LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIPS GET BOOST FROM SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Abstracts: July 28th, 2014

Social enterprises and rural development are important in helping Local Enterprise Partnerships to achieve their objectives according to new research.

Research by Defra found LEPs value and positively engage with the rural social enterprise sector. The interviews also revealed the benefits of this, including the ability of social enterprises to support economic growth and create employment opportunities, and help to meet social objectives.

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MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES PROVIDE POTENTIAL FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION

Abstracts: June 19th, 2014

Massive open online courses, MOOCs, are being taken up slowly to educate 12-19 year olds in the UK, but there is potential for greater use if deployed in particular ways.

Research into MOOCs and their use within compulsory-age education found that there are a handful of school-age MOOCs currently operating in the UK, although mainly these have been funded by the government and social enterprise and mainly focused on niche key stage 5 objectives.

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FALSE STEREOTYPING OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstracts: March 21st, 2014

This report from Demos, supported by National Citizen Service, challenges harmful perceptions to show today’s teens are more engaged with social issues than their predecessors.

False stereotyping of young people in the media and wider society is having a negative effect on both their self-esteem and employment opportunities. Four-fifths of teens feel they are unfairly represented in the media. Most of them go on to argue that negative stereotypes are affecting their chances of getting a job.

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NO LINK BETWEEN HIGH GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND GROWTH SAY THINKTANK

Abstracts: March 17th, 2014

The widely held assumption that high government expenditure in areas such as education can have a positive impact on GDP growth is challenged by the Centre for Policy Studies.

This study is the first investigation on the correlation between the composition of public expenditure and economic growth in developed economies. This new research, based on OECD data for 19 developed economies for which consistent data is available, shows that government spending on education as a proportion of GDP had no discernible correlation with real GDP economic growth.

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DELIVERING LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Abstracts: February 27th, 2014

Digital programmes are having an impact from school age to old age, but progress on adopting technology is slow and patchy.

This report from the Society of IT Management describes the impact digital projects are having on citizens and highlights uneven progress.

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PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE SHRINKING FAST

Abstracts: February 17th, 2014

Central government employment will fall by 1.1 million (19%) by 2018–19 compared with 2010– 11 according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility. If delivered, these cuts, would be the largest recorded over the past fifty years: almost three times larger than the reductions in the early 1990s.

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PREDICTING POTENTIAL CHRONIC OFFENDERS BY DEBUT OFFENCE

Abstracts: January 14th, 2014

A small group of chronic offenders are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime. Predicting who might develop into a chronic offender is a promising approach to crime prevention. This study examined the relationship between an offender’s debut offence and their future offending.

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THE POWER OF IT TO TRANSFORM SERVICES NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Abstracts: December 18th, 2013

The potential benefits to be gained from an effective IT strategy are not well undertotod by many council officials and particularly by councillors.

A survey by Capita IT Services of more than 100 council officials, representing 96 local government bodies from across the UK, found that while the importance of IT is widely accepted in local government, detailed knowledge of IT and appreciation of the benefits of specific initiatives may be lacking.

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Abstracts: November 28th, 2013

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY –STRENGTHENING NHS FINANCIAL RESILIANCE

NHS bodies are facing increased pressure to find savings, alongside other political, quality, technological and demographical developments. The demand for higher care quality in the light of the Francis and Keogh reports, present a significant challenge in the context of the £30 billion funding gap and the most significant NHS reorganisation since its inception.

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DEMAND MANAGEMENT: THE KEY TO REDUCING COSTS?

Abstracts: November 13th, 2013

Local public services must learn to manage but also reduce levels of enquiries and demand for services if they are to meet the financial challenges they face. This is the main message from the Society of IT Management in its latest briefing.

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