We're signing off now for the festive period. Thank you to everyone for such a collaborative and impactful year.⭐ We’ll be back on 2 January, but in the meantime, you can visit our blog for recent updates: https://lnkd.in/eNxY6DpW We hope everyone has a peaceful holiday season.
Policy Leeds
Research Services
Leeds, Yorkshire 1,366 followers
Connecting researchers and policy professionals to inform policy development at local, national and international level.
About us
Policy Leeds is the policy engagement hub for the University of Leeds. We work to connect researchers and policy professionals in order to inform policy development at local, national and international level.
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- Research Services
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- 2-10 employees
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- Leeds, Yorkshire
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- Educational
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- 2020
- Specialties
- policy, research, and policymaking
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📢 Mission (Im)possible: How to Reclaim Britain’s Future? With Torsten Bell MP Register for this event by Leeds Social Sciences Institute to share in insights from Torsten Bell's new book 'How We Get Our Future Back'. Discussion will explore solutions to the pressing challenges facing Britain, including inequality and economic stagnation. 📅 23 January 🕓 4 - 5:30pm 📍 Nexus Leeds 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ekc3xR_p
🔴 How can we revitalise the UK's economy and society? How can we address the current inequalities? Is this a mission impossible? All of these questions and more will be posed in our highly anticipated event “Mission (Im)possible: How to Reclaim Britain’s Future?“ organised by Leeds Social Sciences Institute University of Leeds where we are inviting The Right Honourable Torsten Bell MP the former chief executive of Resolution Foundation to discuss his latest book, Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back. The book offers a blueprint for the current economic problems facing the country and what can we do about. Link for registering to this event in the comment section below 👇 #UK #Politics #Economics #Events #UKparliament #Leeds #Knowledgeexchange #Academicengagement #Impact Leeds City Council Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Leeds University Business School Nick Plant Sarah Hall Rachel Curwen Horizons Institute Policy Leeds Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire Yorkshire Universities Y-PERN Ged Hall Juliet Jopson Mark Davis
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📢 It’s a wrap! We are pleased to present the final edition of the Y-PERN newsletter for 2024. As we approach the end of the year, we reflect on the policy developments shaping Yorkshire and the Humber. In the context of this week’s devolution whitepaper announcement, recent shifts in economic strategy and evolving climate commitments, it is clear that our network plays a crucial role in addressing the region’s challenges and opportunities. Highlights include: 🔍 Reflections on the network’s impact over the past year 📈 Insights into how 2024 sets the foundation for 2025 ✨ Celebrations of key projects, including: - Mapping local and combined authority strategic priorities - Evaluating Universal Free School Meals programme in York - Advancing SME manufacturing policy - Developing a framework for university-local authority collaboration 📩 Explore the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/edctHQq2
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New event! 🆕 This masterclass with Dr Andy Mycock (University of Leeds) and Stephen Meek (University of Nottingham) will explore the multiple challenges that researchers and knowledge brokers face in navigating an ever-changing complex political landscape. This workshop should be of interest to all those within the multi-level governmental landscape of the UK, particularly to early and mid-career researchers, and knowledge brokers who have not experienced working in the context of significant political change. Participants will go away from the workshop with a greater understanding of the importance of political change in shaping university policy engagement. 📍 5th Feb, 1-2pm https://lnkd.in/eUd356XG
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New Event! The first session from the Government Office for Science will explore how they “put excellent scientific advice at the heart of decision making” for UK Government. In this event, you'll learn more about how GOS achieves their mission and the routes to engagement with government they support and advertise. 📍 21st Jan, 15:30 - 16:30 (Online) https://lnkd.in/erxjApYH
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It's almost been two weeks since we jointly launched our 'Research collaboration framework' with Leeds City Council. Interested in how we are are working together to tackle issues faced by the city? Find out more: https://lnkd.in/exuJnyiJ #TeamLeeds #Leeds #PolicyEngagement #Collaboration #KnowledgeExchange
