Surfacing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within Academic‑Policy Engagement

UPEN

increase of just 600 men/identifying as men in the So, whilst we have a lot to do to address EDI same period.7 within and through academic‑policy engagement, Likewise, the demand for universities to be and there are a lot of unknowns, each of us more inclusive in the way that academic‑policy has an opportunity to contribute to making engagement is undertaken is leading brokerage academic‑policy en. [...] However, wider landscape of the research workforce, there is broad agreement that the practice of the distribution of research funding, and the academic‑policy engagement grows out of the instruments of assessment being utilised understanding that policy that is informed by as critically influencing EDI practices in evidence is stronger, more effective, and provides academic‑policy engagement. [...] to briefing and advisory activities, public debate of policy questions, and commissioned research’.2 Two recent developments likely to drive future academic‑policy engagement are the implementation of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and the implementation of the Concordat for the Advancement of Knowledge Exchange in Higher Education in England (KE Concordat). [...] A second focus was to signal to the policy arena the importance of EDI within all parts of the academic‑policy engagement ecosystem and begin to highlight the importance of a joined‑up agenda to support equity, diversity, and inclusion. [...] publications, performances and exhibitions) the broad contribution that research makes to and the ‘environment’ within institutions that the economy, society, culture, public policy and supports research (of which policy engagement services, health, the environment, and quality of forms a part).