Upcoming Events
Wednesday, September 27th 2023
Masterclass: Advising Under Pressure (Upen events)
Roshnee Patel
Wednesday, September 27th 2023
13.00
Roshnee Patel is an established senior civil servant who currently works in HM Courts and Tribunals Service as Deputy Director, Crime (Operational Strategy). In this masterclass, she will talk through her experience of advising Ministers/senior civil servants (including what that actually entails) in order to help inform and obtain decisions. She will highlight the different kinds of pressure in that environment how these might be tackled, including lessons learned and examples.
In partnership with the Future Leaders Fellow Development Network (FLFDN).
Wednesday, September 20th 2023
ARI Drop In - DCMS (Upen events)
Eleanor Rees (DCMS) and Elizabeth Lomas (ARI DCMS Fellow)
Wednesday, September 20th 2023
12.00
In this session there will be a general introduction to the Areas of Research Interest (ARI) by Professor Tom Rodden (Chief Scientific Adviser to DCMS) and then we will briefly hear from each of the four DCMS directorates -Arts Heritage & Tourism, Civil Society & Youth, Media & Creative Industries, and Sport & Gambling. There will then be an opportunity to go into break out rooms for each of the directorates to further discuss their evidence needs. You will be asked to identify which room you wish to be allocated to in advance of the session. This is an opportunity for both knowledge brokers and academics to engage with Government policy makers so please do advertise this event widely. The event is being facilitated by Laura Bea (UPEN - l.bea@ucl.ac.uk), Eleanor Rees (DCMS) and Elizabeth Lomas (ARI DCMS Fellow). The ARI can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-areas-of-research-interest/dcms-areas-of-research-interest .
Thursday, September 7th 2023
Masterclass: Writing for Policy and Building your Online Profile (Upen events)
Jennifer Harrison and Nicky Hobbs
Thursday, September 7th 2023
13.00
During this session, participants will learn to write for policy stakeholders, including advice on drafting comment articles and blogs, and Select Committee and Government consultation responses.
This session will also focus on building participants' professional social media profiles and emphasising their expertise online.
Showrunner's training workshops build the understanding and skills that academics need to effectively achieve policy impact throughout their careers.
This session will be delivered by Nicky Hobbs and Jennifer Harrison, who are communications, policy, and education specialists, in partnership with Showrunner Communications and the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network.
Thursday, April 27th 2023
How Parliament Scrutinises Secondary Legislation: Resources for Academia (Upen events)
Virtual (Teams)
Thursday, April 27th 2023
12-1pm
Regulations are made on every possible subject: Develop your knowledge of how secondary legislation is scrutinised in the UK Parliament, what resources on statutory instruments are available, and how you can contribute any comments. This session will enable you to hear from three parliamentary staff with experience of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, and the European Statutory Instruments Committee: Yohanna Sallberg, Jane White and Hannah Stone.
PLEASE REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE
This event is being organised for academic researchers and knowledge exchange professionals by UPEN and the Knowledge Exchange Unit, UK Parliament. Please register to attend this event, providing your details. We will send out emails to confirm places at the online event, providing a link to attend.
Wednesday, March 8th 2023
UPEN Drop In: Revisiting the Sealey Report (Upen events)
Kayleigh Renberg-Fawcett
Virtual- ZOOM
Wednesday, March 8th 2023
11-12
In this session we will revisit the Sealey report – the ESRC funded review by Sealey Associates conducted for UPEN, which explored UPEN’s route to becoming a more sustainable organisation. Nearly a year after it was published, the aim of this session is to provide a ‘refresher’ of the report both for old and newer members, to provide a space for members to ask questions, and for the UPEN Chairs to provide an update.
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Monday, February 20th 2023
An Introduction to Policy Engagement for Arts and Humanities Researchers (Upen events)
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson
Virtual
Monday, February 20th 2023
12-1
In this session Dr Holmes-Henderson, a British Academy Innovation Fellow and Vice-Chair of UPEN (Arts and Humanities), will explain routes into policy engagement for researchers in Arts and Humanities disciplines. She will explain the benefits for academics and their institutions of sharing academic research with policymakers in government, parliament and the devolved nations. This will be a practical and interactive session, with the opportunity to ask questions and design a strategy for getting started.
Thursday, February 2nd 2023
Submitting evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees: Advice for researchers (Upen events)
Yohanna Sallberg, Professor Katherine Woolf
Virtual
Thursday, February 2nd 2023
12-1
In this webinar Yohanna Sallberg, Second Clerk to the Health and Social Care Select Committee (HSCC) and Head of Secretariat, HSCC Independent Expert Panel, and Professor Katherine Woolf, Parliamentary Academic Fellow on the HSCC Independent Expert Panel, will discuss the benefits of submitting evidence to the Committee and the Independent Expert Panel, and will give their top tips for submitting evidence as well as things to avoid.
Registration for this event has now closed. A recording will be made available after the event via this webpage: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/research-impact-at-the-uk-parliament/training-and-events/online-training-for-researchers/
Thursday, January 26th 2023
CAPE Sharing Session (Upen events)
CAPE
Virtual
Thursday, January 26th 2023
10.30-12
More Information to come
Wednesday, January 11th 2023
POSTPONED TO FEB: Making the most of UPEN at your University (Upen events)
UPEN Network Manager, UPEN Vice-Chairs, UPEN Sub-Committee Chairs
Virtual
Wednesday, January 11th 2023
12-1
Come along to this informal session on how to make the most of your UPEN Membership. You will hear from the UPEN Network Manager on ways you can engage with UPEN to benefit you and your organisation the most, as well as from current Sub-Committee chairs on how getting involved in sub-committees can support your goals.
You can also attend this session to drop in, ask questions and get to know UPEN, whether you are a new member or not!
Wednesday, November 30th 2022
Establishing policy engagement and developing institutional memory in smaller institutions (Upen members events)
Virtual
Wednesday, November 30th 2022
16.00-17.00 (UK time)
As part of the Research Impact Canada/UPEN Webinar Series.
More detail to come
Wednesday, November 16th 2022
Higher Education Policy Engagement Activities (Upen events)
Hannah Durrant, Eleanor MacKillop: Wales Centre for Public Policy
Virtual
Wednesday, November 16th 2022
12-1
https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvac015/6609060?login=true
In this seminar, Hannah Durrant will be talking through a recently published piece in Research Evaluation, which outlines variation in approach across the sector. It argues that this activity operates in the space between research and policy in complex and nuanced ways, mobilising various narratives and strategies for impactful policy engagement.
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Wednesday, November 9th 2022
Data for Policy: working with secure microdata at the Office for National Statistics: Office for National Statistics, IDS & ADR UK (Upen events)
Alex Lock (ONS), Balint Stewart (ADR UK), Louise Corti, Abbie Bevan (ONS)
Virtual
Wednesday, November 9th 2022
12-1
In this 'show and tell' webinar we introduce the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Secure Research Service (SRS) and discuss what datasets are available for policy research, how they can be accessed and opportunities for research funding to explore linked administrative data through the Administrative Data Research UK (ADR). We showcase how researchers are using data, focusing on the theme of educational policy research as an example of what findings and impact are being created.
The SRS works with hundreds of quantitative researchers across sectors, training them to become accredited, facilitating the accreditation of research projects and approving their publication outputs from our controlled data environment. We will describe how to set up access for researchers within their institutions using our Assured Organisational Connectivity (AOC) agreements, and how the SafePod Network can help provide the 'safe setting' required.
Our ONS Analytical Insights & Impact team tracks how research is being disseminated and would love your help in locating and showcasing impact from research within your organisation. If you are a knowledge broker charged with helping tell stories of research success and impact, do join us for an informative session.
12:00 - 12:05 UPEN introduction
12:05 - 12:20
How can researchers access secure data from ONS?
Alex Lock, ONS
12:20 - 12:30
Partnering with ONS: ADR Flagship data and Fellowships,
Balint Stewart, ADR UK
12:30 - 12:50
How our users are using SRS data, a focus educational policy research,
Louise Corti and Abbie Bevan, ONS
12:50
Q&A
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Wednesday, November 2nd 2022
Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) (Upen events)
Laura Brassington
Virtual
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022
12-1
Abstract
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is the UK's leading independent think tank dedicated to higher education. In this talk, HEPI's Policy Manager Dr Laura Brassington will provide an overview of HEPI's work and its main outputs, including its daily blog with c.12,000 subscribers including most UK Vice-Chancellors as well as MPs and other policymakers; its short policy notes; and its longer-form reports. Laura will then discuss her latest research for HEPI, Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: The ethnic minorities most excluded from UK education.
