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Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
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The IPR Policy Fellowship Programme
Explore your professional policy questions and challenges through the IPR Policy Fellowship Programme. Applications for 2025-26 now open.
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Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
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Academics from @uniofbath.bsky.social will take part in #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, starting today. They'll highlight Bath's work to promote sustainability and international climate cooperation on governance and showcase the IPR's ActNowFilm project. Learn more:
University of Bath academics taking part in COP30 to highlight research and ActNow film
The youth-focused ActNowFilm project and Bath research will be on show at COP30
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November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Academics from @uniofbath.bsky.social will take part in #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, starting today. They'll highlight Bath's work to promote sustainability and international climate cooperation on governance and showcase the IPR's ActNowFilm project. Learn more:
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Penny East: Gender Equality at Work: Where Are We Now?
Penny East, CEO of the Fawcett Society, discusses key milestones, ongoing challenges, and the path forward.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Penny East: Gender Equality at Work: Where Are We Now?
Penny East, CEO of the Fawcett Society, discusses key milestones, ongoing challenges, and the path forward.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Mothers still shoulder most of the “mental load”- keeping family life running even when they’re the main earners. New research by @leahruppanner.bsky.social, @anacweeks.bsky.social and @helenkowalewska.bsky.social shows how this blocks gender equality.
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Earning more doesn’t lighten mothers’ mental loads – they do more regardless
New research by Leah Ruppanner, Ana Catalano Weeks and Helen Kowalewska reveals that the “mental load” of managing households still falls mainly on mothers – even when they work full-time or out-ea…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mothers still shoulder most of the “mental load”- keeping family life running even when they’re the main earners. New research by @leahruppanner.bsky.social, @anacweeks.bsky.social and @helenkowalewska.bsky.social shows how this blocks gender equality.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
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The IPR Policy Fellowship Programme
Explore your professional policy questions and challenges through the IPR Policy Fellowship Programme. Applications for 2025-26 now open.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
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Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Penny East: Gender Equality at Work: Where Are We Now?
Penny East, CEO of the Fawcett Society, discusses key milestones, ongoing challenges, and the path forward.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Researchers from the TRUUD project have their work featured in new #WHO case studies series on #UrbanHealth, launched today for #WorldCitiesDay.
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Researchers from the TRUUD project have their work featured in new #WHO case studies series on #UrbanHealth, launched today for #WorldCitiesDay.
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
🚨 🇦🇷 🇺🇸 Argentina’s midterms: President Javier Milei’s win cements his power and marks a resurgence of U.S. influence in Latin America.
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#Argentina #Milei #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #LatinAmerica
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#Argentina #Milei #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #LatinAmerica
Javier Milei’s victory in Argentina’s midterm elections is also a win for Trump
Juan Pablo Ferrero is a Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the University of Bath. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original a…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🚨 🇦🇷 🇺🇸 Argentina’s midterms: President Javier Milei’s win cements his power and marks a resurgence of U.S. influence in Latin America.
Read our latest blog by @juanpabloferrero.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/qO7FjAh
@uk.theconversation.com
#Argentina #Milei #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #LatinAmerica
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#Argentina #Milei #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #LatinAmerica
Earlier this month, Dr Rita Griffiths shared findings from IPR research into parents’ experience of #childcare and #UniversalCredit at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families. Read more about the meeting and research: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Dr Rita Griffiths presents research to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families
IPR Research Fellow Dr Rita Griffiths shared insights into parents’ experiences of Universal Credit at a recent meeting of the APPG.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Earlier this month, Dr Rita Griffiths shared findings from IPR research into parents’ experience of #childcare and #UniversalCredit at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families. Read more about the meeting and research: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Penny East: Gender Equality at Work: Where Are We Now?
Penny East, CEO of the Fawcett Society, discusses key milestones, ongoing challenges, and the path forward.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23
#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Become a guest writer for the IPR blog! Share your expertise, studies, and thoughts to enrich the policy conversation. Help shape the future of public policy by joining us here: buff.ly/ex02R3w #PublicPolicy #PolicyDiscourse
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October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
💡 Learn more: buff.ly/2QVMeNJ
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The IPR Policy Fellowship Programme
Explore your professional policy questions and challenges through the IPR Policy Fellowship Programme. Applications for 2025-26 now open.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Designed for senior policymakers and decision-makers from government and the third sector, our Policy Fellowship Programme offers you the opportunity to explore the policy questions you are looking to address in your professional role.
