The initial report from the First Minister of Scotland’s International Council of Educational Advisors (ICEA) has highlighted the need to focus on cultural change and capacity-building as well as structural reform.
Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies
What Works Scotland PhD student Alex Wright has co-authored a paper about taxes on alcohol, tobacco and other unhealthy products. It contains a systematic review of the research on health taxes, and aims to generate insights into how such taxes can: reduce
None of us is as smart as all of us!!
The Beyond Action Learning initiative (2011-13) used an action learning set approach and improvement methodologies to support collaborative working between health and social care services in Aberdeenshire. The initiative was facilitated by Fiona Soutar, from NHS Grampian, and Jane Warrander,
WWS staff participate in the largest research programme led by disabled people
DRILL stands for Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning and is a five-year programme funded by the Big Lottery (£5million) to deliver the world’s first major research programme led by disabled people. DRILL aims to bring together disabled people
Assessing the Impact of Service Cuts – Social Impact Tool
See blog about this recent WWS seminar here
Launch of Participatory Budgeting Scotland Report by GCPH & WWS
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland have today published Participatory budgeting in Scotland to complement the launch of the Scottish Government’s new participatory budgeting website. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process of involving citizens in deciding
New Evidence Review – Partnerships
Partnership Working Across the Public Sector in the UK – Evidence Review and Briefing Paper published today
Report from WWS CAR Retreat Event Published
See the report from WWS’s first Collaborative Action Retreat event with Case Study partners here
Challenge Poverty Week
17th – 23rd October is Challenge Poverty Week Click here for a range of articles and to participate in discussions with academics based in universities across Scotland on topics such as poverty, inequality, or deprivation. Articles already available include: Morag Treanor: “Recent changes to measuring
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