Bio
Dr Laura Brassington is HEPI's Policy Manager. Laura is a researcher and policy analyst with 10 years of experience working in widening access to education. Laura's PhD at the University of Cambridge examined access to science education in nineteenth-century Britain and its empire. During her time at Cambridge, Laura taught across four departments, provided tutoring for widening access programmes, and delivered seminars at the Institute for Continuing Education, which helps adult students learn throughout their lives. Laura is committed to writing for a wide range of outlets including academic journals, policy reports, outreach education magazines, and national newspapers.
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Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wzn-ziwg-uws
Thursday, October 27th 2022
Policy and societal impact as an institutional mission (Upen members events)
Virtual
Thursday, October 27th 2022
16.00-17.00 (UK time)
As part of the Research Impact Canada/UPEN Webinar Series.
More detail to come
Wednesday, October 26th 2022
POSTPONED: UPEN 'drop in' - Making the most of UPEN at your university (Upen events)
An open discussion for all UPEN members
Virtual
Wednesday, October 26th 2022
12:00
Tuesday, October 11th 2022
POSTPONED Emerald: Publishing in Academic-Policy Engagement (Upen events)
Hazel Goodes, Sarah Broadley
Virtual
Tuesday, October 11th 2022
12.30-1.30
POSTPONED How can publishers help to bridge the gap between research and policy? Hazel Goodes and Sarah Broadley explain the work Emerald Publishing has been doing to trying to get authors' research in front of policy audiences, and how universities, publishers and policymakers might work together to create positive change.
Hazel Goodes and Sarah Broadley are co-leads of Emerald Publishing's Policy Impact Group. In this informal session, they outline the work they and other volunteers have done to understand how academic publishers can help to close the gap between researchers and policy makers. They will share the challenges they have uncovered, the solutions they are developing, and the progress that has been made so far.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2022
The Conversation (Upen events)
Matt Warren
Virtual
Wednesday, October 5th 2022
12-1
Matt Warren is a former editor of The Conversation and is now managing director of Universal Impact, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Conversation offering specialist training, editorial and policy engagement services. He is also a co-investigator on the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO), a Ł2 million ESRC-funded partnership between UCL and the universities of Oxford, Auckland, Cardiff and Queens Belfast, which assesses evidence from around the world to inform UK policymakers about the best ways to mitigate the social harms associated with COVID-19. Its overall ambition is to contribute to better policymaking and thereby to the wellbeing of UK citizens.
Matt will:
- Introduce the work of The Conversation, Universal Impact and IPPO
- Discuss the benefits of researchers communicating through and writing for the media
- Explain what makes a compelling story, and the style and language that should be used
- Provide tips on how to pitch a story to the media
- Answer any questions
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Wednesday, September 21st 2022
UPEN Members Meeting & Chair Hustings (Upen events)
Virtual
Wednesday, September 21st 2022
10-12
Come along to meet the candidates standing in for the next UPEN Chair. Voting will open after the Hustings and it will be chaired and moderated by three members of the Exec Committee.
Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - Friday, June 24th 2022
International Conference on Impact of Science (Of interest)
Leiden, the Netherlands
Wednesday, June 22nd 2022
Friday, June 24th 2022
https://aesisnet.com/events/impactofscience2022.html
The Impact of Science Conference will be held on-location in Leiden -- the 2022 City of Science -- over 3 days and will focus on stimulating societal impact of science by building stronger, long-term structures for knowledge and data exchange, as well as Public-Private collaboration.
The need for science to tackle challenges our world faces is not a new phenomenon, but has increasingly grown on a global scale, with the world facing pandemics, environmental changes and societal struggles. Policymakers, businesses and other societal actors are increasingly aware of the value of scientific data and knowledge to support them in overcoming challenges, but in many cases the interaction between worlds is not structured or stable enough. For the 10th time in a row AESIS will be organising their annual conference on Societal Impact of Science, to bring together stakeholders in- and outside of the science eco-system to engage with each other on the most effective approaches for implementing policies, strategies, methods and tools to optimise societal impact of science and evaluate success.
This year the international conference will be hosted in Leiden, the Netherlands. For many years initiatives have existed and been developed to build a strong infrastructure of collaboration between scientific institutions and societal actors, between public and private organisations, with the purpose of increasing interaction and mutual benefits. Researchers and policy makers have recently started building a more permanent structure to create alliances for impact, meanwhile strong collaboration between industry and science has existed in the thematic clusters called Topsectors for years. The Research Council of the Netherlands has been greatly investing in the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) and the VSNU continues improving their evaluation of scientific relevance in their Strategy Evaluation Protocol. These are only a few of the examples of good-practices and expertise that convinced AESIS to invite everyone to the Netherlands for this conference.
This conference will feature highly regarded and internationally recognised experts who will be discussing the contribution of research to the quality of life and well-being. The conference expects over 350 participants from more than 30 countries, bringing together experts such as R&D evaluators, university managers, research councils, policy makers, funders, and other stakeholders of impact. The goal is sharing, evaluating, and discussing best practices around the world on: policy strategies for societal impact, creating (long-term) alliances between stakeholders; regional, national, and international instruments for evaluating and achieving impact; current issues on i.e. public engagement, evidence-based policy, interdisciplinary approaches, and, harmonising definitions and assumptions. We are very excited to be working with our colleagues in the Netherlands and else where in the world to create the most valuable programme and experience for all of you who would like to learn about and contribute to science transforming the world. And we very much look forward to meeting you there!
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
"Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning" with Claire Craig & Sarah Dillon (Upen members events)
Claire Craig and Sarah Dillon
Virtual/In-Person
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
5pm
There is an urgent need to take stories seriously in order to improve public reasoning. The challenges of using scientific evidence, of distinguishing news from fake news, and of acting well in anticipation of highly uncertain futures, are more visible now than ever before. Across all these areas of public reasoning, stories create profound new knowledge and so deserve to be taken seriously. The two authors, Claire Craig, Provost of The Queen's College, and Sarah Dillon, Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities at the University of Cambridge, talk to Charles Godfray, Director of the Oxford Martin School, about their theory and practice of listening to narratives where decisions are strongly influenced by contentious knowledge and powerful imaginings in areas such as climate change, artificial intelligence, the economy, and nuclear weapons and power. To register to attend in Oxford, please register here. To register to watch the talk online, please register here.
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
How can publishers help Universities to engage with policymakers? (Upen events)
Emerald Publishing
Online
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
12.30-1.30
Hazel Goodes and Sarah Broadley are co-leads of Emerald Publishing's Policy Impact Group. In this informal session, they outline the work they and other volunteers have done to understand how academic publishers can help to close the gap between researchers and policy makers. They will share the challenges they have uncovered, the solutions they are developing, and the progress that has been made so far.
As part of the session, Hazel and Sarah hope to hear from you and what you want to see publishers doing to help universities engage with policy makers.
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Tuesday, June 7th 2022
Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement: Lessons learned from knowledge exchange events (Of interest)
Virtual
Tuesday, June 7th 2022
10-11.30
What is knowledge exchange and what does that look like when it comes to academic-policy engagement?
There are lots of different ways academics and policymakers are working together and trying to help ensure the best available evidence is properly informing policymaking, but are some ways better than others?
The Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement project (CAPE) is running a range of different, co-created knowledge exchange and engagement events to help build academic-policy networks around particular topics and understand how best to respond to evidence needs. CAPE is also looking at how best to evaluate these events to try and find out a what works, and what doesn't work.
On 7 June, 10-11.30am, we are delighted to invite you to our second sharing session, themed around knowledge exchange events in academic-policy engagement. You'll hear from us about CAPE - who we are and what we're testing , before we move into a series of short presentations themed around different types of knowledge exchange events and its role in the policy engagement landscape, followed by breakout discussions and audience Q&A.
