Policy|Membership

Public Policy|Southampton is the University of Southampton’s dedicated Unit, established to support university researchers in engaging with policymakers and increase the policy impact of their research.

The Unit delivers public policy impact through grant-funded research and provides strategic engagement with key policy partners at a local, regional, national and international level.

Researchers from across the University already have significant engagements with policy-making bodies, and others are looking to build just such links. All interested researchers are invited to become members of Public Policy|Southampton, as are colleagues in Professional Services.

The benefits of membership of Public Policy|Southampton include:

• Support to justify policy implications of your research project in funding proposals- read more here
• Support to carry out policy impact activities (when cost into successful grants) - developing policy impact plans, mapping out policy stakeholders, and producing policy briefs - read more here
• Access to wide ranging networks of contacts in national and local Government, UK Parliament and elsewhere - check out different ways to engage here
• Engagement with colleagues across the University with experience of working with policymakers - watch our academics' videos on best Policy Engagement Practices here
• Short, free training courses addressing practical policy engagement skills such as writing policy briefs, answering consultations and writing successful Pathways to Impact statements - check our regularly updated upcoming events page here
• General advice on the policymaking process in the UK - check our impact toolkit here
• Opportunities to contribute to Evidence to Policy - our blogs dedicated to evidence-informed policymaking - read the blogs here
• Support in identifying and responding to Government consultations and Parliamentary inquiries - check our academics' written and oral responses here
• Promotion of policy briefs, policy events, blog posts and consultation responses via our diverse social media audience including over 3,900 Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn followers - follow us (and don't forget to mention us!) on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook
• A quaterly newsletter is featuring key evidence to policy opportunities and achievements by our members. To read our latest newsletters, please click here