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Data Science Campus
Facilitated by the Cabinet Office, DCMS and ONS. Best practice
guidance and advice for consistent, coherent, high quality services.
Identify the needs for common services, components and tools,
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Published 01 July 2019
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The Marmot Review
An independent review to propose the most effective evidence-based
strategies for reducing health inequalities in England from 2010. The
strategy will include policies and interventions that addr..
Published 01 July 2019
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Know Newcastle
Know Newcastle - a web-based city information resource - that
includes statistical insights about people in the city and acts as a
repository of narratives and other reports
Published 01 July 2019
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New Local Government Network
Network is made up of “the most forward-looking local authorities
across the UK”. Using our member-only resources and opportunities,
they not only respond to the pressure to deliver and innovat..
Published 01 July 2019
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London Councils
Infrastructure for supporting services and can "send out
interesting data sets"
Published 01 July 2019
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OpenDataCommunities
This open data communities platform provides a selection of official
statistics and data outputs on a variety of themes related to MHCLG’s
objectives: Driving up housing supply, increasing home o..
Published 01 July 2019
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data.gov.uk
Find data published by government departments and agencies, public
bodies and local authorities. You can use this data to learn more
about how government works, carry out research or build applic..
Published 01 July 2019
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Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing is a
leading research centre carrying out multidisciplinary research into
fundamental questions about ageing
Published 01 July 2019
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Age-friendly world network
The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities provides a
global platform for information exchange, mutual learning and support
Published 01 July 2019
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A Research & Evaluation Framework for Age-friendly Cities
Framework offers a basic foundation for understanding the key issues
involved in developing Age-friendly cities. In this framework the
focus is on older people as citizens, where older people sit..
Published 01 July 2019
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The Partnering Toolbook
The Partnering Toolbook offers a concise overview of the essential
elements that make for effective partnering
Published 01 July 2019
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Integration in action – innovation in home adaptations delivery
Notebook style ‘cameo’ descriptions of local delivery. The initiative
was backed by Public Health England
Published 01 July 2019
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Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act
The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act says local authorities
and health boards must jointly carry out an assessment of the
population to find out the care and support needs in an area
Published 01 July 2019
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Work and achievements of the Essex Partnership
The Essex Partnership is a working relationship between
representatives of organisations who deliver services to the public
across Essex
Published 01 July 2019
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Benchmarking Wales
Benchmarking Wales is the repository for local authority data. Here
you'll be able to access a range of data developed by local government
service areas and their regulators to support shared lea..
Published 01 July 2019
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Dartington Service Design Lab
An example given by one Local Authority of external advice to be
brought on on a project
Published 01 July 2019
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Focus on London - Poverty
A detailed analysis by the Greater London Authority (GLA) of poverty
in London that reveals the scale and distribution of poverty in London
Published 01 July 2019
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Outcomes: local government peer challenge reports
Peer challenge is a proven tool for improvement facilitated by the
Local Government Association (LGA). It is a process commissioned by a
council and involves a small team of local government offi..
Published 01 July 2019
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VU.CITY London. Interactive map of London
VU.CITY London is the first truly interactive digital map of London
Published 01 July 2019
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Benchmarking at CIPFA
CIPFA is the chartered institute of public finance and
accountancy. This is their interactive tool for 100 individual
comparative data sets (but this is charged for)
Published 01 July 2019
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What Works Centres
This initiative aims to improve the way government and other
organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate, transmit and
adopt’) high quality evidence for decision-making. It supports more
..
Published 01 July 2019
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Local authorities that are making the most of research
This Evidence Paper from the knowledge navigator project both
identifies the factors that make for successful collaboration between
local government and the research community
Published 01 July 2019
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Local Government Knowledge Navigator
Evidence to support closer and more productive engagement between the
research community and local government in the UK
Published 01 July 2019
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The data evolution: a data maturity framework to help local government get more from their data
A data maturity framework that is developed into a self assessment
tool to monitor data maturity of use in local authorities
Published 01 July 2019
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Digital Economy Act 2017 – Data Protection Changes (legal interpretations)
Summary of Digital Economy Act by Bird and Bird which affects data protection
Published 01 July 2019
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Open Data in Cities - European portal initiative
Use of open data in London one example alongside other European Citie
Published 01 July 2019
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Open innovation with data at the Open Data Institute (ODI)
ODI Leeds (open data institute) is an independent not-for-profit
organisation funded by sponsors from local authorities, government,
commercial, and academia, who all believe in the power of open..