In this event, you'll hear from:
Annette Boaz and Petra Makela from CAPE's evaluation team
Andy Westwood, on work with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Oldham Council
Amanna Giles, from Defra's Chief Scientific Advice Office
Asima Shaikh, Councillor at Islington Council
Wednesday, May 25th 2022
Providing evidence to Government- measuring impact, staying neutral and retaining your sanity (Upen events)
Gavin Costigan
Virtual
Wednesday, May 25th 2022
12-1pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82798298430?pwd=NENkb0Qyb0NLQ3B5dlh2T3o2L0F3QT09
Providing expert advice to policymakers - or supporting others to do so - can be hugely important to getting high quality decision making by government. Both researchers and government are promoting more of it - and UPEN is a clear example of how universities are responding. But after the initial rush of excitement, how are we measuring the impact of all of this? And how do we offer advice, but walk the line of neutrality? In this session, Gavin Costigan will explore these issues, and show there are no easy answers to what can be increasingly tricky questions, but there are some things to guide you.
Gavin Costigan is Chief Executive of the Foundation for Science and Technology. He was previously Director of Public Policy|Southampton at the University of Southampton, and also spent 17 years as a civil servant in the UK Government. He was Chair of UPEN 2018-19.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022
UPEN Members Meeting 2205 (Upen events)
Virtual
Wednesday, May 18th 2022
11am-1pm
The UPEN Members Meeting is a space for all UPEN members to get together and discuss current workstreams and activities going on within UPEN, and any upcoming projects.
The Agenda for this Members Meeting is:
1. Updates from the Chair
2. UPEN Events and Activities
3. UPEN Membership Update
4. Membership Highlights
5. UPEN Vice Chair Announcement
6. UPEN New Chair Election Process
7. Final Sealey Report and Recommendations
If you cannot make the members meeting, please email secretariat@upen.ac.uk to get any materials you'd like to view and provide your thoughts on.
Comfort breaks will be built into the session.
We will be using Google Meets, which has an option to turn on captions. The Meeting will be recorded for those who could not attend.
Tuesday, May 10th 2022
10 May: Adaptation limits and prospects for people and ecosystems: findings from the IPCC (WGII) report (Of interest)
Online & In Person (Oxford)
Tuesday, May 10th 2022
5.30-7.00pm
The IPCC WG1 has already established that human-induced global warming has reached over 1C and is continuing to rise, demonstrating that climate change is not only a threat in the future, but also right now. Now, the IPCC WG2 report extensively assesses the 'widespread adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and people' that we are seeing as a result. How are people vulnerable to these changes, and how does this vary? How well/poorly are we adapting to current impacts, and are there limits to what we can adapt to? What might a simultaneously adaptive and mitigative development approach look like, and how fast is the window closing for taking such an approach? Join Oxford's Climate Research Network and the Oxford Martin School as they host a panel of IPCC authors to address those questions, and more. This is an opportunity to learn about the latest information that will form the foundation of development over the coming years, directly from those most closely involved in synthesising the global understanding of the problems we face. You can register to attend online or in person here.
Monday, May 9th 2022 - Friday, May 20th 2022
Insights22 Festival (Upen members events)
Virtual/In-Person
Monday, May 9th 2022
Friday, May 20th 2022
https://www.hmppsinsights.co.uk/insights-festival/
The HMPPS Insights Festival is back - and this year it is even bigger and better than before!!!
We have a jam-packed programme of 500 exciting and unique opportunities, hosted by you, for you, to enable you to learn, share, connect and celebrate the great work taking place across the Criminal Justice System.
Fancy training a prison dog for the day? How about afternoon tea with a judge? Maybe you'd like to find out how prison documentaries are made? Or, maybe you'd like to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police?
Insights22 Festival events are FREE to attend and are open to all staff and volunteers who work for, and alongside, HM Prison and Probation Service. There is something here for everyone, so why not jump in and sign up for an event today!
Thursday, April 28th 2022
UPEN Roundtable Discussion - Supporting Humanities and Policy Engagement (Upen members events)
Virtual
Thursday, April 28th 2022
12-1pm
Are you a researcher in the arts and humanities or a research support professional working with arts and humanities colleagues? Are you interested in improving engagement between policymakers and arts and humanities researchers? Join a roundtable event for UPEN members to discuss shared challenges, best practice, and consider additional ways we might utilise our network to support policymakers' engagement with arts and humanities researchers. The event will be held online using MS Teams, and registered attendees will be sent joining details after the registration deadline. Registration is limited to 2 people per organisation. If you would like to have more people from your organisation attend, please contact Jessie Simkiss at jessica.simkiss@humanities.ox.ac.uk
Registration deadline: Friday 15 April, 17:00
Wednesday, April 27th 2022
Engaging with Government and Parliament - Lessons from Canada and the UK (Upen members events)
Justin Fisher and David Phipps
Virtual
Wednesday, April 27th 2022
11am (US and Canada) 4pm (UK)
Welcome to our first webinar jointly organized by Research Impact Canada (RIC) and Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)!
Hosted by Justin Fisher (Brunel University & UPEN) and David Phipps (York University & RIC)
Join our panelists for this exciting presentation about the research-policy interface and successful engagement with government bodies. This session will feature researchers with experience collaborating with government as well as professional staff supporting those collaborations. This session will be of interest to academic and professional university staff, as well as policymakers from all levels of government.
Panelists:
- Kate Dommett, Senior Lecturer in the Public Understanding of Politics, The University of Sheffield, UK
- Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Director of The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Canada
- Shawna Teper, Community and Government Relations Officer, York University, Canada
- Rob Davies, Public Affairs Manager, University College London, UK
***About the Organizers***
Research Impact Canada (RIC) is committed to helping universities and other organizations across Canada maximize the impact of research for communities. From sharing best practices, co-developing resources, to delivering training in knowledge mobilization skills, we are an open and collaborative network of 20+ universities (and growing!) across Canada. Learn more at: https://researchimpact.ca/
The Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) is a community of UK universities committed to increasing the impact of research on policy. UPEN offers a dedicated contact point for policymakers, and a collective response to requests for evidence. It organises knowledge exchange events with government, parliament, devolved bodies, and identifies mechanisms to take forward specific projects. Learn more at: https://www.upen.ac.uk/
Monday, April 25th 2022
Science Advice at Times of Crisis, Cardiff Knowledge Hub (Upen members events)
Professor Ole Petersen, Dr Oludurotimi, Adetunji, Prof Matt Flinders, Dr Cornel Hart, Dr David Phipps, Chris Webber
Virtual
Monday, April 25th 2022
2pm-3pm
University and academy networks of expertise play a key role at the research-policy interface, but is their role really understood, recognised and sufficiently resourced? And what is their role at times of crisis?
Science advice to policymakers has come to the fore during the Covid crisis. It is likely to remain so, given the ever-increasing complexity of the knowledge needed for dealing with 21st-century global policy challenges.
University and academy policy engagement networks (such as UPEN in the UK, the Africa Research and Impact Network, Research Impact Canada and SAPEA in the European Union) have established themselves as a core element in the science advice ecosystem. Working across traditional organisational and disciplinary boundaries, they facilitate knowledge generation, synthesis, brokering, horizon-scanning, and much more. They do so in a way that is both nimble and responsive, while also evidence-based and non-partisan.
But is the role of such networks fully understood or acknowledged? How has their role changed over time? Where is the evidence with regard to 'what works', especially in relation to sharing best practice or nurturing leadership? What sorts of pressures do these networks and their members find themselves under and how do they cope? How can we make our networks even stronger?
Join our international panel of experts, who will discuss and debate the issues with the audience. Our webinar is free and open to all worldwide.
Monday, April 25th 2022
Consultation Event: Public Engagement and the Future Research Assessment Programme (Upen members events)
Research England, Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland
Virtual
Monday, April 25th 2022
2pm-4.30pm
As part of the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP), the four UK funding bodies (Research England, Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland) are seeking views on the design of the UK's future research assessment system. The consultation closes on May 6th 2022.
The consultation asks:
The purposes of a future exercise
The principles that should guide its development
The assessment criteria and processes
This event will provide the opportunity to shape the NCCPE's response to the consultation, working with colleagues from across the sector to consider how best to embed considerations about public engagement into the design of future research assessments.
We will be in touch closer to the event to share a draft response to the consultation questions, and with final details of the agenda.
Friday, April 22nd 2022
Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference (Of interest)
Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Advisor
Churchill College, Cambridge & Virtual
Friday, April 22nd 2022
9.15-7.30pm
https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/conference-2022/
The Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference 2022 will explore public policy issues facing governments and populations amidst plans for economic recovery, resilience, and prosperity.
Amidst global plans for economic recovery, resilience, and prosperity, academics and policymakers will meet for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference on Friday 22 April 2022 at the University of Cambridge.
