On 21st May, teacher leaders from across Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall came together for the Equity in Education Mini-Conference, hosted by the South West Social Mobility Commission (SWSMC) and Policy@Exeter at the University of Exeter’s Innovation Hub. The event marked an important milestone in the development of the Equity Scorecard and provided a platform for sharing innovative, practical approaches to level the playing field of education. Below, the SWSMC and Policy@Exeter share their insights on the day.
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Equity in Education Mini-Conference: A Grassroots Movement to Level the Playing Field of Education
On 21st May, teacher leaders from across Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall came together for the Equity in Education Mini-Conference, hosted by the South West Social Mobility Commission (SWSMC) and Policy@Exeter at the University of Exeter’s Innovation Hub. The event marked an important milestone in the development of the Equity Scorecard and provided a platform for sharing innovative, practical approaches to level the playing field of education. Below, the SWSMC and Policy@Exeter share their insights on the day.
Centre for the Public Understanding of Defence Seeks to Build a Bridge Between Security, Policy, and Society
On Friday 2 May, Policy@Exeter was honoured to welcome esteemed guests in the defence sector to a celebration of the Centre for the Public Understanding […]
Academic Engagement with Policy: A Roundtable with Baroness Natalie Bennett
In December 2024, Policy@Exeter had the opportunity to support a visit from Baroness Natalie Bennett, former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, […]
Making an impact as an Early Career Researcher
by Hope Kent, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Psychology In January this year, in my first few weeks as a newly minted post-doc, I found myself staring […]
UK Strategic Defence Review 2025: Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
Professor Paul Cornish was a guest speaker at an Employers’ Conference held by the East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association on 22 August at Royal Air […]
Insights from Whitehall: interview with two Policy Fellows from Exeter
Blog post by Leo Webb Halfway through their year-long fellowship, we caught up with two UKRI Policy Fellows from Exeter, Dr. Katharine Boyd (Criminology) and […]
Championing Science: Empowering Early Career Researchers
Blog post by Camilla Arvidsson, Programmes Officer, Sense about Science Standing up for science can be extremely daunting. Polarised debates across a range of issues […]
Exeter Future Leaders Summit 2024
The University of Exeter is thrilled to announce the upcoming Exeter Future Leaders Summit 2024, hosted by the Business and Finance Society (BFS) in collaboration […]
Free training for Early Career Researchers through the Voice of Young Science Network!
We’re excited to announce Sense About Science’s Voice of Young Science (VoYS) Programme is happening again this year – and our ECRs have first-row seats! […]