Sarah Chaytor is Director of Strategy & Policy for UCL Research, Innovation & Global Engagement and oversees the UCL Public Policy programme to strengthen connections between research and public policymaking, which she established in 2012.

Sarah is also Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), where she also serves as Director of Programmes for UPEN’s current £6m funding award. She provides strategic leadership for UPEN’s programme of work, co-leads its national brokerage function and works closely with stakeholders to support effective academic-policy engagement across the sector.

Sarah was appointed a Visiting Professor of Practice at Newcastle University in June 2025.