The Knowledge Exchange Blog
Top 5 crowdsourcing initiatives in government: better engagement with citizens
Image by Sebastiaan ter Burg via Creative Commons
By Steven McGinty
The first mention of ‘crowdsourcing’ was in ….
Ecotherapy in practice: nature based mental health care
Ecotherapy, also known as nature-based or green care is an alternative therapy for people suffering from mental health issues. It can be delivered as an individual treatment or in combination with traditional medicinal and talking-based treatments. Charities and research has ….
Budget 2016 – 5 messages for local government
By Heather Cameron
Last week George Osborne revealed the details of his 2016 Budget, at the centre of which was a major deterioration of the ….
Irish eyes aren’t smiling: how a change in policy on charges for water brought thousands onto the streets
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Domestic water charges might seem an unlikely issue to mobilise a nation. But in the Republic of Ireland, water charging has provoked ….
Is the total academisation of schools in England a good idea?
by Stacey Dingwall
In one of the major announcements made as part of last week’s Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, declared that all schools in England must become academies ….
