK and what they want to change.
I hope you will find reading it just as fascinating to read our final report.
📗 NEW REPORT | The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy Responses
Since 2021, we have carried out two UK-wide surveys and held a citizens' assembly — this is the final report from the project.
Read a summary on our blog 👇
constitution-unit.com/2023/1…
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We're excited to announce our upcoming training session in Geneva on mobilising science for global challenges. Organised by @UCL_Global @UCL_EI @UCLPublicPolicy, we will host 8 @ucl academics, 5 from @UZH_ch and 2 from @unige_en.
ucl.ac.uk/global/news/2023/n…
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We're hiring for a CAPE Policy Insights Coordinator!
This is an opportunity for an experienced project coordinator to play a key role in the @CAPE_acuk project, aiming to transform academic-policy engagement nationally.
Find out more and apply: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacanc…
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Just published! The 2023 IOE Impact Stories present the impact & breadth of our research – recognising science's power to inform policy & enable real-world change.
Discover 12 key stories that make us a world-leading faculty of education & society at @UCL
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
ALT IOE Impact Stories. The UCL IOE banner is on top. Two girls practice arts in nature. Their photo is tinted orange. There is a pattern of multicoloured geometric shapes underneath their photo.
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🆕@DWPgovuk Areas of Research Interest 2023!
This document summarises the most important research questions facing DWP over the next 5 to 10 years and aims to raise awareness among the external research community of the things that matter to DWP analysis. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Do you face an urgent policy decision and need a quick overview of research to boost confidence in your decision?
Join @ippouk online event that launches the findings of their latest report on rapid reviews co-written with @RREALwork @POST_UK @CAPE_acuk
bit.ly/rapid-evidence-assess…
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Call for evidence from @NorthTyneCA: Citizen Engagement and Connected Communities
Contributions of evidence and insight welcome from academics, policy-makers and practitioners at all career stages
Find out more: bit.ly/NorthofTyne-ARI-call
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Call for evidence!
North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA), working with @CAPE_acuk Policy Fellows, have published a call for evidence for their first Area of Research Interest on citizen engagement and connected communities: northoftyne-ca.gov.uk/what-w…
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Definitions of words related to '#engagement' change between different areas of research & practice, which be confusing and even contradictory (participation, consultation, collaboration, co-design...)
During my PhD, I created a glossary to clarify my understanding of key terms.
When writing about engagement, it's important to make an effort to clarify what we mean by key terms.
E.g., I created a glossary for my PhD thesis to clarify my interpretation of key terms, while being careful to make any broad claims/assumptions about the 'right' word to use.
ALT A glossary of a PhD thesis, including definitions of key terms including 'public and/or stakeholder participation', 'public and/or stakeholder engagement', 'effective engagement', 'stakeholders', 'members of the public', and other key words. The purpose of the glossary is to highlight the diverse understandings of these words and to clarify the author's interpretation of them.
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Key questions explored: When measuring research culture, is it more important to measure performance or progress? Is culture an input or an outcome? How can we reflect the diversity of research outputs (as encouraged by @HiddenRef) & how should we value different types of output?