These opportunities and resources have been compiled by UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit (KEU) to help you understand how to engage with Parliament as a researcher.

Take a look at the KEU’s webhub of information and resources for researchers.

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Select committees currently accepting written evidence (compiled 16 July 2025)

Please click the title of any inquiry listed below to be taken to a summary of that inquiry and the full call for evidence. Remember that you don’t have to answer every question posed in each call for evidence.

New calls for evidence:

All other inquiries currently accepting written evidence:

*Please note that contributing to the Fan-Led Review of Music involves completing a survey rather than submitting written evidence.

Why should I engage? Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invitation to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.  

What should I expect? All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages.

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here  
Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees
Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees

Get the inside scoop from Sarah CB

Your summer listening plans just got a whole lot more exciting. Catch the KEU’s own Sarah Carter-Bell on the Research Unravelled podcast – out now.

Tune in to find out more about the KEU and what we do to bridge the gap between research and policy. You’ll hear from Sarah on the key research users in Parliament, her top tips for sharing your research with policy audiences and some real life examples of successful knowledge exchange between researchers and Parliament.

You can find Sarah’s episode here, and on most podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. We’re always keen to hear what information-sharing formats you find helpful, so if you find the podcast useful, please do get in touch and let us know.

Why should I engage? Our training resources offer a unique opportunity to learn more about the UK Parliament and how it uses research. We share practical information and advice on how to engage with Parliament as a researcher, including details on select committees, the House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries, POST, and working with individual parliamentarians.

More information: Listen to Sarah Carter-Bell on the Research Unravelled podcast here, or on your preferred podcast platform. You can also find recordings of previous training webinars here.

Coming up in POST this summer

While Parliament is in recess, the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) will be continuing to work on new research. We expect POST to announce new topics for research briefings in the next few weeks, for which they’ll be seeking researcher contributions.

POST produces impartial briefings on topical issues where the research evidence is emerging or particularly complex, covering science and social science, from health and the environment to housing and computing. Though their research topics fall into these categories, POST are interested in all research perspectives, so don’t be put off contributing if you are not a scientist or a social scientist.

POSTnotes are widely used by MPs, members of the House of Lords, and parliamentary staff to understand complex research ahead of debates, to inform select committee inquiries and to find experts. Just last week, POST’s briefing on the use of artificial intelligence in education delivery and assessment was cited in a debate on generative AI in schools. POST research was referenced by both Labour MP, Helen Hayes, and Liberal Democrat MP, Zöe Franklin.

If you listened to Sarah CB’s podcast, you’ll know that it took one researcher just 8 minutes to get cited in a POSTnote, so contributing to a POST’s work can be a really efficient way to get your research in front of parliamentarians. We’ll be sending out a special announcement during recess, so look out for an update in your inbox over the summer on opportunities to engage with POST. In the meantime, you can get up to speed on contributing to POST’s work here.

Why should I engage? POSTnotes are used by Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords and UK Parliament staff to navigate complex research. Contributing to a POSTnote is a good way of feeding your expertise into the UK Parliament as part of a trusted, impartial publication. All contributors are acknowledged when the POSTnote is published. On publication, you and your organisation’s communications team will be notified to publicise the POSTnote and your contribution. Therefore, your contribution can help raise your profile and promote your research. 

What should I expect? All submissions will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response. To stay informed, we encourage you to sign up to their alerts to follow its progress.

More information: Find out more about contributing to a POSTnote as an expert. For queries about POST or POSTnotes contact POST.

Reminder: UKRI policy internships

Funded placements are available to current or recent PhD students to intern at UK Parliament within POST, a select committee, or the House of Commons or House of Lords Libraries. An online information session will be held on Thursday 3 July for prospective applicants. Email post@parliament.uk to book to attend the information session.

These internships are part of the wider UKRI scheme: view the full range of hosts for the Policy Internships scheme – it includes parliamentary teams, government departments and non-governmental bodies, learned societies and other organisations. Look through the detailed information about all the UKRI Policy Internships. Or access more information on the internships based in POST. Information on the funding arrangements is in the applicant guidance (Annex A).

Knights of knowledge exchange

Parliament’s Robing Room does what it says on the tin – it’s where the King dons the Imperial State Crown and ceremonial robes ahead of the State Opening of Parliament. It’s also home to a series of paintings by William Dyce depicting King Arthur and his court, representing the chivalric values of hospitality, generosity, mercy, religion and courtesy. Two further frescoes for fidelity and courage were planned but never completed. Like Dyce, we’re taking inspiration from Arthurian legend to help you think about how best to frame your research for a policy audience. 

So what? 
 
Picture the scene. MPs are gathering to debate the hot topic of the day: a sword vital to determining the rightful future sovereign of England is apparently irretrievably embedded in a stone. You, a researcher at Galahad University, have relevant research to inform the debate which you plan to share with participating MPs. One technique you could use to contextualise your research for parliamentarians and policy officials, is to frame it as ‘problem and solution’. Here are some examples of what that might look like: 

  1. Instead of saying ‘I specialise in the chemical properties of metal and the liquefaction point of steel in high pressure environments’, you could say ‘my research shows that melting the sword in a controlled environment would be a cost-efficient means of removing it from the stone.’  
  2. Instead of saying ‘here’s my paper on artificial replication of rapid erosion of rock formations in the wider Camelot region’, you could say ‘my findings (attached) show the stone could be broken down to free the sword in a matter of months by recreating conditions which cause rapid degradation of rocks in Camelot’.  
  3. Instead of saying ‘I’d like to offer my expertise in global political systems of sovereignty’, you could say ‘happy to discuss my policy brief outlining alternative systems for identifying rightful monarchs which could be adopted to bypass the need to separate sword and stone altogether’ 

In these examples, the policy issue is the ‘problem’, and your research is re-framed as part of the ‘solution’. And finally – we sincerely apologise to any chemists, geologists, or political scientists who are mortified by today’s fact. 

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