Led by: Dr Helen Goulding, Founder of Quercus Training
Date: 7 December, 2023
Time: 2-5pm
Location: Online only due to train strikes
Audience: Research staff and PGRs
Dr Helen Goulding will share her experiences of successful researcher - policymaker collaborations and discuss effective influencing techniques. She will encourage you to share any of your own experiences with policymakers, answer your questions and give practical tips and advice to help.
In this interactive workshop, you will gain practical knowledge of how researchers can engage policymakers and contribute to policymaking. Before the workshop you will be asked to read some information on the policy process, including tips for researchers from a range of policymakers.
During the workshop, the trainer will share her experiences of successful researcher - policymaker collaborations and discuss effective influencing techniques. She will encourage you to share any of your own experiences with policymakers, answer your questions and give practical tips and advice.
Helen is an alumnus of the University of Southampton and has been providing professional skills training to researchers for over 20 years. Her career includes many years of policymaking and regulation.
After her PhD she started work as a Fast Stream Civil Servant for the UK Government, creating collaborations between academia, industry and funders. She then worked at the medical charity Wellcome Trust in policy and programme management.
After that she moved to the Audit Commission that regulates local government and health bodies so she has an excellent understanding of how central government policy is translated in other organisations.
She returned to the Government to work in policy and R&D programme management, and later joined Ofgem, the gas and electricity regulator.
She set up her training company, Quercus Training, in 2011 and now spends much of her time training and coaching researchers at all levels, including workshops on policymaking, soft skills including people management and negotiation, and career development.
By the end of the workshop you will:
♦ See the policy process through the eyes of a policy maker, understanding their tasks and the pressures they face
♦ Know how researchers can get involved in the policy process and influence effectively.
Staff please book your attendance here.
PGRs please book your attendance here.