Cross Whitehall Trials Advice Panel, set up by the Cabinet Office What Works Team, now has an external website here . This publication explains how the Cross-Government Trial Advice Panel will help civil servants to use evidence in decision-making. Panel members include,
Reimagining Community Planning in Scotland: A Vision from the Third Sector
New working paper published here (pdf)
New Blog – Think YES? How to deliver transformational change in relationships between staff, and managers and local people
See new blog from Claire Bynner and Ken Gibb here.
Cost of School Holidays – Literature Review
New WWS Brief Literature Review available here (pfd).
New Working Paper Published – Evaluability Assessment
Read our new publication – Evaluability Assessment: a systematic approach to deciding whether and how to evaluate programmes and policies (pdf).
Activity update Jan-May 2015
Read our update on WWS latest activities, publications and achievements in the progress report May 2015 (pdf).
Why and how ‘what works’ is important for Scotland
As Chief Researcher at the Scottish Government, Zoe Ferguson was instrumental in establishing What Works Scotland. In a What Works Scotland blog post she reflects on the journey so far.
Scaling up Innovations: review and blog
Have you read the WWS literature reivew pulling together evidence on scaling up innovations? Nick Bland also reflects on the learning on the WWS Blog and discusses the evidence on why scaling up is difficult, and the crucial elements that
Paper and blog on the Capabilities approach
Richard Brunner, What Works Scotland Research Fellow, and Nick Watson What Works Scotland Co-Director, explore the concept of ‘capabilities’ as a framework for public service reform. Read the blog here or download the working paper
Issues in public service reform
Visit our newly updated case study pages to see what issues in public service reform the four areas will investigate.