Scotland's Environmental Laws Since Devolution - From Rhetoric To Reality
Scottish Environment LINK commissioned a review of eight pieces of environmental legislation, to ascertain whether the outcomes in practice match up to the expectations at the time when the legislation was drawn up. This time-limited review is based on the views and experience… Read more
Counting policy active organisations in Scotland: definitions, coding and comparison
This conference paper reports on research which assesses patterns of interest mobilisation within political systems, using the Scottish group system as a case study example. It does so by mapping the levels of activity of various organised interests including those of campaigning… Read more
Collaborative Action Research Report: Working in Partnership to Support Students with Additional Needs
The group of practitioners – called the Partnership Innovation Team (PIT) – which undertook this collaborative action research inquiry asked this question: “How can schools work better in partnership to support young people who need additional support?” The Schools PIT initial… Read more
29th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement – State of the Art Briefings
What Works Scotland colleagues and partners led a State of the Art Session at the 29th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement held in Glasgow in January 2016 to stimulate discussion about what educational research might learn from other disciplines. Pr… Read more
International Review of Behaviour Change Initiatives: Climate Change Behaviours Research Programme
This report, commissioned as part of the Scottish Government?s Climate Change Behaviours Research Programme, reviews a range of behaviour change initiatives that have attempted to reduce the carbon intensity of consumption practices. It aims to enhance understandings of different… Read more
Poverty in Scotland 2011
Poverty in Scotland 2011 provides a comprehensive yet accessible account of the state of poverty in Scotland, highlighting the main trends and the impact poverty has on people and places. It examines how successful the combined efforts of the UK and Scottish Governments have been… Read more
Tackling Child Poverty in Scotland: Analysis of Written Consultation Findings
This report presents the findings of the written strand of a consultation carried out by the Scottish Government to inform the development of a Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland. The consultation involved three linked strands: a written consultation; focus group discussions wit… Read more
Government expenditure on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Analysis of government spending on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the years 2004-05 to 2008-09. Read more
Right Here, Right Now - taking co-production into the mainstream
This discussion paper is the last of three reports from nef and NESTA. The first report, The Challenge of Co-production, published in December 2009, explained what co-production is and why it offers the possibility of more effective and efficient public services. The second repor… Read more
Public services and civil society working together: promising ideas for effective local partnerships between state and citizen
Every part of the public sector in the UK is now grappling with how to save money, and how to do ?more for less?. Some of the responses will be driven top down. But experience shows that many of the most creative answers come from involving people on the front line, both the prov… Read more