Welcome
What is UPEN?
The Universities Policy Engagement Network, UPEN, is a community of UK universities committed to increasing the impact of research on policy.
UPEN offers a dedicated contact point for policymakers, and a collective response to requests for evidence.
It organises knowledge exchange events with government, parliament, devolved bodies, and identifies mechanisms to take forward specific projects.
UPEN is also developing best practice amongst universities in policy engagement activities, and will act as a champion for this relatively new role within universities.
News
Posted 2022-10-28 10:45:17 by Kayleigh Renberg-Fawcett
19102022 Drop in notes
Drop-in session held by Kayleigh Renberg-Fawcett on 19102022Representation from Cambridge, Derby, Durham, Henry Royce Institute, Keele, Lincoln, Nottingham, UCL, UPENThe session primarily explored UPE...
Posted 2022-03-10 13:45:57 by Admin
UPEN Vice-Chair Elections
We are delighted to announce that we received ten nominations from individuals wishing to stand as UPEN Vice Chairs and will therefore be moving to an election.
In January 2022 UPEN members approved ...
Posted 2021-11-30 14:46:03 by
Surfacing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within Academic-Policy Engagement
Today UPEN has launched a report that looks at the challenge of bringing about positive change for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in academic-policy engagement.
The report, ‘Surfacing Equi...
Blogs
Posted 2023-09-22 08:49:56 by Tayler Truhan
Lessons learned from the EMPOWER Youth Mental Health seminar
On the 25th August, 2023 we held the EMPOWER seminar at Queen’s University Belfast focusing on youth mental health. My colleagues, Dr. Arianna Prudenzi (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Paul Shuttlew...
Posted 2023-09-19 09:55:28 by Nicky Hobbs
Social media, a powerful way to share your ideas
Do I have to be on social media to raise the profile of my research work and build my reputation?We were delighted to talk about social media with UPEN members at a recent workshop about building prof...
Posted 2023-09-13 09:53:05 by Huw Edwards
Select Committees and Research Impact
Submitting evidence to a select committee inquiry is one of the most effective ways to promote research to parliament and potentially government. The new parliamentary session will see current inquiri...
