Following on from yesterday’s blog, we continue our look back at some of our favourite posts of the year and how they reflect key concerns within public and social policy … House prices continued to rise No political party properly […]
With 2015 fast approaching, we look back at some of our favourite posts of the year and how they reflect key concerns within public and social policy … Evidence became a buzz word Centrally-driven schemes to promote evidence use, […]
[slideshare id=42637216&w=476&h=400&sc=no] Tim Allen is from the Local Government Knowledge Navigator project which aims to find ways to bring local government and the research community together so that research is useful to and used by local authorities. This presentation is […]
[slideshare id=42560213&doc=sarahjennings-141210054016-conversion-gate01] Sarah Jennings is Director of Digital and Community Engagement at CapacityGrid Knowledge Hub. This presentation was given at the ‘Investing in knowledge – improving services and decision-making‘ conference last week. It discusses the important role of social platforms […]
By Alex Thomas Chancellor George Osborne’s 2014 Autumn Statement was delivered at 12.30 GMT today in the House of Commons. The Autumn Statement is an opportunity for the Chancellor to update MPs on the Government’s plans for the economy based […]
By Donna Gardiner Pay accounts for a large proportion of public sector expenditure and so it’s perhaps unsurprising that in the current context of ‘do more with less’, there has been renewed interest in using pay to help drive performance […]
Welcome to the third of our blog series in the run up to our Conference, looking at our experiences and how we invest in knowledge, I interviewed Kim Ryley, who is speaking at our London event on the 10 December. Kim Ryley has 35 […]
Welcome to the second of our blog series in the run up to our Conference, looking at how we invest in knowledge, this time with Sarah Jennings, Director of Digital and Community Engagement at CapacityGrid. She’s responsible for the Knowledge Hub, an […]
In the first of our blog series in the run up to our Conference, looking at our experiences and how we invest in knowledge, I interviewed Clive Grace, who is speaking at our Glasgow event on the 3rd December. He is […]
By Stephen Lochore Preventative policy and spending aim to address the root causes of social and economic problems. In public policy, it’s most commonly applied in the fields of health and social care, early years education, welfare and criminal justice […]