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Discover blogs, toolkits, guides and reports that explore and support academic policy engagement.

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09.03.2026

Regional Areas of Research Interest: Challenges, opportunities and next steps

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05.05.2026 Dennis Olsen

Bridging the Gap: Building practical policy partnerships between universities and local authorities

Engaging with local and regional authorities

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15.04.2026 Afzal Sayed Munna

From research to policy practice: building institutional capability for evidence-informed decisions

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08.04.2026 Daisy Forster and Olivia Stevenson

Investing in what makes academic-policy engagement work

Engaging with Government Policy Fellowships

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31.03.2026 José Rojas Alvarado

Five lessons on evaluating policy engagement

Evaluation and impact

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02.03.2026 Rosie Sadler

From publication to partnership: what Sport England has learned since publishing its Areas of Research Interest

Areas of Research Interest

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07.01.2026 Lisa Hodgson, Alice Tofts and Audrey Tan

Policy Fellowships Network will use shared learning to improve practice

Policy Fellowships

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13.10.2025 Victoria Bowen, Frances Giampapa

Early Years Education and Care Research: Lessons Learned for Academic Policy Engagement

Engaging with local and regional authorities

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30.09.2025 Sam Illingworth

The Case for Slow AI in Academic and Policy Engagement

Knowledge mobilisation & brokerage

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30.09.2025 Richard O’Neill

From Caravan to Campus: Storytelling as a Bridge Between Research and Policy

Policy Development

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