History & policy database
Training
To enable historians to engage effectively with policy makers and shapers, H&P offers training and support to its members as well as to students, when funding allows.
Courses include policy engagement skills training and History in the Headlines, with senior journalists and communications professionals explaining how different forms of media operate and the various opportunities for engaging with journalists.
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Policy engagement at local level: a workshop for historians
A day of training at the University of Leeds focussed on engaging with policy makers at local level, potentially a more rewarding activity for historians than trying to reach London power structures – policy decisions are made on a range of matters at local level and practical impacts can be more easily observed.
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Policy engagement at local level: a workshop for historians
A day of training at the University of Leeds focussed on engaging with policy makers at local level, potentially a more rewarding activity for historians than trying to reach London power structures – policy decisions are made on a range of matters at local level and practical impacts can be more easily observed.
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Bridging the gap between history and policy
On 31 May – 2 June 2016 History & Policy director Dr Andrew Blick spoke at a training course held by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
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Policy Engagement Training in History & the Social Sciences
In March & April 2016, H&P ran a two day training course for academics to learn how the policy-making process works, and how to engage with policy makers and shapers. Drawing on H&P’s connections in Whitehall and civil society, delegates heard from civil servants, NGO leaders, journalists and historians with experience in government, Parliament and…
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Policy Engagement Skills Training
The Midlands 3 Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will co-host a training day with H&P on Nov 4th 2015 in Sheffield, providing opportunities to quiz H&P historians on their policy interventions, and plan for making arts and humanities research more impactful.
About Us
H&P is based at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London.
We are the only project in the UK providing access to an international network of more than 500 historians with a broad range of expertise. H&P offers a range of resources for historians, policy makers and journalists.
