Hosting Policy Fellows: a guide for Higher Education Institutions
A guide for universities to create a fellowship programme for policy professionals to meet academics to discuss their policy questions.
Resources
Six months at the heart of science in Government – reflections from a knowledge mobiliser
CAPE Policy Fellow Florence Greatrix shares with CAPE six key things she’s learnt about GO-Science at the end of her fellowship.
Insights into the co-production process in understanding the role of modular homes in addressing homelessness
Gemma Burgess and Katy Karampour from the University of Cambridge reflect on their CAPE Collaboration Fund project which evaluates modular housing schemes for homelessness in Cambridge. They discuss how co-production and collaboration has worked with their partner Jimmy’s Cambridge and how this will help to inform future policy decisions by Cambridgeshire County Council.
Developments in participative democracy: Reflections by Newham Council Policy Fellow Darren Sharpe
Darren Sharpe outlines how his Policy Fellowship with Newham experimented to better include marginalised voices in the policy making process.
Enter the dragon: Senedd committees Areas of Research Interest pilot project
In September 2022, two Senedd committees launched the Senedd’s first Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) as a new way to improve committees’ engagement with the research community. ARI topics include climate change, modal shift and active travel, sustainable communities, and health literacy. In this blog Rob Davies, CAPE Policy Fellow, outlines how researchers can engage with the ARIs and how they aim to support parliamentary scrutiny.
Yorkshire & Humber Policy Engagement & Research Network (Y-PERN) launches
CAPE is pleased to see the launch of the Yorkshire & Humber Policy Engagement & Research Network (Y-PERN) which has been awarded £3.9m of funding from the Research England Development (RED) fund.
Interconnecting islands: evolving the research-policy ecosystem
Why we need more join up to establish a culture of working together in academic policy engagement.
Anthropology By Children (ABC) and Islington Council: a CAPE fellowship collaboration case study
This case study explores the ways in which inclusive research can provide a rich foundation for successful collaboration between academics and policy-makers and a better future for participants.
Perceptions and Experiences of Academic Policy Engagement in UK Higher Education Institutions
A report exploring on the ground experiences of academics and professional services staff undertaking academic policy engagement in universities.
A typology and discussion of interactions between CAPE academic policy engagement mechanisms
We discuss how multiple methods of academic policy engagement can mutually reinforce each other, leading to greater volume and depth of engagement.
Collaboratively and at scale: lending CAPE’s experience to the challenge of describing knowledge mobilisation
The CAPE team reflect on what we’ve learnt about roles that sit at the interface between universities and policy organisations.
Applying for co-production funding in academic policy engagement: lessons from the CAPE Collaboration Fund
CAPE explores how to write a strong application when applying for collaborative funding between an academic and a policy partner.