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Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting @hilarycottam.bsky.social, in conversation with @margaretheffernan.bsky.social. Hilary shared insights from 'The Work We Need' on the value of work that changes with our lives, offers time for caring responsibilities, provides meaning and is tied to place.
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting @hilarycottam.bsky.social, in conversation with @margaretheffernan.bsky.social. Hilary shared insights from 'The Work We Need' on the value of work that changes with our lives, offers time for caring responsibilities, provides meaning and is tied to place.
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Thank you to @uniofbathipr.bsky.social Bath, to Margaret Hefferman and to everyone who joined the conversation and this queue last night #TheWorkWeNeed
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you to @uniofbathipr.bsky.social Bath, to Margaret Hefferman and to everyone who joined the conversation and this queue last night #TheWorkWeNeed
Reform UK’s shift on migration shows how far-right online networks can shape mainstream politics.
Ed Harrison & Prof Olivia Brown examine how “audience capture” on X influences party policy.
Read on the IPR Blog ⬇️
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#DigitalPolitics #ReformUK #IPR
Ed Harrison & Prof Olivia Brown examine how “audience capture” on X influences party policy.
Read on the IPR Blog ⬇️
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#DigitalPolitics #ReformUK #IPR
Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
Reform UK’s sharp turn toward mass deportations marks a striking shift from its earlier rhetoric. In this blog, Ed Harrison and Prof Olivia Brown explore how far-right online networks and anonymous…
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October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reform UK’s shift on migration shows how far-right online networks can shape mainstream politics.
Ed Harrison & Prof Olivia Brown examine how “audience capture” on X influences party policy.
Read on the IPR Blog ⬇️
🔗 buff.ly/VHCtZlj
#DigitalPolitics #ReformUK #IPR
Ed Harrison & Prof Olivia Brown examine how “audience capture” on X influences party policy.
Read on the IPR Blog ⬇️
🔗 buff.ly/VHCtZlj
#DigitalPolitics #ReformUK #IPR
🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined us for “The Work We Need” today. A huge thanks to Hilary Cottam and Margaret Heffernan for an inspiring conversation.
Stay tuned for our next event - visit our eventbrite page here:
Stay tuned for our next event - visit our eventbrite page here:
Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is a leading public policy research institute, based at the University of Bath. We aim to further the public good through research into issues of significant…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined us for “The Work We Need” today. A huge thanks to Hilary Cottam and Margaret Heffernan for an inspiring conversation.
Stay tuned for our next event - visit our eventbrite page here:
Stay tuned for our next event - visit our eventbrite page here:
🔔 We’re now live! Join us for “The Work We Need” with
@hilarycottam.bsky.social & Margaret Heffernan starting now at 18:00 BST.
📍 University of Bath campus
#WorkWeNeed #ChangingWork
@hilarycottam.bsky.social & Margaret Heffernan starting now at 18:00 BST.
📍 University of Bath campus
#WorkWeNeed #ChangingWork
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔔 We’re now live! Join us for “The Work We Need” with
@hilarycottam.bsky.social & Margaret Heffernan starting now at 18:00 BST.
📍 University of Bath campus
#WorkWeNeed #ChangingWork
@hilarycottam.bsky.social & Margaret Heffernan starting now at 18:00 BST.
📍 University of Bath campus
#WorkWeNeed #ChangingWork
📣 Just 1 hour until we kick off “The Work We Need” with Hilary Cottam in conversation with Margaret Heffernan!
⏰ 18:00 UK time | 📍 @uniofbath.bsky.social
Don’t miss this chance to rethink how we work in the 21st century.
Tickets & info → buff.ly/d4Q0dJ8
#WorkWeNeed #FutureOfWork
⏰ 18:00 UK time | 📍 @uniofbath.bsky.social
Don’t miss this chance to rethink how we work in the 21st century.
Tickets & info → buff.ly/d4Q0dJ8
#WorkWeNeed #FutureOfWork
Hilary Cottam: The Work We Need
In conversation with Margaret Heffernan, Hilary Cottam explores how we could work differently and live better.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📣 Just 1 hour until we kick off “The Work We Need” with Hilary Cottam in conversation with Margaret Heffernan!
⏰ 18:00 UK time | 📍 @uniofbath.bsky.social
Don’t miss this chance to rethink how we work in the 21st century.
Tickets & info → buff.ly/d4Q0dJ8
#WorkWeNeed #FutureOfWork
⏰ 18:00 UK time | 📍 @uniofbath.bsky.social
Don’t miss this chance to rethink how we work in the 21st century.
Tickets & info → buff.ly/d4Q0dJ8
#WorkWeNeed #FutureOfWork
STILL TIME TO JOIN US TOMORROW
What kind of work does our society truly need?
Join the us for our latest event - @hilarycottam.bsky.social: The Work We Need, exploring how we can rethink work for wellbeing, equity & social transformation.
📅 October 21 · 6 - 7pm GMT+1
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/J0O4DqX
What kind of work does our society truly need?
Join the us for our latest event - @hilarycottam.bsky.social: The Work We Need, exploring how we can rethink work for wellbeing, equity & social transformation.
📅 October 21 · 6 - 7pm GMT+1
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/J0O4DqX
Hilary Cottam: The Work We Need
In conversation with Margaret Heffernan, Hilary Cottam explores how we could work differently and live better.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
STILL TIME TO JOIN US TOMORROW
What kind of work does our society truly need?
Join the us for our latest event - @hilarycottam.bsky.social: The Work We Need, exploring how we can rethink work for wellbeing, equity & social transformation.
📅 October 21 · 6 - 7pm GMT+1
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/J0O4DqX
What kind of work does our society truly need?
Join the us for our latest event - @hilarycottam.bsky.social: The Work We Need, exploring how we can rethink work for wellbeing, equity & social transformation.
📅 October 21 · 6 - 7pm GMT+1
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/J0O4DqX
🚀 Russia is targeting UK satellites weekly using jamming, shadowing & cyber tactics.
PhD candidate Jessie Hamill-Stewart explores how the UK is strengthening space defences.
Read on the IPR Blog 👇
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#CyberSecurity #SpaceSecurity #UKDefence #Satellites #IPRBlog
PhD candidate Jessie Hamill-Stewart explores how the UK is strengthening space defences.
Read on the IPR Blog 👇
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#CyberSecurity #SpaceSecurity #UKDefence #Satellites #IPRBlog
The UK military says Russia targets its satellites on a weekly basis. What can be done about it?
Russia is reportedly targeting UK military satellites on a weekly basis, using tactics like jamming, shadowing, and cyber-attacks to disrupt communications and gather intelligence. As global tensio…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚀 Russia is targeting UK satellites weekly using jamming, shadowing & cyber tactics.
PhD candidate Jessie Hamill-Stewart explores how the UK is strengthening space defences.
Read on the IPR Blog 👇
buff.ly/Fa2P5op
#CyberSecurity #SpaceSecurity #UKDefence #Satellites #IPRBlog
PhD candidate Jessie Hamill-Stewart explores how the UK is strengthening space defences.
Read on the IPR Blog 👇
buff.ly/Fa2P5op
#CyberSecurity #SpaceSecurity #UKDefence #Satellites #IPRBlog
Are you a University of Bath academic aiming to boost your policy impact? Connect your expertise with policymakers through the BPEA and gain tools to translate research into real-world impact.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Gerontocracy isn’t just about old politicians — it’s about old electorates. Instead of “plural voting,” the real solution is compulsory voting to close turnout gaps and make democracy fairer for all generations.
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An egalitarian answer to gerontocracy
Debates about gerontocracy often focus on the age of leaders, but the deeper issue lies in the age of electorates. Older citizens vote far more than the young, skewing democratic outcomes. This blo…
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October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Gerontocracy isn’t just about old politicians — it’s about old electorates. Instead of “plural voting,” the real solution is compulsory voting to close turnout gaps and make democracy fairer for all generations.
🔗 Read the full blog by @dmk1793.bsky.social :
🔗 Read the full blog by @dmk1793.bsky.social :