"Partners across Y-PERN are exploring how policy engagement can form part of the broader student civic experience ..." 📣Y-PERN's Andy Mycock, author of a new report 'Enhancing the Student Civic Experience' bit.ly/4eG8Kpw

‘Nothing about us, without us, is for us’ Yesterday’s Hull Truth Poverty Commission event heard from people with lived experiences of poverty who are driving real change alongside policy makers. Y-PERN is now capturing learnings from this inspirational programme.

With devolution high on the political agenda, yesterday’s conference hosted by Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), Leeds Beckett and Y-PERN discussed opportunities and challenges for academic policy engagement. Attendees heard perspectives & lessons from Scotland, Wales, London, West Midlands & more

Y-PERN’s July Newsletter is out next week and includes some fascinating and exclusive reflection from one of our key policy partners on academic engagement and lessons learned from collaboration. 🗞️Sign-up here: bit.ly/4bdbEQh

If you missed Y-PERN’s newsletter last week, you can catch-up with all the content here (including exclusive videos and blogs): bit.ly/3A3CjBL 🪧Be sure to sign-up for the next one in September as well!: bit.ly/4bdbEQh

While the new Government’s plans around #devolution are rightly ambitious, important questions remain. That's according to Dr Neil Barnett and Paul Hayes, writing in our Y-PERN blog this month. bit.ly/46qi39p

Happy Yorkshire Day! 🎉 Our policy partners City of York Council are taking a unique approach to hosting the annual event, with a day of activities around the themes of equalities, affordability, climate & health. All key areas of focus for Y-PERN 👉bit.ly/3LOVXUE

More than 1 million participants have taken part in research in Yorkshire and Humber in the last 10 years. Research only happens when people volunteer to #BePartOfResearch. Thank you to everyone in our region who has made this possible. Read more here➡️ local.nihr.ac.uk/news/more-than…

WYSAG has been established by Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 and facilitated by NIHR Yorkshire & Humber ARC. 'WYSAG Talks' describe the challenges, what science tells us and the potential solutions. First one from Kate Pickett on our website and read more: tinyurl.com/2b2unbxj

How can research translate into policy development and delivery? In an insightful blog, Alice Rubbra from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority reflects on the relationship between policymaking and research and how it works (sometimes) 👉bit.ly/46gwWLi

Bringing communities with valuable lived experiences into the heart of the decision-making process is key to the Hull Poverty Truth Commission – and something Y-PERN and YPIP will be doing more of in future. Find out more: 👉bit.ly/4fgEP7G 📺youtube.com/watch?v=dl-fmx…

Y-PERN's email newsletter returns next month with some exclusive insight into collaborative policy making around climate adaption and resilience 🌍 🗞️Don't miss out, sign-up here: bit.ly/4bdbEQh

Great thread on how to support equitable approaches to university - local/combined authority partnerships. Yorkshire Universities Yorks and Humber Councils, Yorkshire Leaders Board

“Child poverty rampant” says the PM at today’s #LabourConference24 A new report from our Cost of Living research group lays out the reasons for this and calls for an ambitious strategy to help lift children out of poverty Read here: bit.ly/3Bs1LkM

🌍Catch up with last week's climate action-themed Y-PERN newsletter here: bit.ly/3ZEPGTL Be sure to sign-up to October's edition too, which will showcase some of Y-PERN's sub-regional policy engagement activity: bit.ly/4bdbEQh

We’re recruiting! Come and join us as our p/t Communications Officer to help tell the story of evidence informed policy making across #Yorkshire & #theHumber jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… Deadline 1 Dec

📢 Could your research support policy making in Leeds? Scrutiny Boards play a key role in improving local services by ensuring council decisions address community needs. Learn how to engage with the Leeds Council News Scrutiny Boards in our latest blog: medium.com/policy-leeds/e…

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

Our final newsletter of 2024 will be available next week, and we have plenty to showcase! Discover Y-PERN’s regional impact over the last 3 years + work on free school meals, SMEs, council priorities & collab frameworks. Make sure to subscribe here: bit.ly/y-pernnews 🎄

It’s a wrap! 🎉Our final newsletter for 2024 is here. Key highlights include: 📌 Mapping local authority priorities 📌 York’s free school meals evaluation 📌 SME manufacturing policy 📌 Uni-local authority collaboration 📩 Read more: bit.ly/y-pernnewsdec24