Dr Richard Whittle, Y-PERN Chief Policy Fellow and Academic Policy Fellow at the University of Leeds We are in turbulent times, the pandemic and transformation of our economy is a very recent memory and continues to be a pressing threat. Inflation is tearing through the UK economy hitting savings, the purchasing power of our incomes …
Neil Barnett, Y-PERN Senior Policy Fellow based at Leeds Beckett University Some quick thoughts on the Budget. It seems the Chancellor will have some leeway, but the demands and hopes for funding are, following years of Austerity, and the impact of inflation on budgets, limitless. With respect to broader policy issues, changes to child care …
Professor Alexander Nunn, Y-PERN Academic Steering Group member and Dean of Research, Leeds Trinity University Wide-ranging and long-term support needed across a range of policy domains including employment services, skills, housing, transport, childcare, workforce wellbeing and immigration. It is widely noted that employers are facing labour shortages. The latest data from the ONS suggests that around …
Dr Andy Mycock, Y-PERN Academic Steering Group Member and Reader in Politics, University of Huddersfield The Spring Budget will be of particular interest to those who have charted efforts by the UK Government to rebalance or ‘level up’ the country over the past decade or so. It is uncertain as to whether ‘levelling up’ will …
Neil Barnett, Y-PERN Senior Policy Fellow based at Leeds Beckett University The Inaugural Y-PERN conference on 18th and 19th January brought together a range of actors from local government, health, universities and the community sector, and for me, as a newly appointed Policy Fellow with Y-PERN, served to highlight the extent of cross-sector collaboration which …
Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director January was a tough month. The festive season felt like an age ago, and more eye-watering energy bills landed on household doormats. Personally, it was particularly heart-breaking to watch a recent ITN report about elderly residents in Newcastle who were living in freezing conditions, and not switching on their …
Experts, regional leaders and representatives from Councils, Mayoral Combined Authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), and Government Departments and Agencies, will meet today to consider the growing impact of the cost-of-living crisis, and how best increase prosperity in Yorkshire and the Humber. The inaugural Yorkshire and Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network (Y-PERN) conference takes place …
See the original job advert as posted on the jobs.leeds.ac.uk website. Do you thrive on working in a complex environment, using your ability to navigate organisational issues, as well as your skills in project delivery? Can you provide leadership and project management skills to facilitate and drive a multi-stakeholder project team? Background Funded by the …
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Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director Y-PERN: A Regional Research and Policy Engagement Network It has been a tumultuous period, by recent standards in modern British history, with the dynamics of domestic policy decisions, governance and global market forces intersecting in ways that have produced profound implications for communities, households, and individuals, up and down …
