History & Policy

Policy Impact Skills for Historians Workshop 2: Public policy engagement – practice and actors 9.30-10.30am: Session 1 The practice of policy making This session will introduce the landscape of British public-policy making, including the challenges and pressures of realpolitik from the perspective of senior civil servants in HM Treasury and the Department for Education. The opportunities for historians to participate in these processes will be discussed. Richard Bartholomew, former Chief Research Officer at the Department for Education and joint head of the Government Social Research Service. Currently Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education