Research and Policy-Making: part 2 of Speaking for English Studies in UK Higher Education
9 July 2021, 14:00 – 15:30
A series of workshops aimed at building capacity within the discipline for leadership and and influence
The English Association, University English and the Institute for English Studies are co-hosting a new series of workshops in 2021 titled ‘Speaking for English Studies’ aimed at building capacity within the discipline for leadership and influence, both within our institutions and across the sector more widely.
This second event in the series will focus on understanding the links between research and policy-making. We want to hear from organisations and individuals with experience of seeking to influence policy, and of building pathways between researchers and government. With our speakers – Molly Morgan Jones (Policy Director, British Academy), James Fenner (Senior Investment Manager – Histories, Heritage, Languages and Literatures, AHRC), and Nicky Marsh (Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton) – we will explore the policy terrain, asking: How do academic disciplines contribute to the formation of national policy? Which ones do so successfully? What are the opportunities, and the barriers to participation?
The Speaking for English Studies workshops are aimed at colleagues who are seeking to influence decision-making and strategy at higher levels of their own institution and/or within sector bodies. You may already hold a leadership role within a department or a larger unit (School or Faculty); you may be thinking about taking on such leadership roles in the future; or you may be undertaking advocacy work for the discipline beyond the institution. If so, this series will be of interest to you!
The theme of the first event was: ‘University Architecture, Strategic Planning, and QR’. Watch a recording of this event
The Institute of English Studies (IES), is an internationally renowned research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history. We offer postgraduate programmes, summer schools, and short courses. We host major collaborative research projects, provide research training in book history and palaeography; and facilitate new and emerging research in all areas of English Studies.
University English, formerly The Council for College and University English (CCUE), was founded in 1993 to promote the study of English in higher education, and to provide opportunities for English lecturers to meet colleagues from other institutions and discuss matters of shared concern. University English is the main professional body consulted by funding bodies and other agencies when they wish to gauge the views of the English subject community.
The aim of the English Association is to promote, support, and defend the discipline of English Studies. The English Association is a membership association and learned society for individuals and organisations passionate about the English language and its literatures. Our membership includes teachers, lecturers, students, authors, and readers, and is made up of people and institutions from around the world. Through our publications, events, networks and resources, we support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond. Founded in 1906, we are a registered charity (no. 1124890) incorporated by Royal Charter. We have an elective Fellowship as well as a regular membership. The English Association is led by a Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer, by our three Education Committees and other committees, and by our editors and editorial boards. In addition, we employ a dedicated office team responsible for membership, events and communications, and for supporting our portfolio of publications.