The day's four panel discussions will centre around the Institute's four key research themes - Place, Progress, Productivity, and Decision-Making in Government - for leading experts to share their knowledge and research across different disciplines - and close with a keynote speech by Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance.
Attend online or in person at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
Tuesday, April 5th 2022
Communicating bodies of evidence: What can we learn from other fields? Campbell UK and Ireland (Upen members events)
Jonathan Breckon, Mario Scharfbillig, Moira O'Neill, Itzhak Yanovitzy, Sarah Miller
Virtual
Tuesday, April 5th 2022
4pm-5pm
The 60 minute Zoom event is chaired by Jonathan Breckon, Visiting Fellow, Campbell UK & Ireland. Campbell UK & Ireland is a national centre of the Campbell Collaboration, an international social science research network that produces high quality, open and policy-relevant evidence syntheses, plain language summaries and policy briefs. The meeting is aimed at researchers, commissioners, and communicators of research synthesis in the UK and internationally. It is the second in a series that seeks to develop our understanding of what we can learn from the social and behavioral sciences about the best ways to communicate and apply research synthesis.
The speakers are:
Intro, Chair - Jonathan Breckon (Visiting Fellow, Campbell Collaboration UK & Ireland)
Mario Scharfbillig (Science Policy Adviser, Joint Research Centre, European Commission), lead author of Values and Identities - a policymaker's guide)
Moira O'Neill (Senior Vice President, Research Interpretation, FrameWorks Institute, US) on 'How framing and metaphors can communicate research for social change'
Itzhak Yanovitzy (Professor of Communication, Rutgers University, US) on 'Using concepts from psychology and behavioural research to guide evidence-use'
Sarah Miller, Director, Campbell UK and Ireland; Professor of Education, Queen's University Belfast
This event aimed at anybody interested in learning from wider potential approaches to evidence-use, including behavioural science, Science and Technology Studies, and marketing science.
Wednesday, March 30th 2022
Kent Public Engagement Network (KPEN) Monthly Meeting (Upen members events)
Prof Matt Flinders, UPEN Chair
Online
Wednesday, March 30th 2022
2pm-3pm
https://www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/event/53755/kent-public-engagement-network-kpen-2
Monthly Kent Public Engagement Network (KPEN) meeting. A relaxed and open community of practice space for engagement. Open to all staff. At this meeting we will be joined by Matthew Flinders, a professor of politics at the University of Sheffield and current Chair of UPEN (The Universities Policy Engagement Network). The Universities Policy Engagement Network, UPEN, is a community of UK universities committed to increasing the impact of research on policy. UPEN offers a dedicated contact point for policymakers, and a collective response to requests for evidence. It organises knowledge exchange events with government, parliament, devolved bodies, and identifies mechanisms to take forward specific projects. UPEN is also developing best practice amongst universities in policy engagement activities, and will act as a champion for this relatively new role within universities. https://www.upen.ac.uk/ For more information on the meeting including joining instructions email Jill Hurst at j.hurst-853@kent.ac.uk
Wednesday, December 1st 2021
Wednesday, October 6th 2021
UPEN Executive Committee Meeting (Upen members events)
Virtual
Wednesday, October 6th 2021
14:00
Wednesday, September 29th 2021
Developing Policy: Docking points for expertise (Upen members events)
Jonathan Slater
Virtual
Wednesday, September 29th 2021
11:00
Wednesday, September 1st 2021
Tuesday, June 15th 2021
UPEN and the Knowledge Exchange Framework consultation (Upen members events)
Hamish McAlpine, Head of KE data and evidence and Rosie Lavis, Senior policy adviser at Research England
Virtual
Tuesday, June 15th 2021
10:00
Friday, June 4th 2021
What do UK Policymakers want from the humanities and what can humanities researchers offer? (Upen events)
Virtual
Friday, June 4th 2021
12:00
How do UK policymakers engage with humanities research and researchers? What evidence needs do they have that are relevant to the humanities and how do they communicate them? What current efforts or future opportunities are there to strengthen engagement between UK policymakers and humanities researchers?
A joint event by the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and the Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) that brings together UK policymakers from parliament and central government to explore these questions with humanities researchers. This seminar is for you if you would like to understand better:
1) how humanities research contributes to the design or scrutiny of UK public policy,
2) how your own research could be relevant to current and anticipated needs of UK policymakers, as well as,
The event will be chaired by Dame Helen Ghosh. Helen read Modern History at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and completed her MLitt on the cultural history of sixth-century Italy. She joined the Civil service in 1979, where she worked for 33 years in a variety of government departments. From 2005 to 2010, Helen was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and from 2010, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office. She left the Civil Service in 2012 to become Director General of the National Trust, which combined her interests in history and the environment. Helen took up her role as Master of Balliol in April 2018. She is a member of the Royal Society's Emerging Technologies Advisory Group, a Visitor/Trustee of the Ashmolean Museum and a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust. Helen will welcome speakers including:
Melike Berker, Business Manager to the Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Edward Hicks, Committee Specialist, House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee
Alasdair Love, Clerk, House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee
Stefano Pozzi, Assistant Director, Department for Education, EBacc and Arts Unit
Matthew Flinders, Chair of UPEN and Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021
UPEN Members Meeting June 2021 (Upen members events)
Virtual
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021
10.00-12.00
Wednesday, May 26th 2021
UPEN and the Review of National Research Assessment in the UK (Upen members events)
Catriona Firth, Associate Director for Research Environment at Research England
Virtual
Wednesday, May 26th 2021
11:00
Tuesday, April 27th 2021
Academic engagement with UK legislatures (Upen events)
Virtual
Tuesday, April 27th 2021
11.00-12.00
Wednesday, February 24th 2021
UPEN Members Meeting (Upen members events)
Virtual
Wednesday, February 24th 2021
10.00-12.00
Thursday, November 19th 2020
UPEN Members Meeting (Upen members events)
Virtual
Thursday, November 19th 2020
10.00-11.30
Tuesday, November 10th 2020
Leveraging the media for policy impact (Upen members events)
Justin Gest
Virtual
Tuesday, November 10th 2020
16.00-17.00
Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - Friday, November 27th 2020
Unpacking migration: regional diversity and impact on services (Upen events)
Virtual
Tuesday, November 3rd 2020
Friday, November 27th 2020
Series
Migration is multidimensional, complex and uncertain. In the UK, the topic of migration is one of the most debated issues facing both policymakers and the British public. Many members of the UK Parliament are deeply interested in migration and its implications, not only for the economy, but also for society and local communities. However, people have different opinions on migration, which is similarly reflected among policymakers. As the Government plans its new immigration policy, it is extremely important to bring evidence and impartial independent research to the UK Parliament to help inform good policy debate and contribute to well-informed policies in advance of upcoming legislation scrutiny.
In November, a series of online public events and closed briefings will bring together UK parliamentarians and policy officials with responsibility for migration, representatives from UK universities and the third sector.
The first two webinars are open to the public and anyone can register.
The final three webinars are closed briefings and will only be open to Parliamentarians and Parliamentary staff. While anyone can register their interest for the closed briefings and ensure they receive a summary of the event after its completion, only those registered with a @parliament.uk email address will be invited to attend on the day.
Thursday, October 22nd 2020
Open Innovation Team Update for UPEN Members (Upen events)
Virtual
Thursday, October 22nd 2020
11.00-12.00
Tuesday, September 29th 2020
Wednesday, June 10th 2020
ARMA 2020: Pathways to Inclusion - How can we support diversity in policy engagement? (Upen members events)
Dr Lindsey Pike, Dr Frances Downey
ICC Wales
Wednesday, June 10th 2020
15.45-16.45
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020
UPEN Members Meeting (Upen events)
Online
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020
10:00-12:00
Friday, April 3rd 2020
Why might policymakers 'ignore' academic evidence and how far should institutions should go to engage with policymakers? (Upen members events)
Professor Paul Cairney
UCL
Friday, April 3rd 2020
12.00-13.00
In the first of our new series of seminars on academic-policy engagement, UCL's Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy and UCL Public Policy are delighted that Professor Paul Cairney will join us to discuss the reasons why policymakers might 'ignore' your evidence and how far academic institutions should go to engage with policymakers.
If you are a researcher who wants to engage more with policymakers, or if you are an 'intermediary' who works to 'bridge the gap', this session will provide an opportunity to hear the latest insights from policy theory and to discuss how to apply them in practice.
The event will be held at UCL Bloomsbury Campus with a room TBC.
