Donna Ward, Director of Strategic Policy in the Department for Education, launches Policy Lab's new prospectus. From catalytic interventions to ambitious system change, read on to find out about Policy Lab's methods, offer and impact.
When the Head of the Policy Profession, on this blog, states that ‘open policy making is about bringing expert thought, challenge, and innovation into our policy processes’ it seems churlish to say ‘yes, but what does that mean?’. Expertise, and …
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...from the '3Ds' (design, data and digital) on policy issues For the programme: to beat 2014's total of over 1,700 people directly met or talked to inside and outside the...
...Around 30 interviews, site visits and mystery shopping with people directly involved in family mediation, separation, divorce, court and related public services In depth ethnographic interviews with six mediators and...
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...must first imagine it is possible. This is where Labs around the world like us are experimenting with the art of the possible. As the pioneer behind the graphical user...
...should take. Here are the results of the workshop. http://www.slideshare.net/Openpolicymaking/ppsu-lab-lightwriteupcompressed Are the ‘moments of truth’ and ‘hot spots’ on the characters’ learning journeys ones you recognise? Do the hopes...
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...are investing money into actually work, and the ‘What Works’ initiative seeks to address this, covering policy areas with £200 billion of public spending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InVG-0lZQtw Five of the six...
...contrasted the What Works approach with the ‘policy-based evidence making’ that has, historically, often characterised government. He felt that we were at the beginning of an ‘immensely fruitful journey’. He...