How to make your research more usable to policy-makers in UK parliament
| Dates: | 18 December 2025 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Environment, Education and Development |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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Presentation from Alpesh Maisuria (UWE Bristol)
The Higher Education Research Group is delighted to announce that Professor Alpesh Maisuria (UWE Bristol) will be the invited speaker at the Manchester Institute of Education this December to present his research on parliamentary researchers' use of academic work. This seminar is highly recommended for all colleagues contributing to REF submissions, as the findings offer crucial guidance on ensuring effective knowledge exchange and valuable policy impact.
Professor Alpesh Maisuria has been researching the use of academic research by parliamentary researchers. This is the first study to ask parliamentary researchers how they engage with academic research, and what would make it more usable to them in their work supporting MP's. In this seminar, Maisuria will discuss the barriers that parliamentary researchers encounter with academic research, and what academics can do for effective knowledge exchange. Academic research that is usable can lead to valuable REF impact, and contribute to enhanced policy making/scrutiny.
From 2022 to 2025, Alpesh served as a Parliamentary Academic Fellow in the UK House of Commons, working in the Members Library he specialised in schools’ policy. In this role, he wrote briefings, and provided research and information directly to MPs to enable them to fulfil their legislative duties and constituency representation. In addition, he was an advisor for the Education Select Committee to help scrutinise the government through writing briefings and contributing decisions to select witnesses to provide oral evidence to MPs.
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Ellen Wilkinson Building
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