Great to be in Parliament with the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group and fire and rescue service representatives and learn about their work on CO safety. Thanks to Barry Sheerman for hosting and to our sponsors for supporting SGN Wales&West Utilities Northern Gas Networks Cadent

We welcome the EFRA Committee report on "The price of plastic: ending the toll of plastic waste", in which its members call for an export ban of all #PlasticWaste by 2027. The Committee draws on research from our 2019 report "Plastic Packaging Plan". policyconnect.org.uk/news/policy-co…

Assistive & Accessible Technology Awareness & Training for Front Line Professionals We're pleased to announce the start of a new report with Ian Karten Charitable Trust which will consider #ATech training in education, employment support & social care spheres. Read here: policyconnect.org.uk/news/assistive…

Have women's voices at last been heard? The All-Party Parliamentary Health Group will be discussing the #WomensHealth strategy and how it can forever shift the trajectory for women’s #Health in the UK at this upcoming in-person event, chaired by @DrLisaCameronMP. Read more here: policyconnect.org.uk/events/have-wo…

Plans for Growth - Skills and Industry Next week, Jonathan Shaw will lead a discussion with Bill Esterson, Jenny Chapman, Bhavina Bharkhada and Kirstie Donnelly MBE on Labour's plans for industrial strategy and Lord Blunkett's report on #Learning & #Skills. Read more: policyconnect.org.uk/events/plans-g…

Great to visit and explore the regenerative fashion hub Textiles Circularity Centre this evening and learn about their work on bio textiles development, product design and understanding consumer experience. #Circularity #CircularEconomy

Kicking off now: the first Policy Connect #PlansForGrowth roundtable on #skills and #industry with Jenny Chapman Bill Esterson Bhavina Bharkhada and Kirstie Donnelly MBE

What next for the industrial strategy and skills? We discussed all at Policy Connect’s ‘Plans for Growth’ debate in Parliament today with Bill Esterson Jenny Chapman Kirstie Donnelly MBE 🔑 “Skills are the currency with which future opportunity will be bought”

Great Policy Connect & All-Party Parliamentary Health Group event by my colleague Jasmin Adebisi on the #WomensHealth Strategy this morning. Themes emerging: the importance of taking a life course approach and focusing on intersectionality, implications for work force & productivity, and implementation.

Great to have new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minister Martin Callanan address our event with GreenPurposesCompany on #CircularEconomy in the #RenewableEnergy sector. Policy Connect

Great to see the value of career guidance discussed by @SiobhanNeary15 and Claudia M. Jaksch in the media. Supporting Career Development Policy Group (CDPG)'s call for every young person and adult to have access to high-quality lifelong career development to enable positive careers. yourfuturecareer.co.uk/your-future-ca…

Delighted to speak about the importance of policy impact and routes to achieve it.

Excited to be hosting an event with Policy Connect in Parliament today on the experiences of disabled students in HE, following an inquiry I co-chaired. A great opportunity to discuss the progress made at University of Derby and explore what further action is needed across the sector.

A brilliant event following up on our report #ArrivingAtThriving & learning from the experiences of disabled students in #HigherEducation. Special thanks to panellists Lord Norton of Louth, Lord Blunkett, Prof Kath Mitchell CBE, @KellieMote, @MeganHector_, Neil Fowler & Prof. Deborah Robinson

Very proud to see this piece I wrote with Prof Kath Mitchell CBE and Claudia M. Jaksch all about the hard work that has been done at University of Derby following our ‘Arriving at Thriving’ report with Policy Connect.

A fantastic piece of real-life impact from our report "Arriving at Thriving" & an outstanding example for the wider HE sector. Policy Connect & University of Derby are continuing our work on this & are looking forward to engaging with as many policymakers & institutions as possible.

OUT NOW: #BricksAndWater: Managing flood risk and accelerating adaptation in a climate emergency. Our latest report sets out recommendations for the Government on planning, property flood resilience and #SuDS. Read it here: policyconnect.org.uk/research/brick…

Looking forward to the discussion of our findings and recommendations this afternoon. #AnEthicalAIFuture

OUT NOW: ‘#UpskillingIndustry: Manufacturing Productivity and Growth in England’. The latest report by Policy Connect and the Manufacturing Commission sets out recs for Gov to upskill the #Manufacturing workforce in England: policyconnect.org.uk/research/upski…

OUT NOW: Policy Connect and the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group’s latest report! #UnpackingTheCircularEconomy examines how incentivising the use of reusable packaging can contribute to the transition to a circular economy: policyconnect.org.uk/research/unpac…