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An unconventional conference on cyber security

Beatrice Andrews, 14 October 2013 - Events, Examples and findings

An unconventional conference run by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) opened up the debate on cyber-security to a global audience.The growth of the internet has transformed our everyday lives. Whilst it has clear economic and social benefits, it opens …

Government joins up to create new traineeships

Beatrice Andrews, 15 August 2013 - News

Who is responsible for supporting young people who are struggling to find employment or apprenticeships? A new Minister with a joint DfE and BIS portfolio wanted the two departments (plus, later, DWP) and four delivery bodies to form a virtual …

Rating health and social care providers for quality

Chris Watson, 12 August 2013 - Examples and findings

The Secretary of State was interested in investigating if ‘Ofsted’ style ratings could be introduced for health and social care providers. This initiative had a challenging history, a mixed evidence base, and it was subject to strong stakeholder opinions.

Creating Social Impact Bonds

Beatrice Andrews, 9 August 2013 - Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques

Ministers and officials at the Department for Work and Pensions were looking for new ways to tackle youth unemployment. Despite receiving a lot of attention in recent years, youth unemployment continued to present a challenge

Using personas to make better policy

Beatrice Andrews, 8 August 2013 - Skills, tools and techniques

Design thinking has becoming an increasingly popular concept with policy makers. But what does it mean? Put simply, it means stepping into the shoes of the user, seeing the world and experiencing it from their point of view. If we …

Co-producing a solution for social work training

Chris Watson, 24 July 2013 - Examples and findings

Colleagues at the Department for Education produced a solution for frontline social work training in collaboration with a social enterprise and pro-bono private sector support. Find out the lessons learnt They approached us with a solution Government was seeking ways …

Achieving consensus on food nutrition labelling

Beatrice Andrews, 24 July 2013 - Examples and findings

The Department of Health wanted to make progress with its efforts to develop recommendations for front-of-pack nutrition labelling. Over nearly ten years, the work had been undermined by significant disagreements between stakeholders.

Tuberculosis testing in Scotland

Chris Watson, 17 April 2013 - Examples and findings

In early 2009, the Animal Health and Welfare Division (AHWD) in the Rural Directorate in the Scottish Government was tasked with developing a policy to achieve “Officially TB Free (OTF) status” for Scotland.

Tackling animal diseases in the developing world together

Beatrice Andrews, 9 April 2013 - Examples and findings

Between 500 and 900 million people living in rural areas of developing countries depend on livestock for food security, nutrition, and transportation. In Africa, up to 50% of cash income is derived from livestock. However approximately 25% of livestock in developing countries die annually from preventable/treatable animal diseases, causing annual losses to national economies ranging from £10million-150million/year.

Dementia challenge: working with champion groups

Beatrice Andrews, 25 March 2013 - Examples and findings

England is at a cross roads. Big advances in average life expectancy mean that people are living longer. This is an extraordinary story of success but also brings many challenges – 1 in 3 people over 65 will develop dementia. 800,000 in the UK already have Dementia and this number will double in the next 30 years. Dementia is already estimated to cost £19bn a year, a huge cost to the economy.

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An unconventional conference on cyber security

Government joins up to create new traineeships

Rating health and social care providers for quality

Creating Social Impact Bonds

Using personas to make better policy

Co-producing a solution for social work training

Achieving consensus on food nutrition labelling

Tuberculosis testing in Scotland

Tackling animal diseases in the developing world together

Dementia challenge: working with champion groups

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