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William Plowden Fellowship in Public Policy

Do you want to challenge conventional wisdom?

Then apply for the first William Plowden Fellowship in Public Policy. Spending three months away from your current work you will be able to reflect on a pressing issue of public policy, challenge the way the system works and inject new ideas into the debate.

The overarching theme will be the role of good governance in supporting innovation and achieving positive social impacts. If you are successful you will be based at either the Department of Government at the London School of Economics or the Third Sector Research Centre, Birmingham-Southampton. You will produce a report and present a lecture to an invited and influential audience.

All reasonable expenses will be met and some additional financial support might be available in exceptional circumstances. If want to raise your profile by engaging in a topic you are passionate about, then visit this link to apply today.

Closing date: 14th December 2012; shortlisting by 8th January, interviews late January 2013. Tenure will start in Spring 2013.

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