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Key messages about public service reform in Scotland

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What Works, Cross Whitehall Trials Advice Panel – new website

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,

Social Sciences Communications August 31, 2015 2015 Read more

Reimagining Community Planning in Scotland: A Vision from the Third Sector

New working paper published here (pdf)

Social Sciences Communications August 12, 2015 2015, community empowerment, participatory decision-making Read more

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.

Social Sciences Communications July 24, 2015 2015, leadership, relationships Read more

Cost of School Holidays – Literature Review

New WWS Brief Literature Review available here (pfd).

Social Sciences Communications July 17, 2015 2015, educational achievement, inequality Read more

New Working Paper Published – Evaluability Assessment

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).

Social Sciences Communications July 3, 2015 2015 Read more

Activity update Jan-May 2015

Read our update on WWS latest activities, publications and achievements in the progress report May 2015 (pdf).

Social Sciences Communications July 1, 2015 2015 Read more

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.

Social Sciences Communications June 25, 2015 2015 Read more

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

Social Sciences Communications June 25, 2015 scaling-up and spread, Uncategorized Read more

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

Social Sciences Communications March 5, 2015 2015, capabilities and outcomes, capabilities approach Read more

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.

Social Sciences Communications February 5, 2015 2015, Case sites Read more
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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