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Better services: consigning silos to the bin

Posted by: Alec Steel, Posted on: 28 July 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
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Alec Steel from the UK's National Audit Office writes about how important it is to join up policy with the delivery of public services.

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Tensions and resistances in the field of design in policy

Posted by: Jocelyn Bailey, Posted on: 14 July 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A photo of 5 paper mache models of the Earth.Created by Deborah Mason for the On Some Other World project.

Dr Jocelyn Bailey from UAL Social Design Institute reports on what happened at our first AHRC Design and Policy Network meeting.

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