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South Yorkshire Seminars Series: The region’s political and economic history
South Yorkshire’s past, present and future: what does the data say? Written by Dan Olner Dan Olner is a Policy Fellow for Y-PERN, South Yorkshire Mayoral Authority and Sheffield University Management School. Dan is an expert on economic and quantitative geography, data science, politics and international relations. The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) at Sheffield University have organised a set of seminars digging into the political…
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Putting health at the heart of your local economy
This article was first published on the Yorkshire Universities website. The NHS Confederation recently hosted a webinar focused on the local growth agenda, the role of acute trusts, and how they can influence local leaders. Y-PERM Policy Director and Yorkshire Universities (YU) Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien, was invited to speak at the event to provide broad…
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Smaller and Specialist Universities Workshop
On Tuesday 18th February, leaders and representatives from Y-PERNs smaller and specialist universities met at Leeds Conservatoire to explore the specific challenges and opportunities they faced in undertaking academic policy engagement. Participants from Leeds Arts University, Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds Trinity University, and York St John University discussed how Y-PERN can best build capacity, resources, and activities…
Blogs
How our region is coming together to support place-based policy
A Network of Networks: Reflections from North and East Yorkshire
Research and the use of evidence in policymaking
Engaging with Local Authority scrutiny boards to drive improved policy and services
Mapping Strategic Priorities of Local and Combined Authorities in Yorkshire
Meet the members of the YPIP team
Manufacturing SMEs: A Yorkshire & Humber policy picture
Evaluating City of York Council’s Universal Free School Meals
Universities collaborating for the good of our regions is fast becoming a policy imperative
