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📣 It's a new academic year at PPS! Stay up to date with the latest policy updates and events by joining our community of researchers making real-world impact.

👉 Please fill out our short 25/26 membership form here: https://t.co/OI4FbjCKw7

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Have you ever wanted to know how local government works in practice, and how you can engage as a researcher?

Join us for a PPS Training Session on Thursday 14 May with Mike Harris!

Find out more and book your place here
👉️ https://t.co/7jVlKNLqxz

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Upcoming Training Session with Public Policy|Southampton: Policy Masterclass with Professor John Denham, Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics UoS and former cabinet minister, 23 April 10:30-12:30.

Find out more and book your place here
👉️ https://t.co/Ie3T0i9OvH

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*NEW* Parliamentary Impact Programme for University of Southampton PhD students!

Apply now: https://t.co/Z9s5PBGN4h

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Inherit at Humboldt University in Berlin are hosting a hybrid round table event on how heritage can engage with and inform contemporary policy and practice on the 24th March 2026.
Click here for details about online attendance
👉️ https://t.co/ziS78ERitf

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🌟 Nat Easton, Specialist Policy Officer at Public Policy Southampton, has written a blog about her experience pitching to the environmental audit committee, resulting in securing the Parliamentary Inquiry!
📖 Read about Nat's experience here 👉️ https://t.co/pDymQpLNtR

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A new Policy Brief from Southampton academic Dr María Villares-Varela and PhD candidate Carolynn Low, reveals the hidden vulnerabilities facing migrant entrepreneurs - particularly women.

Read the full policy brief here: https://t.co/Bb6cUD2M3R

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💡 Public Policy Southampton were excited to welcome a delegation from OFGEM on February 5th to the Boldrewood innovation campus
🌟 We were grateful to host such an engaging event that allowed UoS staff to showcase their expertise and discuss innovative energy solutions!

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📽️ We are excited to have a new Spotlight video out featuring Dr Ruby Cambell and Dr Wassim Dbouk!
📖 We explore Shaping Tomorrow: A Playbook for Coaching Leaders in Sustainable Decision-Making and Policy - a collaboration between the CCA and UOS.
👉️ https://t.co/XuXOqDdbag

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📢 New written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee!
🤝 ‘University of Southampton co-ordinated written evidence submission to: Supporting people with frailty outside of hospitals’.

👉 Read the full response and call for evidence here: https://t.co/9bMIZHRWjt

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📣 Yesterday, @PublicPolicyUoS had the privilege of accompanying @unisouthampton academics and colleagues from the @SussexUni to an invaluable parliamentary engagement masterclass hosted by Lord Rupert Redesdale and the Earl of Devon, John Russell.

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🌟New music policy guidance from Rhys Lawrence, PPS Policy Associate for the AHRC Music Hub!

🎵 Rhys has compiled four useful policy documents, discussing specific fields within music policy, as well as general government engagement:

👉 Read them here: https://t.co/0ZidLqHr1Y

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Bookings now open: Essential Training for Researchers Working with Young People (LifeLab, Southampton).

A practical, in-person day covering engagement, ethics, safeguarding, and working with schools.

🗓 29 Jan / 13 May 2026
🔗 https://t.co/tUOWIVQD23

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Hearing loss affects 9m+ adults in England, many undiagnosed.

This @unisouthampton submission to the Society Inquiry by @DrDaliaTsimpida calls for reportable NIHL, routine NHS hearing checks & targeted screening for people with Type 2 diabetes. 🎧📈

https://t.co/ZbjSZywMG0

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Govt’s Pride in Place prospectus is out. Our Feeling Towns research is highly relevant 👇

📄 Policy brief launching the AHRC Place Programme series
📘 Peer-reviewed article in Politics and Space

🔗 https://t.co/nJkZuJ1NxZ
📍 Place, affect & policy

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The UK Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage is now live 🎉

👉 https://t.co/6m3vHSNgyB

We’re also seeking ICH practitioners for review panels. Please share widely or get involved if relevant 🙌

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How do you rebuild probation after reform? ⚖️

In this video, Prof Harry Annison shares findings from the Rehabilitating Probation project (340 interviews, 3 years).

Key insight: reform must recentre professional purpose, not just structure 🧭

▶️ https://t.co/6QmTWgR1t5

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📣 Joint consultation response from the Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London and the University of Southampton!
🔞 Banning the Sale of High-Caffeine Energy Drinks to Children.

👉 Read the full response here: https://t.co/8ZbqyeWWEN

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📣 New Parliamentary Inquiry proposal from the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI):
🚢 Cumulative impacts of human activities on the ocean environment and economy, coordinated by Dr Hugo Putuhena.

👉 To read the full inquiry, click here: https://t.co/U2Qbaqq4vQ

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📣 Book your place for the first PPS training session of 2026: Engaging with International Health Organisations, led by Dr Chandni Maria Jacob!

🗓️ Thursday 5 February 2026 14:00 - 16:00
📍 Highfield Campus 58/1065
🔗 Read more and book your place here: https://t.co/388kcy45Qr

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Strengthening sex and gender integration in health research 📚

Imperial has launched a CPD on Integrating Sex and Gender in Health Research and Policy. Prof Claire Clarkin, Biology @unisouthampton, contributes a session from our Bias in Bones work 🌍

🔗 https://t.co/Ynv1YAgMKP