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Idox sponsors RTPI research excellence awards

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Idox is pleased once again to be supporting the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence for 2016.

The awards are intended to:

  • recognise the best spatial planning research from Royal Town Planning Institute accredited planning schools
  • highlight the implications of academic research for policy and practice
  • recognise the valuable contribution of planning consultancies to planning research
  • promote planning research generally

Submitted research and its potential implications for planning policy and practice can relate to anywhere in the world (not just the UK and Ireland).  The five award categories are:

  • Academic Award
  • Early Career Researcher Award
  • Student Award
  • Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement
  • Planning Consultancy Award

As the UK’s leading provider of planning and building control solutions to local authorities, Idox actively engages with issues affecting the planning profession. Here at the Idox Information Service, we see our core mission as improving decision making in public policy, by improving access to research and evidence, and we are proud to be playing a part in these awards to promote academic, researcher and student excellence in this area.

This is the second time that Idox has given its support to the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. In 2015, we sponsored the Student Award, won by Emma Thorpe, a student in the School of Planning and Geography at Cardiff University. Idox also sponsored the Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement Award, won by Dr Paul Cowie from Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Next month, Paul Cowie will be making a guest contribution to our blog to describe the impact of winning the RTPI award.

This year, Idox will again be sponsoring the Student and Wider Engagement awards, as well as the Planning Consultancy award.

The closing date for applications to the awards is 31 May 2016. Further information and application forms are available here.

The Idox Information Service is the first port of call for information and knowledge on public and social policy and practice. For 40 years the service has been saving its members time and money, and helping them to make more informed decisions, improve frontline services and understand the policy environment. For more information see: http://informationservice.idoxgroup.com

In partnership with RTPI, the Idox Information Service has introduced an individual membership offer, which provides a 30% discount on the normal price.

Idox sponsors RTPI research excellence awards

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rtpi_awards_for_research_excellence_logo_300x208We are very pleased to be supporting the new RTPI Awards for Research Excellence this year, recognising and promoting high quality spatial planning research. We see our core mission as improving decision making in public policy, by improving access to research and evidence, and we are proud to be playing a part in these awards to promote academic, researcher and student excellence in this area.

The awards are open to all accredited planning schools, and submitted research and its potential implications for planning policy and practice can relate to anywhere in the world (not just the UK and Ireland).

Andrew Riley, Managing Director of Idox’s Public Sector and Information Solutions Division, said:

“Idox is proud to be supporting both the Student Award and the Wider Engagement Award. We have worked for over 40 years to promote excellence in research and to ensure that the latest thinking is accessible to planning students, practitioners and academics through the Idox Knowledge Exchange and its Information Service. From creating better homes and regenerating cities to protecting our natural environment, planners help make better places and these awards continue to highlight how this vital work is based on sound evidence and best practice.”

The Idox Information Service is sponsoring the prizes for both the student award and the Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement. Both these awards are close to our heart, as we seek to help those starting their planning career and support those wishing to ensure stronger engagement with audiences beyond academia.

The prizes are:

  • Student Award – One year’s subscription to the Idox Information Service and an iPad mini.
  • Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement – One paid conference fee bursary (conference fee and/or reasonable travel and expenses) to a practitioner or policy-focused conference (up to the value of £350).

The closing date for entries for all the awards is 31st May 2015.

You can find out more about the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence here and how to apply here.

The Idox Information Service has also introduced a new individual membership offer in partnership with RTPI which offers a 30% discount on the normal price.