During this session, participants will learn to write for policy stakeholders, including advice on drafting comment articles and blogs, and Select Committee and Government consultation responses. This session will also focus on building participants’ professional social media profiles and emphasising their expertise online.
Showrunner’s training workshops build the understanding and skills that academics need to effectively achieve policy impact throughout their careers.
This session will be delivered by Nicky Hobbs and Mark Fuller, who are communications, policy, and education specialists, in partnership with Showrunner Communications and the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network.
The session will take part on 31.01.2024, 1pm-3pm.
Mark Fuller, Managing Director, Showrunner Communications
Mark is a senior communications professional with two decades' experience across multiple sectors, including significant time in higher education. He’s held leadership positions in two think tanks, a multinational transport operator, an independent higher education provider and a membership group of the UK’s most prestigious universities. Throughout 2020 Mark ran all Covid-19 communications for Queen Mary University of London, winning national attention for research on the pandemic and the institution’s response to the crisis.
As a consultant he’s run programmes and advised c-suite leaders at dozens of private, public and third sector organisations and led the Higher Education practices at Linstock Communications and Communications Management. He also chaired the Board of UpReach, a social enterprise that works with universities to unlock career opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
An established thought leader, Mark has expertise in education and skills, social mobility, local government and public transport policy. He has been published by think tanks, written for trade and national press and appeared on national television and radio.
Nicky Hobbs
Nicky is a communications and engagement leader with over two decades of experience, She has run programmes and led teams for multiple private and public sector organisations.
Nicky has led award-winning communications departments in two Russell Group universities; UCL and Queen Mary and stakeholder engagement at a Government department. At Queen Mary, Nicky led communications for the ground-breaking City of London Institute of Technology which opened in 2022. As a consultant, she has led engagement campaigns for multiple social enterprises and charities and has significant expertise in developing high-impact digital content with a focus on higher and further education.