Tuesday, March 31st 2020
UPEN Members Meeting - Edinburgh (Upen members events)
Edinburgh
Tuesday, March 31st 2020
10:00-16:30
Thursday, March 26th 2020
Policy Connect: Policy Impact Partnerships for UPEN Members (Upen events)
Policy Connect
Houses of Parliament
Thursday, March 26th 2020
3-5pm
Wednesday, March 25th 2020
Reflections on UK rivers and aquatic ecosystems (Upen members events)
Natural England, Environment Agency, National Trust, Wessex Water
University of Bath
Wednesday, March 25th 2020
5.15-7pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflections-on-uk-rivers-and-aquatic-ecosystems-tickets-88834571595
Our rivers and water systems are vital for life. They provide water for us to drink and grow crops, power our industries, and provide us with tranquil places to explore and enjoy. Today though, our rivers are under threat - and so is the wildlife that inhabits them. The climate crisis; a growing population; and intensive farming, development and industry needs are perpetually adding to the over abstraction of our water environments. It is vitally important that we find the right balance between our daily water needs and nature. Our water environment is a precious resource that we must preserve for the future prosperity of wildlife, people and businesses.
To debate these issues we are delighted to welcome a panel of water experts to the University of Bath. The panel will look to discuss the current state of UK Rivers and the levels of biodiversity loss that we are witnessing; and the challenges and choices we face to protect and improve our rivers. How do we find a better balance that protects people and nature? What role should water companies play?
Speaker biographies
Ruth Barden is Director of Environmental Strategy at Wessex Water. She has over 20 years' experience in the water industry, particularly focused on environmental and wastewater aspects.
Pete Fox is Director of Water, Land and Biodiversity at the Environment Agency, responsible for leading their work on water quality, water quantity, farming, contaminated land, wildlife and fisheries.
Richard Higgs is the Programme Manager of Riverlands at the National Trust, a Ł13 million programme of catchment work at 12 projects in partnership with Environment Agency.
Dr Rose O'Neill is Natural England's Principal Specialist for People and the Environment. Rose leads social science in Natural England, and specialises in behaviour change.
The panel will be chaired by Professor Jan Hofman, Director of the Water, Innovation and Research Centre at the University of Bath.
Wednesday, March 11th 2020
This land is not our land: Land ownership and the climate emmergency (Upen members events)
Guy Shrubsole
Chancellor's Building 1.11, University of Bath
Wednesday, March 11th 2020
5.15-7pm
Who owns our land remains one of England's oldest and darkest secrets. Since Domesday, the ownership of land has conferred power, wealth and status - and yet the government's official Land Registry remains largely a closed book, and is still incomplete.
With 1% of the population owning around half of England, how does this huge concentration of ownership affect the governance of land use in a time of climate and ecological emergency?
Guy Shrubsole will talk about his investigations into land ownership; whether large estates are a good thing from the perspective of rewilding; the 150 grouse moor estates who own our uplands and a big chunk of our soil carbon; who owns our National Parks; how we get large landowners to grow more trees; and why there are so many damn pheasants in our countryside. There will be lots of maps.
Speaker biography
Guy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner, writer and researcher. His book Who Owns England? is published by William Collins. He works for Friends of the Earth on their campaign to double UK tree cover, and blogs at https://whoownsengland.org/.
Tuesday, February 11th 2020
Born to rewild! (Upen events)
Professor Alistair Driver
5 West 2.1, University of Bath
Tuesday, February 11th 2020
5.15pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/born-to-rewild-tickets-73572883475
Is rewilding all about wolves and bears and abandoning the land? Or can we rewild our landscapes for the benefit of people as well as wildlife, without “scaring the horses”?
In this presentation Professor Alastair Driver will explain the pros and cons of reintroducing missing species and illustrates, using images of pioneering projects he has been involved with, how working with nature rather than against it, can actually benefit the economy and society as a whole.
Thursday, February 6th 2020
Exploring locality in the context of suicide risk: implications for research and policy (Upen members events)
Heart Centre, Bennett Road, Hedingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Thursday, February 6th 2020
10:00-16:00
Suicide is in the top 10 causes of life years lost. We know that there are geographical and temporal variations in suicide rates that cannot readily be explained by individual risk factors alone and that major disruptive social factors, such as an economic downturn, do not have a uniform effect on suicide rates across localities. This one day workshop will seek to explore the interaction between an individual and their physical, cultural and social environment to understand how this may confer risk of suicide, or resilience to it.
The workshop will bring together researchers from across disciplinary boundaries, stakeholders and policy makers to develop new approaches to suicide research. We will seek to move beyond a focus on individual and group characteristics and explore ways to investigate the interactions between people, their environment and their context.
Part of the Sadler Seminar Series 2019-20 'Understanding the role of locality on suicide risk', this one day workshop will seek to explore the interaction between an individual and their physical, cultural and social environment to understand how this may confer risk of suicide, or resilience to it
Friday, January 31st 2020
POSTPONED UPEN/ESRC/ARI Discussion (Upen events)
London
Friday, January 31st 2020
11:00-14:00
Tuesday, January 21st 2020
Brexit and the future governance of the United Kingdom (Upen events)
Philip Rycroft (foremer Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union)
Lecture Theatre 1.1, East Building, University of Bath
Tuesday, January 21st 2020
5.15pm
Join us at this IPR Public Lecture where Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union, will share his views on Brexit and the future of the United Kingdom.
Thursday, January 9th 2020
UPEN Members meet - Nottingham (Upen members events)
University of Nottingham
Thursday, January 9th 2020
10:00-16:30
Thursday, November 21st 2019
Mobilising Meaningful Connections between Evidence and Practice (Upen events)
Professor Jonathan Sharples
Council Chamber, Cardiff University
Thursday, November 21st 2019
13:00-15:00
This event by the Wales Centre for Public Policy and SPARK (Cardiff University) brings together experts in knowledge mobilisation to discuss what they've learnt, and examples of best practice. Our keynote address will be delivered by Professor Jonathan Sharples on his work on knowledge mobilisation at the Education Endowment Foundation.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019
The future of UK farming and food production (Upen events)
Patrick Holden (Sustainable Food Trust), Joanna Lewis (Soil Association), Jo Edwards (Castle Farm Organics) and Jack Farmer (LettUs Grow)
Chancellor's Building 1.11, University of Bath
Tuesday, November 19th 2019
6-7:30pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-uk-farming-and-food-production-tickets-73928607455
Brexit, and the potential departure from the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), could provide an opportunity to transform the UK farming and food system.
But how can we ensure that the way we grow, distribute and eat food provides healthy and affordable nutrition whilst restoring ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of farmers? What does the future of British farming look like? And how can we measure and value sustainability and soil, plant and animal health, whilst at the same time protecting our farmers and farming communities as well as our environment?
This panel debate welcomes Patrick Holden (Sustainable Food Trust), Joanna Lewis (Soil Association), Jo Edwards (Castle Farm Organics), and Jack Farmer (LettUs Grow) to address such questions, and look to the future of UK farming and food production.
Monday, November 18th 2019
The state of society and public services in the UK and challenges for the 2020s (Upen events)
Ben Page, Chief Executive Ipsos MORI
X2 Lecture Theatre, Chemistry Building, University Park
Monday, November 18th 2019
5:30-7:00pm
The Institute for Policy and Engagement brings you another instalment of its public lectures series. We are delighted that the next speaker is going to be Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI. Ben's deep understanding of public opinion and attitudes, and his skill as a communicator means he is a regular presence in the media, and has advised politicians, public services and businesses.
Understanding public attitudes has always been important to government and public services. It helps political leaders respond to the electorate's priorities and helps public service managers deliver what matters most to their users - and that is more important than ever as decision and policy makers explore ways to maximise the value of public spending, encourage greater personal responsibility and shift public expectations on the public services.
Come to find out what are the UK adults' attitudes to some of the key challenges facing the public sector: tax and spending, public services, social mobility, devolution, and the environment and what are the challenges for the 2020s.
The talk will be followed by Q&A and a drinks reception open to all.
Thursday, November 7th 2019
The prisons crisis - what's gone wrong and how to fix it (Upen events)
Professor Nicholas Hardwick is Professor of Criminal Justice at the Royal Holloway University of London, Chair of New Horizon Youth Centre, Vice-Chair of Prisoners Abroad and a patron of the Zahid Mubarek Trust.
