Sign up! ✍️ Join us for our annual members meeting for a day of networking, workshops on developing a range of academic-policy engagement initiatives & activities and a CAPE presentation. 🗓️ 6th Nov, 10:30-16:30 📌 at UCL 📍 Members only! eventbrite.co.uk/e/upen-members…

Our team and partners have started to arrive for our final workshop. We will be reflecting on CAPE and discussing what’s next for the sector - stay tuned for live updates 💡

Thank you to Olivia Stevenson Rob Davies and Ben Hepworth for sharing your experiences! We heard spotlights about: 🌍Diversifying engagement with parliamentary committees ⚖️CAPE’s partnership with Ministry of Justice 🏫Collaborating with Islington Council to create a good work agenda

Our discussion on future pledges garnered some great insights. See what our partners had to say below ⬇️

Thank you to all our partners who participated in our “Celebrating CAPE” workshop. Lots of great insights and ideas to take away 🎉

🎤We are now joined by @hana_j87 from Welsh Parliament, Hetan Shah from The British Academy, Dame Jessica Corner from Research England, Ted Hayden from Government Office for Science and CAPE’s very own Sarah Chaytor for our panel discussion “Advancing Academic-Policy Engagement”, chaired by Graeme Reid 🔬📝

❓Do you manage policy fellowships, placements, or internships for academics into policy organisations in your role? Join the new Policy Fellowships Network for their first event: ‘Building partnerships and Fellowship schemes' 16 Dec | 2-3pm | Online👉 bit.ly/4eFPgQV

Published today, HM Treasury’s Areas of Research Interest sets out a range of priority and long-term research questions across the department’s broad remit: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67320709… HM Treasury Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) CAPE UCL Public Policy

.Defra UK is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to lead on science advice for the Department. More information about this exciting role here: gov.uk/government/new…

As CAPE nears its end in 2024, the team hosted a workshop to reflect on what’s been achieved and pass on lessons to knowledge mobilisers. Read here: nottingham.ac.uk/policyengageme…

📑New resource for policy organisations alert! "Areas of Research Interest: A Practical Guide" will walk you through the stages of creating Areas of Research interest, to articulate your evidence needs and engage effectively with the academic community ➡️bit.ly/ARI-resource

Our latest signpost is here, and it’s the last of 2024. In this edition, discover how we’ve been strengthening our partnership with Leeds City Council, supporting climate action & celebrate colleagues recent awards and appointments. Find all this & more: medium.com/policy-leeds/p…

Great new research resource guide for policy makers and organisations published today by CAPE and written by our NBS at Northumbria University academics Dr Max French and Dr Melissa Hawkins

“Our focus on collaboration proved a powerful enabler of engagement. It also served to help our project, and our institutions, to become more than the sum of our parts.” Read our essay on why and how collaboration benefits academic policy engagement➡️ bit.ly/collaboration-…

A useful guide for Universities Local & Combined Authorities in #Yorkshire & the #Humber The guide draws on @PolicyLeeds @HorizonsLeeds and Leeds Council News work on developing Areas of Research Interest - as well as experience from colleagues in the North East. #ARI

Reflecting on our involvement in CAPE, we are proud of the progress we’ve made over the past four years. As one of five partner unis, @uniofnottingham has worked to foster effective connections between academics and policy professionals. Read more: nottingham.ac.uk/policyengageme…

📢 New toolkit: "Awarding Funding for Collaborative Academic-Policy Projects" walks research organisations through the process of setting up funding streams for collaborative projects, including templates and tips Download: bit.ly/awarding-fundi…

Over the past 4 years, we've led CAPE, a Research England-funded project exploring what works in academic-policy engagement. While it concluded in Dec 2024, stay tuned for the final report & follow us for updates. Explore our open-access resources: lnkd.in/d-hFmEiA

Our final report with CAPE , The Art of the Possible, is here! 🌟 What’s inside? •CAPE's role in evolving the academic-policy ecosystem •Key insights on collaboration •Tips for academic-policy engagement bit.ly/CAPE-final-rep…

In partnership with four other universities, Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN has collaborated with CAPE in the last 4 years. This report highlights the key achievements through this partnership, offering resources to strengthen academic-policy engagement. 👉: cape.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…