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Designing the world's most effective border

Posted by: Patrick O'Shea, Posted on: 1 February 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Patrick O'Shea writes about how his team have gone about refreshing how the UK's border operates.

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Embedding a user-centred design team into a policy area

Posted by: Claire Folan, Posted on: 4 January 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Claire Folan from the Department for Education writes about her experience of establishing a new policy lab in government.

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Top 10 public policy design blog posts of 2023

Posted by: Editorial team, Posted on: 21 December 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign
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What were your favourite blog posts this year?

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The challenge now for design in policy

Posted by: Catherine Durose, Posted on: 7 December 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Catherine Durose from the University of Liverpool writes about the launch of a new AHRC-funded report about the future of policy design research.

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Share your views on public design

Posted by: Serena Nϋsing, Posted on: 22 November 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Serena Nϋsing from Civil Service's Policy Profession invites people who work in design in the UK public sector to participate in a national survey.

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Putting design front and centre

Posted by: Professor Jonathan Slater, Posted on: 16 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jonathan Slater, former education Permanent Secretary, writes about the role of design in making policies and services that deliver meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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Distress and design

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 3 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Alice Whitehead from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities writes about how to design public services that eliminate distress.

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Serious games to save the planet

Posted by: Marion Lean, Posted on: 19 October 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Marion Lean from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs write about teaching new co-design methods to civil servants.

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Future directions for design and public policy

Posted by: Liz Richardson, Posted on: 5 October 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Professor Liz Richardson from University of Manchester reports on the discussion at the latest Design and Policy Network event.

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Introducing public design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 22 September 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
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Andrew Knight, Head of UK Policy Design Community, invites designers to participate in the Public Design Review.

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