Sentences with phrase «with policy backgrounds»

We believed it was important for people with policy backgrounds to stay connected with those working in science and technology.

Likewise, individuals with policy backgrounds can help others understand the vagaries of public policy.

Well, of course, it doesn't, as we non-climate scientists with a policy background keep reiterating.

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«Part of that is conversation about policy, where are we going to go with gun safety, background checks, those are real conversations we need to have.»

Karen Born, a researcher at a Toronto hospital who began with a master's in international health policy, says some of her colleagues even have backgrounds in criminology and the arts.

If you're an economist with a background in academic and policy research — which Kevin Hassett is — then becoming chair of the Council of Economic Advisers is pretty much a dream job.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

Against that background, one might justifiably ask whether it makes sense to have one economy (the United States) in a tightening monetary policy cycle, while the other (eurozone) presses on with its more accommodative easing program.

Against this background, we believe ECB President Mario Draghi will likely persuade his colleagues to continue with current accommodative policies and resist calls to adopt a more hawkish line.

Clare brings her public policy, strategic communications, and political background to her work with Navigator clients.

Karen's background in public policy, communications, strategic planning, and issues management is founded on previous roles with Spectra Energy's Canadian LNG group, Westport Innovations, the United States Consulate General (Vancouver), and the Business Council of British Columbia.

Christianity Today online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey spoke with Rubio about his diverse faith background, how his faith influences his policy positions, and why Christians should be involved in the public square.

She has an educational background in environmental policy and enjoys drawing on this experience for her work on with the SCA on sustainability issues and her role at Counter Culture.

Kate began with Wine Institute and CSWA in 2012, and combines both her educational background in sustainable agriculture and her experience working on agricultural and environmental policy in Washington, DC.

Tanya comes to the position with a strong background in competition, energy and economics policy and regulation having worked in various roles at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

According to the revised policy, discipline will be issued by a league office executive with a background in criminal justice, who will assume the position of Special Counsel for Investigations and Conduct.

SCHAUMBURG — The Schaumburg Park District Board of Commissioners is moving ahead with plans to establish a policy of routine background checks on Park District volunteers.

Policy wonks from a variety of political backgrounds have sought to generalize this concept to establish a «universal basic income» that everyone gets simply for being alive paid for with tax funds.

«Imagine, for example, tailored advertisements created for individual «swing voters» (selected automatically through profiling), pointing out a party's positive steps in the policy areas that are most likely to interest them (also selected automatically), omitting those areas where party policy doesn't fit, and couching it in a language appropriate to the individual's ethnic, educational, cultural and linguistic background, illustrated with a few appropriate news TV clips, and playing background music exactly to the individual's taste and voiced over by an actor that profiling reveals that individual likes?

Even as he voiced support for proposals generally backed by Democrats — including expanded background checks and raising the age limit to 21 for some gun buyers — the president peppered his remarks with inaccurate facts about mass shootings and gun policy.

The Trump administration last night proposed providing some school personnel with «rigorous» firearms training and backed a bill to improve criminal background checks on gun buyers, but backpedaled on the idea of increasing the minimum age to buy certain firearms — a policy President Donald Trump had said he would support.

But although John McDonnell (JMD) started well on this it has not been properly developed, with policy remaining thin and with little direct background support from articles, or papers, although this is true of most other policy areas.

Become open to learning about the law and policies pertaining to your office and ask questions often, and partner with local universities» academic as they know more about your ministerial needs and guides understand the domestic culture than an expatriate of Euro / American background.

Aled Roberts claimed the news as a vindication of his party's decision to prioritise the Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) in budget negotiations with the Welsh Government, a policy that targets resources at pupils from deprived backgrounds to improve their attainment.

U.S. Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, a longtime donor and activist with an extensive history of funding school reform initiatives, was grilled on a plethora of educational policies and her financial background Tuesday evening during her confirmation hearing before a U.S. Senate committee.

