Bringing the 'what works' mindset to tackling youth crime and violence
Find out how the Youth Endowment Fund aims to prevent young people from becoming involved in crime and serious violence.
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Supporting evidence-informed children’s social work: Creating a What Works toolkit
Tips from the What Works Centre for Children's Social Care on how to create an evidence-sharing platform for practitioners.
How we found out what works in improving people’s financial capability
Millions of pounds are spent every year on interventions that aim to help people in the UK better manage their money. Even so, relatively little was known about ‘what works’ to improve financial capability – until now.
The challenges of being a trailblazer: Learning about learning
We need to keep learning not just about what works, but about the best ways to unearth those answers.
What makes a good innovation fund?
In this blog the What Works Team and Policy Lab consider what good design for innovation funds looks like. Read on to learn how these funds can be used to transform our knowledge of what works.
What works in increasing diversity in universities?
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Discover how King’s College London is generating and using evidence to widen university participation and improve outcomes for disadvantaged students
What a relief, there's a coffee machine in the office!
The What Works Team's new Evaluation Lead, Emily Power, reflects on her experience of joining the What Works Team on secondment from Cancer Research UK
Inside the world’s ‘what works’ teams
Governments around the world are investing in experimentation units to improve the quality of evidence used in decision-making.
The road to robustness: common pitfalls in evaluating programmes
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The Early Intervention Foundation’s Tom McBride explains why programme evaluation is crucial to the success of children’s service, but can be undermined by surprisingly basic issues.
What Works in Westminster Palace – Evidence Week 2018
Next week the Houses of Parliament are playing host to the inaugural Evidence Week. It's a chance for citizens, MPs and policymakers to talk about why evidence matters and how make the best use of it.