The Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub

📢 EPIC Futures NI 2025 is hosting “Inform, Influence, Inspire” on Nov 26 in Derry~Londonderry!

A full day of insights, evidence, and action on inclusive employment and skills policy in Northern Ireland.

🔗 https://ow.ly/2OWw50XhqsJ

Inform, Influence, Inspire: EPIC Futures NI 2025 Findings & Insights for Policy and Practice

📅 Wednesday 26 November 2025
🕣 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 The Great Hall, Guildhall, Derry~Londonderry

https://ow.ly/kwZg50Xof9Y

Valuing What Matters: Reclaiming Social Value for System Change

@markswift.bsky.social's policy brief argues that social value must be reclaimed as a driver of system change rather than reduced to compliance exercises.

Read more - lpiphub.bham.ac.uk/valuing-what...

In a new series of Blogs, we look at our new LPIP Hub Fellows.

This week's introduction blog is from Kevin Fenning, an economic and policy consultant who has spent the past 20 years working with local and national government.

https://ow.ly/lOnm50XnKXb

In a new series of Blogs, we look at our new LPIP Hub Fellows.

Joseph Owen, Research Fellow from the University of Southampton, introduces the work he has planned during his place fellowship for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub.

https://ow.ly/E0P050XoeTf

Are you a researcher, policymaker or professional working in the field of AI?

Come along to this dedicated networking session with Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) to expand your network and build new relationships.

⏲️ 19 November | 12pm | Online

https://ow.ly/BmNf50Xmpoe

In a new series of Blogs, we look at our new LPIP Hub Fellows.

Joseph Owen, Research Fellow from the University of Southampton, introduces the work he has planned during his place fellowship for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub.

https://ow.ly/E0P050XoeTf

In a new series of Blogs, we look at our new LPIP Hub Fellows.

This week's introduction blog is from Kevin Fenning, an economic and policy consultant who has spent the past 20 years working with local and national government.

https://ow.ly/lOnm50XnKXb

In a new series of Blogs, we look at our new LPIP Hub Fellows.

This week's introduction blog is from Kevin Fenning, an economic and policy consultant who has spent the past 20 years working with local and national government.

https://ow.ly/lOnm50XnKXb

Inform, Influence, Inspire: EPIC Futures NI 2025 Findings & Insights for Policy and Practice

📅 Wednesday 26 November 2025
🕣 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 The Great Hall, Guildhall, Derry~Londonderry

https://ow.ly/kwZg50Xof9Y

🎙️ New #Placecast episode!

Mark Swift urges us to rescue imagination from fatalism—and use it to create, innovate, and solve problems.

🔗 Listen now: https://ow.ly/V0TB50XgbEF

#PlaceLeadership #SocialChange

Breaking the ‘Pretty Poverty’ Myth in Cornwall

Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope explores how Cornwall’s scenic beauty masks deep-rooted deprivation that the government measurement, the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019, systematically underestimates.

https://ow.ly/xlVb50XjMEK

Are you a researcher, policymaker or professional working in the field of AI?

Come along to this dedicated networking session with Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) to expand your network and build new relationships.

⏲️ 19 November | 12pm | Online

https://ow.ly/BmNf50Xmpoe

📢 New from the LPIP Hub: a case study on collaborative employment policy in Liverpool City Region from Sue Jarvis.

It’s a great example of how local partnerships can drive innovation and inclusive growth. Co-designed solutions, shared learning, and real impact.

🔗 https://ow.ly/H8FS50XhnWV

📢 EPIC Futures NI 2025 is hosting “Inform, Influence, Inspire” on Nov 26 in Derry~Londonderry!

A full day of insights, evidence, and action on inclusive employment and skills policy in Northern Ireland.

🔗 https://ow.ly/2OWw50XhqsJ

Breaking the ‘Pretty Poverty’ Myth in Cornwall

Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope explores how Cornwall’s scenic beauty masks deep-rooted deprivation that the government measurement, the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019, systematically underestimates.

https://ow.ly/xlVb50XjMEK

Breaking the ‘Pretty Poverty’ Myth in Cornwall

Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope explores how Cornwall’s scenic beauty masks deep-rooted deprivation that the government measurement, the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019, systematically underestimates.

https://ow.ly/xlVb50XjMEK

🎲 Ever wondered how local authorities secure funding for your town?

Join us at The Exchange on 5 Nov for a hands-on simulation game exploring the challenges of place-based funding as part of the #ESRCFestival of Social Science.

📍 Birmingham
🕚 11:00–16:00

🔗 https://ow.ly/2cjr50XieZ8

Are you a researcher, policymaker or professional working in the field of AI?

Come along to this dedicated networking session with Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) to expand your network and build new relationships.

⏲️ 19 November | 12pm | Online

https://ow.ly/BmNf50Xmpoe

📢 EPIC Futures NI 2025 is hosting “Inform, Influence, Inspire” on Nov 26 in Derry~Londonderry!

A full day of insights, evidence, and action on inclusive employment and skills policy in Northern Ireland.

🔗 https://ow.ly/2OWw50XhqsJ

Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈

Rebecca opens the floor to questions for Jo Allison as the panel closes🔈

Rebecca asks how can funders better support the locally led partnerships?

Jo discusses how Des mentioned reversing the relationship with funders is important.

The ability to make a difference is so rewarding.

She says how identifying and breaking down challenges in smaller places is important and the shared collaboration approach.

Rebecca passes to Jo, asking how the hub shapes UKRI priorities?

She says how the shared learning is critical as they go forward and how to influence back into government.

They can really think about how they can take project funding and the challenges that smaller areas face.

She continues to say how important secondments are and how they have really helped her and supported her learning.

She says how being open to conversations and opportunities is beneficial and valuable.

Abigail says how she agrees how rewarding the research is. She says how interesting the projects are but it does take time to build partnerships and you have to nurture these relationships.

It is essential to have the funding to be able to make the most out of these partnerships.

Last question to Des and Abigail, Rebecca asks what advice would yoy give?

Des says how in terms of people wanting to look at how they take forward place-based research, to do it! It is exciting to work with people external to academics, you pick up skills and it can be very rewarding.

Having more capacity has really helped, the fellows are able to take on and develop the programme further for elements she personally doesn’t have capacity for anymore as her role has grown.

Rebecca passes back to Abigail and asks what challenges has she faced.

She says how recruiting the fellows was a challenge, it took longer to identify the contracting process. This allowed conversations to happen and ask what the wanted to do and the burning questions that we need answered.