CAPE has always had collaboration at its core. In this essay CAPE Co-Investigator Sarah Chaytor shares how this has been an enabler for our engagement with policymakers and explores the ways in which we’ve embedded collaboration throughout our project and how we think you can build it.
Read MoreSarah Chaytor, CAPE Co-Investigator, reflects on how CAPE has contributed to the wider academic-policy landscape over the past four years, and points to how practice and impact can be improved in the future.
Read MoreCAPE reflects on our workshop at the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) conference and how co-creating personas of the policy engagement enquiries of academics at different stages of the research journey can help break down university silos.
Read MorePolicy Fellow Michelle Reeves explores the pivotal role of collaborative ventures between London’s universities and London government in addressing complex strategic issues facing the capital.
Read MoreAcademics often give up their time to chat with policy professionals about policy priorities – nearly 400 did so as part of our policy fellowship programme. In this blog we ask, what motivates academics to meet with policy makers and what exactly do they get out of these interactions?
Read MoreFind out how using Areas of Research Interest has encouraged diversity in evidence submitted to the Senedd committees, encouraging new perspectives to inform scrutiny and law-making.
Read MoreBen Hepworth explores what ‘impact’ means inside and outside government and good practical advice on how to achieve it.
Read MoreCAPE Policy Fellow Florence Greatrix shares with CAPE six key things she’s learnt about GO-Science at the end of her fellowship.
Read MoreWhy we need more join up to establish a culture of working together in academic policy engagement.
Read MoreWe discuss how multiple methods of academic policy engagement can mutually reinforce each other, leading to greater volume and depth of engagement.
Read MoreThe CAPE team reflect on what we’ve learnt about roles that sit at the interface between universities and policy organisations.
Read MoreSeven things you need to think about before running a knowledge exchange event.
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