How to guides

Making an impact with your research

• Parliament for Researchers: online training session videos - recordings of training sessions about how to work with Parliament as a researcher, available for academic researchers, early career researchers, PhD students and knowledge mobilisers (each approximately 30 minutes long)
• Research, Impact and the UK Parliament - one pager on who uses research in Parliament and how is it used
• Getting your Research into Parliament - infographic on how research feeds into Parliament and tips for making connections
  Infographic coproduced by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis Group and Sense about Science (this work is licensed under a CC-BY NC License)
• A Short Guide to Producing Research to Support the Work of UK Parliament - three page guide on producing research so as to be useful for Parliament; from drafting a project proposal to disseminating findings
• Knowledge Exchange and Legislatures - four page briefing coproduced with the devolved legislatures detailing why and how to conduct knowledge exchange with legislatures. Situated on page relating to the Knowledge Exchange Framework and Concordat
• Research Impact and Legislatures - four page briefing coproduced with the devolved legislatures and detailing how to have and demonstrate impact with legislatures. Situated on page relating to the Research Excellence Framework
• Research Impact on Policy - high level eight page briefing presenting the policy landscape, including: legislatures, executive and judiciaries, what they do and how they use research; other policy bodies, from local government to international bodies; and how research can impact on policy

Submitting evidence to a select committee

• Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees
• Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees
• Parliament for Researchers: how to work with select committees video - recording of an online training session about how to work with select committees as a researcher (approximately 30 minutes long)
• Parliament for Researchers: exploring select committee evidence video - recording of an online training session about how select committees use research findings and expertise as evidence, and the role of specialist advisors (approximately 55 minutes long)

Writing a policy brief

• Tips from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology on writing a policy brief
• Parliament for Researchers: how to write for a parliamentary audience video - recording of an online training session about how to write and target a policy briefing for Parliament (approximately 30 minutes long)

Please get in touch with your suggestions for new, useful 'how to' guides. Email: keu@parliament.uk