Public Leadership Programme Application

There are three sections to the application process. We would encourage you to write and save your answers in a separate document and then paste them into the application form to ensure you don’t lose them. Answers should be your own and not those of an LLM. Please fill out your contact details before answering the application questions and completing the data gathering section. The application questions are:

1. Who is your favourite contemporary thinker that deserves more mainstream attention and why? (100 words)
2. What do you want to be doing in 5 years’ time, and how do you hope the Programme will help? (200 words) – no bonus point for humility
3. How has your worldview developed over time? Feel free to mention thinkers, books, political leaders, or anyone else that has influenced you. (400 words)
4. What have you achieved that is unusual for your peer group? (300 words) – interpret ‘unusual’ however you wish
5. What, if any, experience do you have of politics, campaigning, government or influencing policy? What have you learned from this? (300 words)
6. What are the three most important policy challenges that aren’t receiving enough focus in Westminster? (300 words)
7. What important truth do very few people agree with you on? (100 words)

You need only submit one application for the Fellowship or Public Leadership Programme. If we think you’re better suited to the other programme, we’ll consider your application for that too.