Published 01 July 2019
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Sixth sense training courses on local government and administration
Identified by Fife Council on the Knowledge Hub as being a useful and
supportive training strategy
Published 01 July 2019
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Pennsylvania social networks, group boundaries promoting the spread of ideas
Counter intuitively, they finds that increasing the span of people's
business networks to increase the spread of knowledge across
organizations may ultimately result in less-effective knowledge
..
Published 01 July 2019
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Research officer career in Wales
One page description of what a Research Officer in Local Government Does
Published 01 July 2019
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LARIA Charter: individual commitment and professional development
LARIA is the local area research and intelligence association. The
Charter is an individual commitment and a professional development
tool rather than a Standard’s Code. Purpose of LARIA member..
Published 01 July 2019
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National Occupational Skills and Standards
Promoting change through research: the impact of research on local government
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on how research is defined and
organised between different Local Authorities
Published 01 July 2019
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Getting evidence into action - "What Works" Scotland
Broad approach to the question of What Works for public service reform.
Know -‐ about problems;
Know -‐ what works;
Know -‐ how (to put into practice);
Know -‐ who (to involve);
Know -..
Published 01 July 2019
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Local Government Benchmarking (Scotland)
This site brings together, for the first time, a wide range of
information about how all Scottish councils perform in delivering
better services to local communities, including the cost of servic..
Published 01 July 2019
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Reflections and learning from the Fife collaborative action research
Highlights learning from the co-produced Fife collaborative action
research (CAR) programme that took place between 2015 and 2017
Published 01 July 2019
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National Infrastructure Commission - report from citizen research
Suggested example of good communications, published report from
Britain Thinks
Published 01 July 2019
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Strengths Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) assessments in strategic management
Swot analysis - the collection and portrayal of information about
internal and external factors which have, or may have, an impact on business
Published 01 July 2019
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Using Research Evidence
This guide is aimed at decision-makers in government, charities,
voluntary organisations, professional membership bodies and local
authorities working in UK social policy and practice. It is not ..
Published 01 July 2019
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Tackling poverty and reducing inequalities in Leeds
Plan by Leeds City Council on Tackling poverty and reducing inequalities
Published 01 July 2019
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StatsUserNet community (Office of National Statistics - ONS)
The purpose of is to stimulate engagement between users, and between
users and producers of official statistics. The site has news of
interest to users, materials relating to relevant events, dis..
Published 01 July 2019
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Research, Policy and Planning commentary
Openly accessible journal of the Social Services Research Group (SSRG)
Published 01 July 2019
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Research in Practice for adults
Our aim is to support people working in social care and health to
improve outcomes for adults, their families and carers.
Published 01 July 2019
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Research in Practice for children
Mission to champion evidence-informed practice in children’s services
Published 01 July 2019
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Making Research Count initiative
Making Research Count (MRC) is an English initiative that facilitates
the dissemination of research findings between academics,
practitioners, carers and users in the social care field
Published 01 July 2019
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Knowledge Hub
Knowledge Hub community consists of over 150,000 public service
professionals and their partners who use Knowledge Hub to exchange
ideas and solutions and share good practice and innovation.
Published 01 July 2019
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Intelligent Efficiency in West Midlands
Leaders need information and intelligence to understand what is
happening now and to plan and monitor priorities in the future.
Partnerships work best when there is a clear vision or agreement on..
Published 01 July 2019
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Get started with data
Research suggests that only 13% of data projects reach completion,
and of those that do, only 8% of leaders report being completely
satisfied with the outcome. It’s therefore essential to kick of..
Published 01 July 2019
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