The ESRC Policy Fellowships launched on Thursday 8 July and include 25 fellowship opportunities across 10 host organisations including central and devolved governments.

University of York Emeritus Professor, Professor Sir John Holman gave evidence to the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee this morning on the issue of 'How effective is the careers advice given in schools?'

The UK government has begun negotiations to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), suggesting that joining this trade pact is a positive result of Brexit.

The profile of fisheries reached dizzying heights during both the Brexit referendum and the manoeuvres and negotiations that have rumbled ever since.

Researchers from the Department of Health Sciences, led by Dr Emily Peckham, have contributed to a recent report used in the House of Lords on 'Planning for a Hybrid World'.

The POST(Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) board has approved nine new POSTnotes.

The House of Commons Scrutiny Unit, with the support of POST, is trialing select committee Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) as a pilot exercise to better understand and assess how they can support parliamentary scrutiny. 

Business and society are obsessed with metrics. Where will Donald Trump sit in the historical rankings of U.S. Presidents? For now, it’s difficult to imagine him avoiding a place at rock bottom.

Beyond its immediate impact on health-related inequalities, the pandemic is worsening other, inter-linked inequalities which is setting back the progress on sustainable development goals.

In December 2020 we launched the first University of York Policy Brief Pilot to help support researchers across the University who were looking to move their research into the policy space.

Tony Heron is Parliamentary Academic Fellow with the House of Commons International Trade Select Committee. He reflects on his first year in the role.