📢 The University of Leeds and Leeds City Council have launched a new joint ‘Research collaboration framework’ that sets out how they will work together to address pressing challenges in the city. 🗨️ "This framework will help to strengthen collaboration opportunities and enable policy makers to access the research and expertise needed for evidence-based decisions that drive benefit to the region for growth, and the public good.” - Nick Plant, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chair of the Collaboration Steering Committee, University of Leeds 🗨️ “Our Leeds Best City Ambition sets out our priorities for the city, which can only be achieved alongside others through our ‘Team Leeds’ approach. Our continued collaboration with academic institutions across the city enables us to work towards achieving our ambitions, building upon the huge strengths, influence and potential that our academic assets bring.” - Mariana Pexton, Interim Chief Executive, Leeds City Council 🔗 Read our latest blog to learn more about how the framework will help inform the collaboration and work with other city partners: https://lnkd.in/eAcfs_zA 🔗 Or visit our website to read the new framework in full: https://lnkd.in/e4GZXsZT Leeds City Council University of Leeds Y-PERN Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Yorkshire Universities Nick Plant Horizons Institute Leeds Social Sciences Institute Mike Eakins Juliet Jopson Abi Rowson #partnership #Leeds #TeamLeeds #Researchcollaboration
Strategic research partnership between University of Leeds and Leeds City Council set out in new…
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice at University of Leeds. Areas of expertise include violence reduction, enforced alcohol abstinence and cuckooing victimisation
The Preventing & Disrupting Cuckooing Victimisation: Professional Toolkit has been downloaded more than 13,000 times since its release earlier this year. Huge thank you to all who have shared the Toolkit both within your organisations and beyond. https://lnkd.in/e9B9y-UX I will be updating the Toolkit in February 2025 to reflect practitioner feedback. To support this, I would be grateful if you could complete this short survey: https://lnkd.in/eHKR9DKK Alternatively, if you would be interested in participating in an informal group meeting (approx. 1 hour, online) in January 2025, please do sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eRJVnMwU Thanks so much!
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Amazing news from the School of Law: Dr Karina Patrício Ferreira Lima and colleagues from University of Warwick - School of Law have drafted a Bill which is scheduled for debate in Parliament! The Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill proposes legal measures to cap recoverable debts owed by developing countries to private creditors and supports global efforts to resolve sovereign debt crises in developing countries. Read more on this story at the link below: https://lnkd.in/eng_f2kR
Sovereign debt relief bill scheduled for debate in the UK Parliament
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Missed our latest signpost? There's been a lot of exciting activity over the past few weeks! 🔗 Discover what our colleagues have been up to: https://lnkd.in/ezsPUU45
📢 Our latest signpost has arrived, 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 regionally and internationally and celebrate colleagues’ recent awards and appointments. 🔗 Find all this and more: https://lnkd.in/ezsPUU45 Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Y-PERN Yorkshire Universities Leeds City Council Leeds Social Sciences Institute Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission Sense about Science Priestley Centre for Climate Futures School of Law - University of Leeds Leeds University Business School Research Culture at the University of Leeds University of Leeds
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If you work in a Local or Combined Authority and are interested in setting up Areas of Research Interest (ARI) as a way to better engage with the research community, then this great guide on the practical steps you can take to establish your own ARI is for you. Written by Max French and Melissa Hawkins from Northumbria University. Thanks for including our work with Leeds City Council as one of the case studies.
📑We're pleased to be publishing today our latest resource for policy organisations: “Areas of Research Interest - A Practical Guide”. ❓ What are Areas of Research Interest? Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) are tools that help policy organisations understand their research priorities, address knowledge needs, and communicate more effectively with the academic community. They are public statements expressions of evidence needs. ❓ How can this guide help? Designed for policy professionals, our guide walks you through the stages of developing Areas of Research Interest, provides case studies from leading examples, and tips on how to use your Areas of Research Interest productively. Plus we provide some practical and flexible tools to use along the way. Find out more ➡️https://lnkd.in/euXvHpbV This guide was written by CAPE Policy Fellows Max French and Melissa Hawkins from Northumbria University and is part of CAPE's work to extend Areas of Research beyond Government Departments with input from Leeds City Council Newcastle City Council The North East Combined Authority Alex Black.
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