Is your university seeking to increase engagement between researchers and policy organisations? Don't miss our report launch this week: "How to grow a university policy engagement centre" 11 July | 11:30-12:30 | Online ➡️bit.ly/launch-policy-…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the government will set up “a council for regions and nations" during a meeting with England’s mayors in Downing Street. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after taking part in the talks bbc.co.uk/news/live/czk0…

At Leeds Beckett today for what should be a fascinating day’s Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Conference looking at the future of UK #Devolution & how academic policy engagement can help drive & shape the agenda #UPENConf24

With a focus on the English Mayors today it seems a great time to highlight the excellent work from my The Productivity Institute colleagues Andy Westwood Michael Kenny Jack Newman on English devolution productivity.ac.uk/news/the-accou…

We are proud to be hosting the national Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) event on Academic-Policy Engagement and the Future of Devolution today at the Rose Bowl! We’re sharing and showcasing best practice in academic #policy engagement and collaboration across the country. #upen2

Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Yorkshire Universities Scottish Policy & Research Exchange On lessons learned, Blackbell says that reflection has been a vital tool for improving outcomes, centring SPREs values into all the work that they do has also helped to improve & streamline their activities #UPENConf24

Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Yorkshire Universities Scottish Policy & Research Exchange Wales Centre for Public Policy Durrant says WCfPP’s process for policy making is to Identify - Convene - Communicate - Advance - Advocate. She says their main role is to act as knowledge brokers to help facilitate knowledge mobilisation #UPENConf24

Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Yorkshire Universities Scottish Policy & Research Exchange Wales Centre for Public Policy On lessons learned, Durrant says that there is an important focus on building relationships, focusing on whose voice is in the room, and creating “responsive appropriate evidence mosaics” #UPENConf24

Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Yorkshire Universities Scottish Policy & Research Exchange Wales Centre for Public Policy Looking at what is next, Durrant explains that a series of internal reviews have led WCfPP to focus on three priority areas - Tackling Inequalities, Environment & Net Zero & Community Well-being, with a renewed focus on implementing policy in place #UPENConf24

On the day that the #PrimeMinister is gathering regional mayors to kickstart a new era of #devolution it is fantastic to hear first-hand from a panel of policy engagement and devolution experts about their approaches across the UK. #UPEN2 Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Rebecca Riley susan jarvis

Looking forward to a vital afternoon session Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) #UPEN2 on Academic Policy Engagement: Building Sustainability and Resilience with Economic and Social Research Council’s James Canton, Research England’s Rommany Jenkins Rommany Jenkins , Newcastle University’s Jane Robinson & David Sweeney, chaired by UPEN’s Sarah Chaytor.

Looking forward to contributing to the discussion (starting in 10 minutes 😁) on this great report and resource with CAPE colleagues and Rebecca Riley Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)

Top tips from our panellists: 1. Develop relationships and understand issues in the round in a helpfully critical way Hannah Durrant Wales Centre for Public Policy 2. Recruit the right people and invest in their development - Rebecca Riley 3. Be demand led - Gareth Giles Public Policy|Southampton (PPS)

Great event and report. It adds to research by WCPP's Hannah Durrant and Eleanor MacKillop on the different types of University policy engagement functions from policy impact support to demand-led centres like ours, and helps garner support and prioritise 🗞️bit.ly/4bErRh4

Resourceful Communities Partnership Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett 🗨️WCPP's Hannah Durrant explains how this work can build on the cross-sectoral forums already in place in Wales such as Resourceful Communities Partnership, to improve vital collaboration between public services and community organisations: READ🗞️bit.ly/multisectorcol…

Resourceful Communities Partnership Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett Hannah Durrant WLGA Chris Johnes Co-production Network for Wales PembrokeshireCC BCT Check out our Framework for Action, which provides options for actions in key areas, each with an indication of the resources, the timeframes and collaboration maturity needed for these actions to work best ⏬ Download🔧bit.ly/FrameworkAct Resourceful Communities Partnership

Really loved being part of this project - read my commentary about what this means and the importance of multisector collaboration for tackling inequalities here tinyurl.com/5n7pv7h4 Hannah Durrant Wales Centre for Public Policy Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett The School of Health, Leeds Beckett University Kris Southby

Cross sector collaboration has never been more important. Thank you Wales Centre for Public Policy for working with Resourceful Communities Partnership to produce this new evidence base that explores the 'what, how and why' Qs of how we can do more together to support community action and wellbeing.

Our new report outlines some critical climate change choices to support a public sector net zero in Wales WLGA Welsh Government Climate Change #netzero

We’re developing a toolkit to support the involvement of experts-by-experience in knowledge mobilisation. We’d love your input! Email [email protected] by the end of the month to find out more and provide your insight. #knowledgebrokering #livedexperience