Sector and Issues Based Fellowships
The IPT facilitates sector based Fellowships for parliamentarians focusing on specific issues within one or several sectors. Each programme is bespoke to the learning objectives of each parliamentarian and provides an opportunity to develop a holistic understanding surrounding their specific area of interest within a range of organisations.
Sector Based Fellowship
Parliamentarians who wish to develop their understanding of a specific issue which crosses several types of organisation can apply to participate in a sector based Fellowship. The Fellowship is structured around the learning objectives of the parliamentarian and the participant is placed in a series of different organisations of varying size and type across that sector. Parliamentarians can also undertake a Fellowship that addresses an issue crossing several sectors, in skills and apprenticeships for example. Each programme is bespoke to each parliamentarians direct learning objectives. Please see the examples below.
Examples of Sector Based Fellowships
Between 2008 and 2010 Baroness Henig CBE completed a Fellowship investigating Energy Security and Nuclear Energy. She spent time with RWE npower, British Energy (now part of EDF Energy), Westinghouse, Sellafield Ltd, and Muncaster Castle. The Fellowship began with a focus on broad energy security and supply issues with RWE npower and then focussed into nuclear energy.
Baroness Henig stated: “I very much welcomed the evolutionary nature of the Fellowship because it gave me the opportunity to follow up some specific energy issues in depth, whilst also appreciating the wider context in which they [energy companies] operated”.
Nicky Morgan, PPS to David Willetts as Minister of State for Universities and Science is currently undertaking a Fellowship investigating UK manufacturing with a specific focus on access to finance and skills. Nicky is spending time with GKN, GlaxoSmithKline, Thales, and University of Cambridge.
You can find out what parliamentarians are doing on their Fellowships on the Ongoing Fellowships page.