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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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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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New strategy for policy design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 12 May 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Andrew Knight writes about the ambitious new plans of the UK Government’s Policy Design Community for building a thriving network for design experts and embedding design into government’s day-to-day way of working.

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Using doughnuts to deliver shared prosperity

Posted by: Claire Spencer, Posted on: 17 March 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Claire Spencer from West Midlands Combined Authority writes about how they have adopted a radical new way of delivering meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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The Well-Being Sweet-Spot

Posted by: Sophie Howe, Posted on: 3 March 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Future Generations Commissioner, Sophie Howe, writes about how Wales is leading the world on delivering public value to citizens.

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Making a service map ...in a policy department

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 24 February 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Alice Whitehead writes about how the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities produced created a service map.

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Four things I’ve learnt as a Policy Designer

Posted by: Matt Nicol, Posted on: 3 February 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Matt Nicol from the Department for Education reflects on his experience of working in public policy design.

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What do policymakers do all day?

Posted by: Jonathan Mills, Posted on: 6 January 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jonathan Mills from the Department for Work and Pensions writes about how the focus of policymakers is becoming more multidisciplinary.

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Innovating public services at scale

Posted by: Rachel Hope and Andrew Knight, Posted on: 21 October 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Rachel Hope and Andrew Knight from the UK's Department for Education write about how public services for teachers have been transformed and how governments can scale innovative ways of working.

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