5 West 2.1, University of Bath
Thursday, November 7th 2019
5.15pm
Few now disagree that the prison system is in crisis. Assaults and self-harm are at the highest levels since modern records began, re-offending rates remain stubbornly high and inspection reports are consistently damning. All this at a time when crime is rapidly rising up the polls of matter of public concern.
Perhaps it is a cliché to say - as figures as disparate as Dostoevsky, Churchill and Mandela have done - that prisons are a reflection of the society in which they are based - but it may be true nonetheless.
So at a time when pubic institutions of all types seem to be failing, what can we learn from the prison crisis about how our institutions are managed and how we can rebuild effective public services?
Wednesday, November 6th 2019
The Future is in our lands (Upen events)
Craig Bennett (CEO, Friends of the Earth)
Chancellor's Building 1.12, University of Bath
Wednesday, November 6th 2019
5.15pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-is-in-our-lands-tickets-75831585313
Too often we talk about the “climate crisis” and the “ecological emergency” as if they are separate issues. But in reality, they are both symptoms of the same problem, and plenty of the solutions needed to fix one will help address the other. So what does this mean for the future of our land and landscape here in the UK?
In this talk, Craig Bennett (Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth) will explore how doubling tree cover; restoring peat bogs, wetlands and functioning ecosystems; and putting nature back into our towns and cities is essential for solving the climate and ecological emergency. And, how it might be good for people's health and wellbeing too.
Monday, September 23rd 2019
UPEN members meeting (Upen members events)
Bristol
Monday, September 23rd 2019
10:30-16:30
Thursday, June 13th 2019
UPEN event in London, UCL (Upen events)
London
Thursday, June 13th 2019
12:00-16:00
Monday, June 10th 2019
N8 Agrifood: Policy Engagement in Practice (Upen members events)
Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds, LS1 2HA
Monday, June 10th 2019
09:30-16:15
This is on the first day of the N8 AgriFood Policy Focus Week, bringing together academics and government representatives to share their knowledge and experiences about how to influence policy. There will be a mix of advice and training in the morning and N8 AgriFood Chairs and academics showcasing their policy engagement in practice in the afternoon.
For further information, please contact:
Anthonia James, N8 AgriFood Operations Director
anthonia.james@n8agrifood.ac.uk
Associated Downloads
Friday, May 24th 2019
Wales Centre for Public Policy: Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times (Upen members events)
Taliesin Mall, Swansea
Friday, May 24th 2019
https://www.wcpp.org.uk/event/welsh-policy-and-politics-in-unprecedented-times/
PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this event is not currently open. Please sign up to our newsletter to be updated when registration opens in March.
Austerity, further devolution of powers, issues such as an ageing population and climate change, and of course Brexit are all important conditions and events leading to uncertainty, instability and an unprecedented situation in Welsh policy and politics. These issues affect how and why policy is made and services are delivered. This is also an opportune time requiring reflection and analysis, where multiple stakeholders - ministers, civil servants, politicians, professionals, academics and citizens - are reviewing and redefining the purpose and outcomes of policy and politics in Wales.
Held in partnership with the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), this one-day event will bring together academics at all stages of their career as well as representatives from Welsh Government and civil society to discuss these questions, current and future practices, and opportunities for Welsh policy and politics.
Abstract submissions from academics and other Welsh policy stakeholders conducting research on these topics are invited by 28 February 2019. Please send to: UnprecedentedWales2019@cardiff.ac.uk. Decisions on abstracts will be communicated at the beginning of March. PhD students and ECR submissions are encouraged and their attendance will be sponsored. Should you prefer to present a poster during the lunchtime session, please also contact us.
The day will be organised into three panel sessions with paper presentations (10-15 minutes for each presentation) followed by 10-15 minutes of discussion by a discussant, with questions and answers from the room. The panels will be focused around the following themes:
1.Knowledge and evidence in Wales and its role in policy-making
2.Theories and methods in policy change: A Welsh and devolved perspective
3.The future of policy and politics in Wales
There will also be a lunchtime 'in conversation' session with Professor Jo Hunt and Dr Hugh Rawlings discussing Brexit, the devolution of new powers to Wales, and the role that various Welsh policy stakeholders - government, the legislative powers, civil society and universities - can play.
Thursday, May 23rd 2019
Wednesday, April 3rd 2019
University of Bristol: Challenges, innovations and solutions for delivering social care service provision in England (Upen members events)
Wills Memorial Building Room 1.11 The Old Council Chamber
Wednesday, April 3rd 2019
18:00-20:00
As part of the School for Policy Studies Seminar Series, the Centre for Research in Health and Social Care invites you to Challenges, innovations and solutions for delivering social care service provision in England by speaker Margaret Willcox OBE.
Margaret Willcox has worked in the public sector since 1976 - NHS, Voluntary Sector and Local Authorities. Initially qualified as a nurse, both general and mental health, Margaret held a number of clinical posts before specialising in dementia care. Margaret moved into management in the late 1980's. Over half her career has been spent in joint posts, either managing or commissioning integrated services. Latterly these included being Director of Mental Health and Director of Community Services. Margaret has been working in Gloucestershire since June 2010 and was appointed as the DASS in 2011. Margaret's special interest is in partnership working and creative solutions. She was awarded an OBE by the Queen in her New Year's Honours list of 2015. She served as President of the Association of Directors of Adult Services in 2017/18 and continues to be a trustee of the Charity. She is currently the Commissioning Director for Adult Social Care & DASS with Gloucestershire County Council.
Tickets for this event are free of charge but must be booked via the Eventbrite page. Members of the public, staff and students are all very welcome to attend.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/challenges-innovations-and-solutions-for-deliveringsocial-care-service-provision-in-england-tickets-53639864278
Registration will take place from 18:00 with the Seminar beginning at 18:15. Drinks and nibbles will be served following the Seminar and Q&A session from 19:30.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019
From poverty to prosperity for all: taking action on poverty in Greater Manchester (Upen members events)
Mechanics Institute (entrance off Major Street),103 Princess Street Manchester, M16DD
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019
10:00-16:00
From poverty to prosperity for all: taking action on poverty in Greater Manchester
organised by the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit and Greater Manchester Poverty Action
Greater Manchester can tell an impressive 'growth story', but poverty continues to exist across the city-region and on a large-scale. More than 600,000 people are living on low incomes, with child poverty rates of over 40% in parts of the city-region. Meanwhile a growing share of people are in in-work poverty and welfare reforms and a freeze on working-age benefits have taken Ł100s if not Ł1,000s out of the pockets of the poorest families.
How can local areas respond to these challenges? This conference will examine whether it is possible to do more to tackle poverty at local- and city-region level, with a particular focus on Greater Manchester.
Nationally, the Government has scrapped targets to reduce child poverty and the requirement for local authorities to develop child poverty strategies. In the context of city-region devolution, and a growing emphasis on cities as the engines of economic growth, is a commitment to a more inclusive approach to economic development, part of the answer? What new examples and ideas can we draw on to shape action at a local level: to design and promote better jobs; tackle living costs; and help people to gain additional skills and build routes out of poverty?
Confirmed speakers and panel guests include:
KEYNOTES AND PANEL GUESTS
Katie Schmuecker, Head of Policy and Partnerships, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Uzma Kahn, Deputy Director, Economic Strategy, Scottish Government
Rita Evans, Leading GM Programme Director
Mike Wild, Chief Executive, Manchester Community Central
THEMED SESSIONS
Supporting parental employment, an "infrastructure" approach with Eve Holt, Co-founder, Happen Together CIC (chair), Imandeep Kaur, Birmingham Impact HUB
Tackling living costs for low income residents: Emma Stone, The Good Things Foundation (chair), Andy Davis, Salary Finance, and Paul Colligan, End Furniture Poverty
An anti-poverty approach to adult skills: speakers to be announced
Equitable business models as a means of tackling poverty: speakers to be announced
This timely conference will bring together people with expertise in economic development, skills, public service reform, procurement, social housing, welfare and debt advice services, crisis and family support services as well as those with experience of poverty to share ideas and learn from practical initiatives that have been trialled elsewhere. The day will end with a panel discussion to identify the next steps we can take to tackle poverty in Greater Manchester.
