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🌊 How do seafloor activities like bottom trawling affect the ocean’s carbon cycle—and climate policy?

🎧 In our latest #PolicyPod, we speak with Southampton’s @profbenthos.bsky.social & Prof. Susan Gourvenec about the NERC-funded C-Floor project.

🔗 Listen: buff.ly/rldAJt3
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📣 Book your place for the upcoming PPS training session 'Aligning your research with the NHS 10-year plan', led by Dr. Nat Easton, Specialist Policy Officer for the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences.

👉 Read more and register now: buff.ly/FojNyvI
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🎊 Thanks to all those who attended the 'How to Engage with UK Parliament' workshop on Wednesday, delivered by PPS’s Parliamentary and Comms Officer Tiffany Withers.

🗓️ More PPS training sessions are coming up in the next few weeks - book your place now! buff.ly/uXe5Csk
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🗞️ New Chief Scientific Adviser at DESNZ: Prof. Emily Shuckburgh!

With her background in climate science and leadership at Cambridge Zero, she will play a key role in the UK’s transition to a sustainable and net-zero future.

👉 Read the story here:
New DESNZ Chief Scientific Adviser appointed
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has appointed Professor Emily Shuckburgh to the role of Chief Scientific Adviser.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🌊 From the Seas
A University of Southampton and University of Western Australia Research Exchange Event
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November 2025
🕘 09:00–10:30 (UK) | 17:00–18:30 (Western Australia)
💻 Online (MS Teams)
Meeting ID: 383 944 588 541 35 | Passcode: Vz7QB6mm

All are welcome! 🌏
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This #EvidenceWeek2025 saw PPS' Tiffany Withers join MPs and researchers in Parliament with Prof. Ugwudike and Dr. Middleton, sharing insights from Harmful Sharenting in the UK. 👶

Watch this space for updates from Westminster 👀

Training sessions 👉 buff.ly/uXe5Csk
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A quiet bombshell in AI governance 💣🤖

Anthropic, AISI & the Turing Institute show you can poison a 13B model with just 250 docs, 0.00016% of its data.

If AI safety starts with clean data, the UK needs data provenance as infrastructure. 🔒🏛️

New from Alistair Sackley ↓

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November 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📣 New Parliamentary Inquiry Response!
♀️ 'University of Southampton response on Reproductive Health in Girls and Young Women', using evidence from two UoS research projects!

👉 Read the full response here: buff.ly/4bSCT4z
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌟 Meet our new PPS Colleagues who have joined the team over the last few months!

👉 Read about Nat, Tiffany, Lily, Ryan, and the rest of the PPS team here: buff.ly/Ie28OXv

#PublicPolicy #UniversityofSouthampton #DigitalCommunications #SpecialistPolicy
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📣Opportunity Closing Soon: Policy Fellow and Researcher - Economic Strategy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

📈 Salary: Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779
⏱️ Deadline: 12pm Monday 10 November 2025.
🔗 See more details about the role and application process here: buff.ly/ZcqjPu9
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🤖 Speed Networking: Artificial Intelligence

Join researchers, policymakers & professionals exploring how AI can transform government & public services.

🗓️ 19 Nov, 12–1pm GMT (Online)
🎙️ Ann Fielding, DSIT

👉 buff.ly/QfQozQt

#AI #GovTech #Networking
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join the Mansbridge Heritage Project: Home Histories, led by Abri and the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities, as part of Arts and Humanities Day 2025.

📅 Saturday 8 November 2025
🕥 10:30 – 16:30
📍 Sir James Matthews Building

🎟️ Book your FREE tickets: buff.ly/w5140ek
#UoSArtsHumFest
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣 There’s still time to sign up for PPS’ training session on How to Engage with UK Parliament!

