Will this policy work?
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Sumayyah Tasnim, Posted on:
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Blog posts, Evaluation, Resources for civil servants
Five questions to help policy makers understand if their policy is working.
Does mindfulness work in policing?
In this blog, Dr Helen Fitzhugh shares her experience of leading the recent Mindfulness in Policing RCT and how connecting and collaborating with frontline staff was a key factor in the success of the trial.
Meet the What Works Trial Advice Panel
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Sumayyah Tasnim, Posted on:
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Blog posts, Evaluation, Resources for civil servants
Meet some of the experts working to make government more empirical
What works for What Works: How to communicate effectively
Evidence summaries are harder to produce than you might think. A new evaluation looks at how well the What Works Network is communicating evidence and what improvements could be made.
12 highlights over 12 months
The 2019 highlights you've all been waiting for....
Using academics to advise government on trial design
The What Works Team are looking for experts in impact evaluation to join our Trial Advice Panel to help support high quality evaluation practice across government. In this blog, Riikka Hofmann reflects on her experience as an academic member of the Panel.
An interview with David Halpern, What Works National Adviser
Hear from David Halpern, What Works National Adviser, on his journey so far and his ambitions for the next three years.
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.