University of Manchester, GMPA and JRF logos
Friday, March 29th 2019
University of Bristol: (Re)Thinking Trans Healthcare: Bridging the Gap between Policy, Practitioner and Patient (Upen members events)
Lady Hale Moot Court, 8-10 Berkeley Square, University of Bristol
Friday, March 29th 2019
10:30-17:00
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/law/events/2019/rethinking-trans-healthcare-conference.html
On 29 March 2019, the University of Bristol - in partnership with the Trans Equality Legal Initiative (TELI) and Mermaids UK - will organise a one-day inter-disciplinary conference entitled, '(Re)Thinking Trans Healthcare: Bridging the Gap between Policy, Practitioner and Patient.' The conference is generously supported by PolicyBristol, the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute and the Centre for Health, Law and Society.
The conference seeks to create space for individuals with a particular speciality and interest in trans healthcare to share 'best practice' knowledge (and to think about what that knowledge is) for the provision of treatment, both general and specialised, to trans populations.
Topics addressed during the conference include gender affirmative care for young people, trans healthcare inequalities, non-binary treatment protocols, male pregnancy, trans ageing, and medico-legal reforms.
The conference is aimed at a wide audience and has two core aims: (a) to 'bridge the gap' between service providers, policy-makers, service users and academics; and (b) to identify key gaps in existing knowledge surrounding trans healthcare, thinking about ways in which relevant stakeholders can work together to fill those gaps.
A detailed summary of the conference speakers, aims and proceeding can be found here: (Re)thinking Trans Healthcare - Conference Overview.pdf (PDF, 149kB)
There is no cost to attend the conference and lunch will be provided. To attend the conference, please send your expression of interest to Dr Peter Dunne (pd17563@bristol.ac.uk). We look forward to welcoming you on 29 March!
Programme
09:30 - 10:00 Registration/Tea and Coffee
10:00 - 10:15 Introduction
10:15 - 10:30 Keynote
10:30 - 11:35 Session 1: Children's Access to Medical Transition Pathways through a Model of Informed Consent?
11:45 - 13:00 Session 2: Secondary Care: The Difficulties which Trans Individuals Experience Accessing Health Care
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (with invited student break-out sessions)
14:00 - 15:10 Session 3: Trans Healthcare Inequalities: Presentation Fair
15:30 - 16:45 Session 4: Intersections of Law, Medicine and Trans Identities
16:45 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks
Monday, March 25th 2019
Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - Wednesday, February 20th 2019
NGO-Academia Collaboration Forum on Poverty and Malnutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Upen members events)
The Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF
Wednesday, March 20th 2019
Wednesday, February 20th 2019
NGO-Academia Collaboration Forum
Poverty and Malnutrition in Low and Middle Income Countries
Wednesday 20 March 2019
The Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF
The Bristol Poverty Institute and Development Initiatives are pleased to announce their upcoming NGO-Academia Collaboration Forum: Poverty and Malnutrition in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). The forum will take place from 09:30-17:00 in The Bristol Hotel, followed by a drinks reception with more opportunities for networking.
The objective of the forum is to explore how NGOs and academic institutions can work together to strengthen the knowledge, concepts and measurements guiding researchers and research users in their work to tackle poverty and malnutrition challenges in LMICs. The key questions framing the forum include:
• What can be gained from greater collaborative working between the NGO and academic community?
• What knowledge and data gaps could potentially be filled through these collaborations?
• What challenges are there to this collaborative working and how can these be overcome?
• What are the future priority areas for tackling poverty, malnutrition and food security, and how can NGOs and academics work effectively together to tackle these?
This forum represents a unique opportunity to bring together representatives from the fields of NGOs, academia, policy experts and research users to reflect on the benefits, challenges and opportunities for collaboration. You are therefore invited to join us and participate in this exciting event.
For more information and to register for this free event via Eventbrite please click here.
For any queries please contact bristol-nutrition-conference19@bristol.ac.uk.
Friday, March 15th 2019
Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe, Hosted by the LSE Law Department, the European Institute, and the School of Public Policy (Upen members events)
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Friday, March 15th 2019
18:30-20:00
At this critical political moment, Professor Wolfgang Streeck will ask if European states can regain control of markets, and whether Brexit offers any lessons in how this can be done.
Professor Streeck will examine the legal and political questions surrounding Brexit and consider what this means for the future of Europe.
Professor Streeck is an Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He is the author of two books including Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism and How Will Capitalism End?
Peter Ramsay is a Professor of Law in the LSE Law Department.
The LSE Law Department (@LSELaw) is one of the world's best law schools. The department ranked first for research outputs in the UK's most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) and was in the top 5 law departments overall in the 2018 Complete University Guide. Our staff play a major role in helping to shape policy debates, and in the education of current and future lawyers and legal scholars from around the world.
The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.
The School of Public Policy (@LSEPublicPolicy) equips you with the skills and ideas to transform people and societies. We are an international community where ideas and practice meet. Our approach creates professionals with the ability to analyse, understand and resolve the challenges of contemporary governance.
The Twitter Hashtag for this event is: #LSEBrexit.
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Monday, February 11th 2019
Monday, February 11th 2019
Monday, February 11th 2019
Monday, February 4th 2019 - Tuesday, February 5th 2019
Big data for better science: technologies for measuring behaviour (Upen members events)
The Royal Society, London, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
Monday, February 4th 2019
Tuesday, February 5th 2019
9:00- 17:00
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/02/big-data/
This meeting will give behavioural scientists the chance to learn about the latest research technologies for collecting 'big' high-quality data. Data scientists and technology experts will explain the latest developments, challenges and benefits of research technology in a series of cutting-edge talks. Attendees will also have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with various research technology tools during interactive showcase sessions.
Monday, January 28th 2019
University of Birmingham: Birmingham Leading Thinkers Lecture: Professor Jim Skea (Upen members events)
Professor Jim Skea
Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120)
Monday, January 28th 2019
17:00-18:30
The United Nations IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C achieved an enormous global impact when it was released in October 2018. It generated controversy at the Climate Convention in Poland at the end of 2018 when countries debated whether to welcome or acknowledge its findings.
Professor Skea's talk will explain the origins of the report and summarise the key findings, focusing on global emission pathways, implied system changes and the need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The talk will then address the follow-up to the report both in the policy sphere (consideration of net zero targets for the UK and the EU) and in terms of United Nations IPCC's ongoing work.
About Professor Jim Skea
Jim Skea is Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London with research interests in energy, climate change and technological innovation. He is currently Co-Chair of Working Group III (mitigation) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was the Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow 2012-2017, Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre 2004-2012 and Director of the Policy Studies Institute 1998-2004. He has operated at the interface between research, policy-making and business throughout his career. He was a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change from 2008 to 2018 and, from 2015-2017, was President of the Energy Institute. He was awarded a CBE for services to sustainable energy in 2013 and an OBE for services to sustainable transport in 2004.
Monday, January 28th 2019
University of Southampton: Brexit and Polish Nationals in Southampton: Sharing Experiences (Upen members events)
Hartley Suite (within Building 38), Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
Monday, January 28th 2019
11:30-16:15
This event follows from a pilot project (Oct. 2017-Jul. 2018), which focused on Polish nationals in Southampton. This empirical project sought to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence on the extent to which the Brexit campaign and vote have impacted on the perceived discrimination experienced by Poles in the UK and their sense of integration (e.g. whether they 'feel welcome' in the UK).
The pilot project gathered data on how Polish nationals living in Southampton felt before (2014-15) and after (2016-17) the Brexit Referendum. The data are showing a higher degree of objective vulnerability (e.g. incidents of discrimination, harassment, derogatory comments) and a higher degree of subjective vulnerability (e.g. respondents feeling “less welcome” and more insecure about their legal/immigration status).
The event:
This event seeks to raise awareness about the project findings and gather feedback from key stakeholders on potential policy recommendations. It will therefore be a forum to exchange ideas, experiences and information between researchers/academics and organisations/end-users, which will be achieved through an innovative feedback-engagement approach.
Schedule for the day:
Following the presentation of the pilot project results and a keynote speech by Prof. Charlotte O'Brien (University of York), the audience will have the opportunity to discuss policy solutions/recommendations linked to project findings, which they will then present in a plenary to all the attendees. These discussions will be used to consider how the project findings could feed into the implementation of relevant socio-legal policies at local level and into how the project could be expanded (both geographically and demographically).