Background on the Warm Front and the successor scheme: Since 2000, when the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme was re-branded as Warm Front, with substantial additional funding and the introduction of heating measures to supplement insulation works, the scheme has formed a major element in fuel poverty policy.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

It is against this background that we have constantly repeated our call on the government to implement a comprehensive employment policy for Persons with Disability (PWDs) to ensure that PWDs especially graduates are gainfully employed but to no avail.

Avella's concern has been echoed by other parents and school advocates, who have complained that Bloomberg's selections for the school boss spot have revealed a preference for businessmen and women rather than those with a background in education policy.

Katz said that being the city's top financial officer not only requires the steady hand of someone with a firm financial background, but the gusto to push for and effectuate positive change in city policy — both qualities she says she has.

Meyer suggests that those with a background in pure science take a course in science journalism, science policy, economics, or management to broaden their viewpoints.

When I finally chose to pursue policy, these experiences gave me confidence in my ability to communicate with people in different fields, with different backgrounds, and with varied expertise.

Foster urged ambassadors interested in getting involved in public policy at a local, state or national level to pursue that route, saying scientists and those with technical backgrounds can have a positive impact at any level.

In addition, Brito also recommends that policies and programs accommodate children from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, as children learning two languages do so in a variety of different contexts and with different caregivers.

Cutting congressional staff, especially those with technical backgrounds, could weaken lawmakers already poor ability to understand and grapple with difficult topics, such as financial markets and climate policy, says William Hooke, director of policy programs with the American Meteorological Society in Washington, D.C. «This is a really negative thing,» he says.

Policy fellows with a background in engineering / computational sciences / mathematics have much to contribute and gain from the fellowship experience.

Support for requiring background checks for all gun sales remained high, with 85 percent of gun owners and 83 percent of non-owners favoring the policy.

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Join us July 10 at 2:00 pm EDT for a one - hour live chat session for your chance to ask current and alumni fellows with similar discipline backgrounds about their fellowship experience, and get answers to your questions about the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship program and application process for the 2015 - 16 fellowship class.

To implement this research, we have assembled an interdisciplinary team of experts with backgrounds in medicine, genetic testing policy and practice, health communication, genetic counseling, health psychology, health law, bioethics, and web survey design.

However, University policy requires volunteers to have a current background check on file with the Observatory before volunteering with the public.

With a background in policy and in business, Tara's vision, passion, and activism fuel Follain's growth, and it's mission of improving the health and lives of others.

The policy will mirror how Bumble handles nudity in photos and will only provide an exemption for users with military or law enforcement backgrounds who post pictures of themselves carrying firearms in uniform.

The felon was prevented from communicating with members due to TRUE's proactive policy that requires background screenings on all of its communicating members.

If an Internet dating service conducts criminal background screenings, then the service shall disclose whether it has a policy allowing a member who has been identified as having a criminal conviction to have access to its service to communicate with any New Jersey member; shall state that criminal background screenings aren't foolproof; that they may give members a false sense of security; that they aren't a perfect safety solution; that criminals may circumvent even the most sophisticated search technology; that not all criminal records are public in all states and not all databases are up to date; that only publicly available convictions are included in the screening; and that screenings don't cover other types of convictions or arrests or any convictions from foreign countries.

Schwartz, who chaired the seminar, and Johnson, who prepared the background paper for the meeting, met with 25 policymakers, researchers and practitioners from eight countries to exchange policy ideas geared toward creating a high - quality teaching force.

A Trump administration will surely have some such players, but is likely as well to bring in people who are newcomers to federal government with backgrounds that are not traditional to education management and policy.

To do this, she utilized her own expertise in youth development and educational psychology, while building collaborations with colleagues with strong backgrounds in research, best practice, and policy on national levels.

With a steady background in writing and articulating public opinion; the author has been a frequent national and international representative to events of human rights and policy significance and contributed academic papers and ideas to many a seminar, conference and workshop in recent years.

«Bringing people together from various backgrounds with a common goal to impact the world through policy, research, and practice is powerful.