Policy Fellowships Programme in 2013/14 The Policy Fellowship is the core of the Centre for Science and Policy’s network. By bringing policy makers to the University as the basis for developing useful and lasting connections with experts, it addresses the questions and challenges of greatest importance to public policy, and builds trust, respect and mutual understanding.
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New Policy Fellows elected in 2013/14 Cabinet Office – Mitchell Harris, Deputy Private Secretary to the Minister for Government Policy Cabinet Office – Will Harvey, Lead for Public Sector Networks, OCSIA Cabinet Office – Liz McKeown, Chief Economist and Deputy Director for Analysis and Insight Cabinet Office – Alexandra Meagher, Policy Adviser, Social Investment & Finance Cabinet Office – Philip Sinclair, Senior Policy Adviser, Innovation and Growth, Digital Team Defra – Gemma Harper, Chief Social Scientist Defra – Fiona Harrison, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Debbie Gillatt, Director, Regional Growth Fund & Legacy Department for Communities and Local Government – Mark Lee, Deputy Director, Planning Department for Transport – Elliot Shaw, Deputy Director, Strategic Roads Investment Department of Health – Mark Bale, Deputy Head of Health Science and Bioethics DSTL – Neil Lindsay, Senior Advisor, Counter-Terrorism Science and Technology Centre Financial Conduct Authority – Peter Parker, Manager, International Strategy and Policy Coordination Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Kenan Poleo, Regional Director, Science and Innovation Network Europe Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Jane Rumble, Head of Polar Regions Department Government Digital Service – Alice Newton, Associate Product Manager Government Office for Science – Claire Craig, Deputy Head Greater London Authority – Mark Kleinman, Assistant Director, Economic and Business Policy HM Treasury – Ciarán Hayes, Head of Higher Education, Science and Innovation HM Treasury – Harriet Wallace, Deputy Director, Labour Markets and Distributional Analysis Home Office – James Smith, Head of S&T, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism Home Office – Nick Timothy, Special Adviser to the Home Secretary London Borough of Newham – Jane Kennedy, Research Business Manager NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure – Mark Samuels, Managing Director Ofgem – Rob Mills, Head of European Energy Markets UKTI – Louis Barson, Deputy Director for Science and Innovation Welsh Government – Matthew Quinn, Director, Environment, Department for Natural Resources and Food European Commission DG Connect – Anne-Marie Sassen, Policy Officer, Digital Agenda European Commission DG Connect – Fabrizio Sestini, Team Leader, Internet Science BT – Tim Whitley, Managing Director, Research and Innovation techUK – Antony Walker, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Building Research Establishment – Deborah Pullen, Group Research Director Forum for the Future – David Bent, Director of Sustainable Business London Centre for Social Studies – Zeynep Engin, Director Nesta – Stian Westlake, Executive Director, Policy & Research Royal Society of Chemistry – James Hutchinson, Senior Programme Manager
About the Programme The Policy Fellowships Programme includes three levels for different career stages. The majority of Fellows are senior civil servants and senior policy professionals from industry and the third sector. The Junior Policy Fellowship is aimed at early-career policy makers, and the Policy Leaders Fellowship at the most senior members of the network, such as Permanent Secretaries and Chief Executives. For a modest fee, Fellows benefit from a programme of bespoke introductions, and membership over two years of the UK’s leading network of experts and practitioners at the intersection between research and policy. They get to build a personal network, providing access to evidence and expertise; participate in CSaP’s open and invitation-only events, and convene the network around their specific issues; and enjoy a unique “space to think” in an intellectually challenging environment. Twelve new Fellows are elected each term. For details of how to apply, and the application deadlines, please visit our website at www.csap.cam.ac.uk. For more information, please call +44 (0)1223 768392 or email policyfellows@csap.cam.ac.uk.
100% of Policy Fellows would recommend the programme to colleagues
100% of Policy Fellows rate the programme as good value for money
68% highly recommend
63% very good
32% recommend
37% good
“It gave me an opportunity to think long-term… I feel invigorated and inspired to be brave and innovative in my advice to Ministers” PAULINE REEVES, DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
“The Fellowship gave me the chance to step back and see the bigger picture” 78% OF FELLOWS RESPONDING TO A SURVEY
“A large part of my work involves leading innovation facilitated by procurement reform of £230bn annual public spending – and I think the Fellowship will accelerate progress by three to six months.” PHILIP SINCLAIR, CABINET OFFICE
“The Fellowship is having a profound impact on the Startup Europe initiative – both on the way I am scoping the problems, and on how I am engaging with the network of people in gathering evidence and defining solutions” ISIDRO LASO BALLESTEROS, EC DG CONNECT
“Two years on, I’m still actively engaged with the network of contacts I made on my initial visits”
Researchers value their meetings with Policy Fellows very highly
97% useful
“I have gained fresh perspectives on my current work” 100% OF FELLOWS
“I did more academic engagement in my initial week than in the previous few years put together, and I’m in regular contact with several of the academics I met” COLIN WILSON, HOME OFFICE
89% OF FELLOWS
“A great way of getting on the same page with leading experts – and then being able to use that expertise to challenge established policy thinking”
“I have gained an insight into the latest research, or more broadly a better understanding of what academia has to offer and how to access it” 91% OF FELLOWS
MATT SANDERS, SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE DEPUTY PM
For more comments by Fellows see http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/about/case-studies/