11.30-12.00: Arrival and Registration
12.00-13.00: Presentations by Project Coordinators and by Prof. Charlotte O'Brien
13.00-13.45: Lunch
14.00-14.45: Discussion
15.00-15.45 Plenary
16.00-16.15: Conclusion
For further information, contact the project coordinators:
Dr Ingi Iusmen (i.iusmen@soton.ac.uk), or
Dr Sara Benedi Lahuerta (s.benedi-lahuerta@soton.ac.uk)
Friday, January 25th 2019
Making a material difference to green energy - batteries included (Discourse) (Upen members events)
The Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street London W1S4BS
Friday, January 25th 2019
19:20-20:45
The supply of clean sustainable energy is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Better batteries for electric cars and solar power for homes require advances in new materials and underpinning science. Using 3D glasses, Saiful Islam will show how atomic-scale modelling and structural chemistry are helping us explore new energy materials for a low carbon future.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2019
UCL: Building the future: infrastructure economics and the low carbon transition (Upen members events)
Room G.12 | 22 Gordon Street | London | WC1H 0QB | United Kingdom
Wednesday, January 23rd 2019
18:30-19:30
Professor D'Maris Coffman, UCL | The Bartlett School of Construction and Proj, Professor D'Maris Coffman holds a Chair in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment at UCL's Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment and is Director of The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management. She joined UCL from the University of Cambridge in September 2014 as a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment.
Now and in the future, enormous infrastructure investment will be required to combat climate change and mitigate its effects on human populations. Our understanding of how infrastructure investment can facilitate structural economic change needs renewed methodological rigour and robust empirical studies.
A special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Global Warming of 1.5°C - represents an urgent call to action, emphasising the need to decarbonise the transport and energy sectors.
This inaugural lecture with Professor D'Maris Coffman - Director of The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management - will explore new approaches to understanding unmet demand for infrastructure provision, placing infrastructure at the centre of debates about how to effect the low carbon transition.
The lecture will begin at 18:30 and will be followed by a networking reception from 19:30.
Wednesday, January 9th 2019
UCL: Critical thinking in African higher education: findings from a three country research study (Upen members events)
20 Bedford Way | London | WC1H 0AL | United Kingdom
Wednesday, January 9th 2019
17:30- 19:00
In this CEID Research in Focus dissemination event, findings from the Pedagogies for Critical Thinking: Innovation and Outcomes in African Higher Education research project, funded by DFID and the ESRC, will be presented by Professor Tristan McCowan (Principal Investigator), Dr Rebecca Schendel (Principal Investigator) and Dr Caine Rolleston (Co-Investigator), and the project's in country research leaders: Professor Richard Tabulawa (Botswana), Dr Christine Adu-Yeboah (Ghana) and Dr Mary Omingo (Kenya).
Tuesday, November 27th 2018
Full Events Calendar
| Start Date | Time | Title | Location | |
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Seminars & Events this Week | ||||
| 27th September, 2023 | 13.00 | Masterclass: Advising Under Pressure | ||
| 20th September, 2023 | 12.00 | ARI Drop In - DCMS | ||
| 7th September, 2023 | 13.00 | Masterclass: Writing for Policy and Building your Online Profile | ||
| 27th April, 2023 | 12-1pm | How Parliament Scrutinises Secondary Legislation: Resources for Academia | Virtual (Teams) | |
| 8th March, 2023 | 11-12 | UPEN Drop In: Revisiting the Sealey Report | Virtual- ZOOM | |
| 20th February, 2023 | 12-1 | An Introduction to Policy Engagement for Arts and Humanities Researchers | Virtual | |
| 2nd February, 2023 | 12-1 | Submitting evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees: Advice for researchers | Virtual | |
| 26th January, 2023 | 10.30-12 | CAPE Sharing Session | Virtual | |
| 11th January, 2023 | 12-1 | POSTPONED TO FEB: Making the most of UPEN at your University | Virtual | |
| Start Date | Time | Title | Location | |
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| 1st December, 2021 | 10:00 | UPEN Members Meeting | Virtual | |
| 6th October, 2021 | 14:00 | UPEN Executive Committee Meeting | Virtual | |
| 29th September, 2021 | 11:00 | Developing Policy: Docking points for expertise | Virtual | |
| 1st September, 2021 | 10:00 | UPEN Members Meeting | Virtual | |
| 15th June, 2021 | 10:00 | UPEN and the Knowledge Exchange Framework consultation | Virtual | |
| 4th June, 2021 | 12:00 | What do UK Policymakers want from the humanities and what can humanities researchers offer? | Virtual | |
| 2nd June, 2021 | 10.00-12.00 | UPEN Members Meeting June 2021 | Virtual | |
| 26th May, 2021 | 11:00 | UPEN and the Review of National Research Assessment in the UK | Virtual | |
| 27th April, 2021 | 11.00-12.00 | Academic engagement with UK legislatures | Virtual | |
| 24th February, 2021 | 10.00-12.00 | UPEN Members Meeting | Virtual |
| Start Date | Time | Title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st November, 2019 | 13:00-15:00 | Mobilising Meaningful Connections between Evidence and Practice | Council Chamber, Cardiff University | |
| 19th November, 2019 | 6-7:30pm | The future of UK farming and food production | Chancellor's Building 1.11, University of Bath | |
| 18th November, 2019 | 5:30-7:00pm | The state of society and public services in the UK and challenges for the 2020s | X2 Lecture Theatre, Chemistry Building, University Park | |
| 7th November, 2019 | 5.15pm | The prisons crisis - what's gone wrong and how to fix it | 5 West 2.1, University of Bath | |
| 6th November, 2019 | 5.15pm | The Future is in our lands | Chancellor's Building 1.12, University of Bath | |
| 23rd September, 2019 | 10:30-16:30 | UPEN members meeting | Bristol | |
| 13th June, 2019 | 12:00-16:00 | UPEN event in London, UCL | London | |
| 10th June, 2019 | 09:30-16:15 | N8 Agrifood: Policy Engagement in Practice | Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds, LS1 2HA | |
| 24th May, 2019 | Wales Centre for Public Policy: Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times | Taliesin Mall, Swansea | ||
| 23rd May, 2019 | 09:30-16:00 | UPEN meeting in Cardiff | Cardiff | |
| 3rd April, 2019 | 18:00-20:00 | University of Bristol: Challenges, innovations and solutions for delivering social care service provision in England | Wills Memorial Building Room 1.11 The Old Council Chamber | |
| 2nd April, 2019 | 10:00-16:00 | From poverty to prosperity for all: taking action on poverty in Greater Manchester | Mechanics Institute (entrance off Major Street),103 Princess Street Manchester, M16DD | |
| 29th March, 2019 | 10:30-17:00 | University of Bristol: (Re)Thinking Trans Healthcare: Bridging the Gap between Policy, Practitioner and Patient | Lady Hale Moot Court, 8-10 Berkeley Square, University of Bristol | |
| 25th March, 2019 | 09:30-16:00 | UPEN training event | Southampton | |
| 20th March, 2019 | NGO-Academia Collaboration Forum on Poverty and Malnutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | The Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF | ||
| 15th March, 2019 | 18:30-20:00 | Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe, Hosted by the LSE Law Department, the European Institute, and the School of Public Policy | Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building | |
| 11th February, 2019 | 13:00-14:45 | UPEN/DWP meeting | London | |
| 11th February, 2019 | 15:00-17:00 | UPEN/DHSC meeting | London | |
| 11th February, 2019 | 11:00-12:30 | UPEN/GO-Science meeting | London | |
| 4th February, 2019 | 9:00- 17:00 | Big data for better science: technologies for measuring behaviour | The Royal Society, London, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG | |
| 28th January, 2019 | 17:00-18:30 | University of Birmingham: Birmingham Leading Thinkers Lecture: Professor Jim Skea | Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120) | |
| 28th January, 2019 | 11:30-16:15 | University of Southampton: Brexit and Polish Nationals in Southampton: Sharing Experiences | Hartley Suite (within Building 38), Highfield Campus, University of Southampton | |
| 25th January, 2019 | 19:20-20:45 | Making a material difference to green energy - batteries included (Discourse) | The Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street London W1S4BS | |
| 23rd January, 2019 | 18:30-19:30 | UCL: Building the future: infrastructure economics and the low carbon transition | Room G.12 | 22 Gordon Street | London | WC1H 0QB | United Kingdom | |
| 9th January, 2019 | 17:30- 19:00 | UCL: Critical thinking in African higher education: findings from a three country research study | 20 Bedford Way | London | WC1H 0AL | United Kingdom |
| Start Date | Time | Title | Location | |
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| 27th November, 2018 | 12:00 - 16:00 | UPEN meetings in London | London |
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