The IPR Policy Fellowship Programme
Renew and reinvigorate your professional thinking by spending time with world-class academics at the University of Bath.
About the Programme
This Programme is for senior decision-makers from government, industry and the third sector. It offers Fellows fresh perspectives on the policy questions they are looking to address in their day-to-day professional roles.
The Programme is structured around tailored one-to-one meetings with selected academics. The meetings take place over a period of between one and three days at the University.
Why choose Bath
The University performs cutting-edge research with international impact across our four faculties: Science; Engineering & Design; Humanities & Social Sciences and the School of Management.
The University’s interdisciplinary expertise provides perspectives which inform key areas of policy, including healthcare, energy and sustainability, social policy, innovation, education, international development and many others. In addition, our School of Management is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive management schools.
Drawing on the insights of our experts forms an important part of the Policy Fellowship experience. Our research informs new approaches to organisational management and service delivery, enhances professional and corporate practice and supports changes in policy.
Engaging with academics across the University inspires Policy Fellows with new ideas and perspectives. In this way the Policy Fellowship Programme drives innovation, helping Fellows apply new tools, models and frameworks to improve the ways in which policy is developed and delivered.
There is no charge for participating in the Policy Fellowship Programme.
What Fellows can expect from the Programme
The schedule for each visit will be different, but there are some basic elements which will remain the same for all of our Fellows.
Tailoring your Policy Fellowship experience
We will have an initial discussion with you, in advance of your visit, about your areas of interest and motivations for taking part. We will ask you to prepare between six and eight policy questions around which you would like to focus your discussions, and also provide us with a brief note on your background and current role.
What to expect during your visit
Using your questions as a framework, we will arrange a series of hour-long, one-to-one meetings with academics whose work is relevant to your policy area. Not all the people you meet with will be working directly in your area, or able to give specific answers to your questions. They will all, however, be able to engage in a thought-provoking discussion which will stimulate your, and their, thinking.
You will get access to a quiet space to work between meetings and you will have access to the University of Bath Library during your visit and for two years following your initial visit.
Additional benefits
You will be assigned a point of contact at the IPR who you can call on to facilitate future meetings or collaborations with University academics.
By completing the programme you will join an elite group of IPR Policy Fellow alumni.
How to apply
We select Fellows based on their professional role, the policy challenges they wish to address and whether these can be matched to expertise we have across our four faculties.
To apply, please email ipr@bath.ac.uk with details including:
- your current professional role
- your reasons for applying to the Fellowship
- the questions you want to explore through the Fellowship
- your availability for visiting Bath to meet researchers
- a short biography