Content

  • Understanding what is public policy, and the range of forms it can take
  • Ability to critique and identify a range of different policy documents, including briefing notes and cabinet submissions
  • Identify when a policy document can be useful, and how they can be enhanced
  • Understand the principles of clear writing
  • Gain a familiarity of the conventions and style of writing for the public sector
  • Using case studies and practical exercises develop your policy writing skills

Outcomes

  • Understand a broad range of different policy documents
  • Practically apply the principles and ideas that shape good policy writing
  • Understand the features of a good policy document
  • Have a practical experience of writing policy

Who Should Attend

This course is pitched public servants who are in mid career/senior roles, such as policy managers, senior policy advisors, and senior managers seeking to develop and improve their policy skills

Benefits to You and Your Organisation

  • Help you produce more effective policy documents
  • How to write documents for a range of different audiences
  • Help improve the quality of policy outputs from your organisation or agency

Learn about our speakers

Dr Rob Manwaring

Senior Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law
Flinders University

Dr Rob Manwaring is a senior lecturer in the College of Business, Law and Government. Rob's background is in public policy, and worked for the UK's Commission for Racial Equality as a senior policy adviser, and also for the South Australian Council of Social Services. Since completing his PhD at Flinders in 2010, he teaches a range of policy and politics topics, and researches into the areas of centre-left political parties, democratic politics, and public policy. Most recently, his edited collection (with Paul Kennedy from the University of Bath) 'Why the Left Loses' (Policy Press) examined the electoral fortunes of the family of centre-left political parties and the ongoing crisis of social democracy.

Tim O’Loughlin

Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law
Flinders University

Tim's professional life started as a political staffer, culminating in his appointment as chief-of-staff to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. This was followed by 15 years in commercial roles in the petroleum sector. He then worked for another 15 years in four different roles in the South Australian Government public service. The last two of these roles were as CEO of the Department of Transport and Urban Development and as Commissioner for Renewable Energy. Tim has been teaching in university public policy schools for the past 12 years.

Duration
9:30am - 4:30pm (9:15am registration)

Inclusions
Workbook, resources, refreshments, morning tea and lunch

Location
12 Pirie Street, Adelaide SA 5000
(room location to be advised closer to date)
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Costs
Personal Member $575
State Govt Employee Member $615
Corporate Member $625
Non-member $725