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Learning resources

There are a wide range of internal and external resources available to support your academic-policy engagement work at Queen Mary. 

Access resources to build your skills for effective policy engagement. 

SharePoint resources

Access internal Queen Mary resources and guidance on policy engagement. Log in via QM credentials.

Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) resources

CAPE is a consortium of five university partners: UCL, Cambridge, Manchester, Nottingham and Northumbria alongside policy partners.

Parliamentary resources

Learn more about ways to engage with the UK Parliament

Policy engagement how-to guides

Our how-to guides provide insights into how to navigate the public policy ecosystem, guidance for how to engage with policymakers, best practice examples, templates, and top tips for how you can get the most out of your policy engagement work.

Routes for Academic-Policy Engagement

Engage with local, national and third sector policymakers
Routes for Academic-Policy Engagement

Engaging with Policymakers

Map stakeholders, engage them in roundtables and advisory groups, and evaluate the impact of your engagement
Engaging with Policymakers

Policy Outputs

Inform policymakers with policy briefs, evidence submissions and blogs
Policy Outputs

Using Surveys as an Evaluation Tool

Learn how to design effective surveys that evaluate the impact of your work and how to analyse and interpret the survey responses
Using Surveys as an Evaluation Tool

Mailing lists and weekly roundups

Subscribe to the Universities Policy Engagement Network’s (UPEN) and Parliamentary Knowledge Exchange Unit’s (KEU) updates for weekly roundups of policy engagement opportunities, funding, training, job opportunities, and events.

Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)

UPEN is a community of UK universities committed to increasing the impact of research on policy.

Parliamentary Knowledge Exchange Unit (KEU)

The KEU supports the exchange of information and expertise between researchers and the UK Parliament.
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