In conjunction with Newcastle University Policy Academy and Northumbria University Community of Policy Practice, INE is proud to oversee INE Associates: a growing programme designed to support, develop and champion knowledge exchange across the academic-policy ecosystem in the North East.

We’re expanding the reach of INE Associates! This will further help us to develop a network of people who value greater connection between research and policy, and are willing to advocate for this aim.

The programme is now open to:

• colleagues from Northumbria and Newcastle Universities with an interest in linking their work to local policy agendas. We’re looking for research, professional service and technical staff from a wide range of disciplines whose research could be relevant to the activities and needs of different policymakers in the North East.
• colleagues working in local government and public sector organisations across the North East. We’re looking for staff who are enthusiastic about policy development, review and practice — not just those with the word ‘policy’ in their job title. Our geographic reach is roughly mapped onto that of the North East Combined Authority (covering the seven local authority areas of County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland), but we’re also open to interest from those working outside the region.