🗓️ Thursday 6 November 2025 | 14:00–16:00
📍 Highfield Campus, Building 59 / Room 1257 (in person)
👥 Open to all staff and PGRs

👉 Read more and register now: buff.ly/rtTJ8fk
#PolicyTraining #ResearchImpact
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
💊 University of Southampton Response to the House of Lords Inquiry on Medicines Security

Dr Natasha Campling and Professor Sue Latter have submitted evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Medicines Security.

👉 Read the call for evidence and full response here: buff.ly/6ofObNf
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📣 Opportunity closing soon: UK Civil Service Fast Stream!

Unlock your potential through postings across government departments, where you’ll tackle real issues in the UK.

⏱️ Deadline for applications: Thursday 6 November 12:00.
👉 Apply here: buff.ly/RhixeOQ
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
⚓️ University of Southampton Response to the DfT Call for Evidence on Decarbonising Smaller Vessels

👉 Read the full summary and recommendations: buff.ly/3R4x7xc
#MaritimePolicy #CleanShipping #NetZeroMaritime #DecarbonisingTransport #PublicPolicy
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📢 NIHR has announced £157m in new funding for Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs), supporting innovation and transformation across health and care systems in England.

A major step for applied research and real-world impact.

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#NIHR #HealthResearch #ARCs
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
⏱️ One week left to apply for the 2025/2026 Policy Associates Scheme!

💷Pay: £19.80/hour
💼Role: Policy synthesis (80 hours) & stakeholder analysis (40 hours)
👉Open to UoS PhD students & Postdoctoral Fellows

🔗 Apply here by Tuesday 28 October: buff.ly/BvRtpbL
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📣 Call for Abstracts | Disability Now! Symposium

The University of Southampton invites submissions for Disability Now!, a symposium launching UK Disability History Month 2025.

🎟️ To read more and register for the event: buff.ly/nVuSWg5
✍️ Submit your abstract: buff.ly/2pYctdi

#DisabilityNow #UKDHM
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
⚛️Powering the Future: Southampton Researchers Call for a Stronger, Smarter UK Nuclear Strategy

Professor Andy Cundy and Professor Bo Chen have submitted a response to the NDA Draft Strategy 2025 consultation.
👉 Read the full summary and recommendations here: buff.ly/P73HWVm
#NuclearPolicy
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌟 Join us this November and December for our new PPS training sessions!

🏛️ How to engage with UK parliament
To find out more: buff.ly/mbzo312

🏥 Aligning your research with the NHS 10-year plan
To find out more: buff.ly/u1vEhNO

🎯 How to win at policy
To find out more: buff.ly/1r2FfVj
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💡 Universities play a vital role in shaping evidence-informed policy at the regional level.

Join UPEN’s online event 🗓 29 Oct, 12–1pm GMT
featuring leaders from the West Midlands & East Midlands Combined Authorities.

🎙 Shelley Harrod | Si Chun Lam
💬 Chair: Andy Mycock

🔗 Register: buff.ly/JDkr8WI
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎨 How can creativity strengthen policymaking?
CCPN Dialogues hosts Vanissa Wanick & Emily Bastable with a rapid-fire line-up on underrepresented groups, sonic methods, playful participation, and games research.

🗓️ Wed 22 Oct, 12–1pm (UK) • Online

🔗 Register: buff.ly/VeZiVl8
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📣Applications for the Policy Associates Scheme 2025/26 now open!
🔗Apply by Sunday 2 November by submitting your CV and short application form here: buff.ly/FU8P0GD

Join us and make a real impact on policy development! 🌍

#PhDJobs #PolicyJobs #ResearchImpact #PublicPolicy
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌟 Great to see Alistair Sackley’s important contribution on technology policy and governance featured in Tech Policy Press.

🔗 Read the full article here: buff.ly/jt9qZY9
#AI #TechPolicy #PublicPolicy #DigitalSovereignty
Britain Doesn’t Need a $1 Trillion Company; It Needs a Trillion-dollar System | TechPolicy.Press
Alistair Sackley argues that the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal trades sovereignty for dependency under the guise of growth and trillion-dollar ambitions.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM