UCL Policy Champions Network

The UCL Policy Champions Network is a grass-roots group of researchers, academics, and professional services staff from across UCL.

Champions act as ambassadors for academic-policy engagement within their own research community and across UCL.

Policy Champions contribute to the work of UCL Public Policy, by promoting public policy within their departments and sharing best practices across the Network.

Champions support the mission by

1. Promoting public policy within and beyond your department as a way of championing a culture of policy engagement.
2. Participating by regularly attending PCN Meetings and communicating virtually, sharing own departmental experiences, actively participating in discussions on best practice, taking the opportunity to broaden knowledge of good practice across UCL, and build links with other Policy Champions.
3. Contributing to the UCL Public Policy initiative by actively liaising within departments, with the UCL Public Policy Board and across the PCN on academic-policy engagement; working with UCL Public Policy to identify and meet departments’ needs.
4. Informing peers, being proactive in ensuring that researchers within departments are aware of academic-policy engagement opportunities; acting as a central point of contact to promote the UCL Public Policy initiative, and co-ordinating updates and news items on department policy engagement on behalf of UCL Public Policy for inclusion in communication materials.
5. Sharing with the Network and colleagues, best practice on engaging with policy makers, and/or on methods of collecting information on policy relevant activities. 

Find your departmental Policy Champion