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Back to the future: policy memory at the heart of reform

Posted by: Jonathan Mitchell, Posted on: 20 October 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jonathan Mitchell from Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education writes about the importance of maintaining a link to the past for making great policies and services.

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Making better policies and services

Posted by: Jeffrey Allen, Posted on: 6 October 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jeffrey Allen from the Ministry of Justice shares his advice on developing policies and services that deliver long-term positive change.

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Making policy inclusive

Posted by: Selvin Brown, Posted on: 22 September 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Selvin Brown, Deputy Race Champion for the Civil Service, writes about how good policymakers clearly understand the impact of their work on the citizens they serve.

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Back to school: pupil designer wins award

Posted by: Lily Macaskill and Laura Gray, Posted on: 8 September 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Lily Macaskill, Year 12 pupil at Alexandra Park School, in conversation with her teacher Laura Gray, on winning a national prize for design

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Event 3 October: Untapped potential for public policy from design research

Posted by: Liz Richardson, Lucy Kimbell and Andrew Knight, Posted on: 14 August 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Join the our next event bringing together university academics and government practitioners to talk about policy design.

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It’s complex, not complicated

Posted by: Jeffrey Allen, Posted on: 11 August 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jeffrey Allen from the Ministry of Justice writes about the complex nature of public services and how to design them.

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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
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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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Better policymaking environments

Posted by: Serena Nϋsing, Posted on: 30 June 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Serena Nϋsing from the UK's Policy Profession writes about how you can get involved with transforming policymaking.

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Next generation public policy design

Posted by: Andrew Knight and Lucy Kimbell, Posted on: 19 May 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Dr Lucy Kimbell and Andrew Knight write about a major new initiative to join up government and universities on championing design as key for making policy and services that drive outstanding public value.

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