Standardising Standards: The Case for Shared Standards in the Evidence Sector
October 2018
Jim Vine makes the case for a common set of evidence standards across social policy and practice.
The Alliance for Useful Evidence is a network, hosted by Nesta, that champions the smarter use of evidence in social policy and practice. We do this through advocacy, organising events, sharing ideas, and delivering training and support.
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What we do
Advice and advocacy
We work with champions, partners and allies to campaign for the smarter use of evidence, and advise organisations on how to use evidence effectively.
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Research and ideas
We publish reports, articles and case studies, and we organise events to encourage discussion, debate, collaboration and innovation.
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Training and skills
We deliver a range of courses, from our flagship Evidence Masterclass, to more bespoke strategic support such as our theory of change workshops.
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Publications
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Research Evidence in the Humanitarian Sector: A Practice Guide
October 2018A new resource for the humanitarian sector.
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Evidence for Good
July 2018Charities are becoming increasingly sophisticated about how they gather evidence of impact - and there are many great guides and tools out there to help them do so. But there are other ways that the third...
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Latest articles
View AllThe Economist Group and The Pew Charitable Trusts launch the Evidence Initiative
1 November, 2018A growing wariness between what is fact and what is fiction in recent years has been highlighted by increased political polarisation, a fractured media and the accelerated pace of technological change. The Evidence Initiative, the recently launched...
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Open access: five provocations
25 October, 2018This week marks International Open Access Week 2018. At the Alliance for Useful Evidence, we’re big supporters of the principles behind the open access (OA) movement: scholarly research should be available to everyone, not just to...
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New one-stop online resource for US evidence-based programmes
13 September, 2018Jonathan Breckon provides a guide to the Results First Clearinghouse Database, which brings together the evidence base for over 2,500 US programmes. Could it provide a model for something similar in the UK? Earlier this summer,...
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Upcoming events
View AllStandards of Evidence: How do we use them? Can we improve them?
Monday 26 November, 2018Nesta, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DSA workshop for users and providers of Standards of Evidence.
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