Julie Nelson, Research Director at the National Foundation for Educational Research, explains some practical ideas to increase both the supply and demand of evidence used in the classroom.  ‘We need teachers, not civil servants to lead...

  Jason Leavey and Jonathan Breckon highlight their upcoming publication ‘Social Media and Public Policy’ at the ‘New Social Media, New Social Science: Blurring the Boundaries: One Year On’ conference on April 16 2013. 

  Lucy Delap, director of History & Policy, explains how historians can remind officials and politicians that things are not what they sometimes seem to be, that policy interventions can sometimes have unexpected results, and that...

  Dan Corry, CEO of NPC, explains how the Justice Data Lab, run by the Ministry of Justice, is helping charities to accurately measure their impact on their beneficiaries and create a cultural shift demanding more...

  Jenny North, Director of Policy and Strategy at Impetus Trust- the Private Equity Foundation, explains focusing on the right data and impact management can transform charitable organisations.  Charities operate in multiple markets – and none...

  Carey Oppenheim, Chief Executive of the Early Intervention Foundation, shares her thoughts on the recent Alliance Christmas reception and the work and aims of the EIF to date.  Despite winds ripping through much of Scotland...

  Systematic reviews provide a way of finding out everything we know and don’t and prove mainstream in medical and health research, but common myths are preventing greater uptake of the process. Jonathan Breckon and David...

Your eye gets caught by the dried apples slices and pistachios but your child, sitting in the trolley, sees the Percy pig sweets. The queue is moving slowly, how well do you resist? A commentary by...

Data privacy is on our minds like never before. In a relatively small amount of time many of us have gone from carrying out our daily transactions in person to conducting them digitally. We pay energy...

  The hesitation to reproduce and replicate datasets inhibits clarity and can obscure research results. Alex Sutherland and Nicole Janz at the University of Cambridge argue for a cultural shift to demand more replication of results which can...