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Place has become an increasingly prominent lens in sustainability practice. The British Academy-funded Where We Live Next programme research explores the role of place in public policy for environment and climate within policymaking: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/whe…

Have a read of Jade Harris' blog on her time interning with UPEN for the last 10 months. Jade has been managing UPEN's newsletter and communications, alongside our events programme. 1/2 shorturl.at/gqDsd

She has supported UPEN gaining just under 1000 new LinkedIn followers, a 38% increase in newsletter subscribers, and supported implementing our new brand across our channels. Thank you for all of your hard work Jade, and onto new adventures! 🗺️ 2/2

New Event! The first session from the GOV.UK Office for Science will explore how they achieve their mission and the routes to engagement with government they support and advertise. 📍 21st Jan, 15:30 - 16:30 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uk-gover…

New blog 📝 Dr Domonique Davies, Uni of Reading reflects on their first UPEN Members Meeting, held in November 2024. They write 'there are lots of enthusiastic people within the sector with a wealth of expertise and experience willing to make change.' 👉 shorturl.at/C5ZEA

Are you an Arts and Humanities researcher looking to engage with policy makers? Join Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE, Prof of Public Policy Durham University to hear the benefits and possible routes into academic-policy engagement. eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…

Sign up! Andy Mycock University of Leeds and Stephen Meek Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement will explore the challenges researchers and knowledge brokers face in navigating an ever-changing complex political landscape and how it impacts university policy engagement eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-engag…

Want to learn more about what ARI’s are & how to engage with them? Join the UPEN ARI Sub-Committee on the 26th February for a masterclass with Rich Pickford Rob Davies & Nicky Buckley sharing their expertise and experience across the UK developing ARI's eventbrite.co.uk/e/areas-of-res…

As 2024 comes to a close, we would like to thank all of our members, partners and collaborators for another great year. Our 2024 impact report will be published in January, and we wish you all a restful break until then!

🧑‍🎓🗞️Devolved academic - policy maker engagement opportunities, challenges and next steps to support policy making and public services⤵️ WCPP's Hannah Durrant, and her fellow Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) members, reflect on UPEN events during 2024 on devolution, evidence-informed policy making,

Sign up! The first session from the GOV.UK Office for Science will explore how they achieve their mission and the routes to engagement with government they support and advertise. 📍 21st Jan, 15:30 - 16:30 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uk-gover…

In two weeks! Are you an Arts and Humanities researcher looking to engage with policy makers? Join Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE, Prof of Public Policy Durham University to hear the benefits and possible routes into academic-policy engagement. eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…

EVENT UPDATE: We have released more tickets for the highly anticipated and recently sold-out event, ‘Engaging Policy with A&H Research: Introduction & Case Studies Showcase’. Please reserve your spot using this new link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/additional-t…

Next Month! Andy Mycock University of Leeds and Stephen Meek Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement will explore the challenges researchers and knowledge brokers face in navigating an ever-changing complex political landscape and how it impacts university policy engagement eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-engag…

Register for this online event on 29 January - Arlene Holmes-Henderson will explain routes into #policy #engagement for researchers in Arts and Humanities disciplines. Edinburgh Futures Institute Digital Scotland

One week to go! In this session classicist Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE Vice-Chair of UPEN (Arts and Humanities) & Prof of Public Policy Durham University will highlight the benefits of academic policy engagement, providing a chance to ask questions & design a strategy eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…

In two weeks! Andy Mycock University of Leeds and Stephen Meek Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement will explore the challenges researchers and knowledge brokers face in navigating an ever-changing complex political landscape and how it impacts university policy engagement eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-engag…

In a few days time! Join classicist Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE Vice-Chair of UPEN (Arts and Humanities) & Prof of Public Policy Durham University to hear about the benefits of academic policy engagement and design a strategy for getting started. eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…

In one week! Andy Mycock University of Leeds and Stephen Meek Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement will explore the challenges researchers and knowledge brokers face in navigating an ever-changing complex political landscape and how it impacts university policy engagement eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-engag…

In two weeks! Want to learn more about what ARI’s are & how to engage with them? Join the UPEN ARI Sub-Committee for a masterclass with Rich Pickford Rob Davies & Nicky Buckley sharing their expertise and experience across the UK developing ARI's eventbrite.co.uk/e/areas-of-res…