Terrorism: Corporates gear up to face a persistent threat
“I don’t see the threat diminishing,” says Kroll’s Bob Grenier, who served 27 years with the CIA before moving to the private sector.
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Our think-tanks are failing the interested public
People are hungry to exchange views and, yes, pontificate on the burning issues
Drugs firm to refund cost if treatment fails
Jack Stilgoe comments on a drug for bone cancer which is to be provided by the NHS after its manufacturer promised to refund the cost of treatment in cases where it does not improve a patient's health.
Collaboration is the key to better services
Labour has been good at creating consensus around goals, but its great failure has been a lack of agreement about how to reach them.
Mind the gap
Despite thirty years of legislation disadvantaged young women are yet to reap the rewards of gender equality in the workplace.
National spotlight on Cumbrian scheme to put people with learning disabilities in control
Researchers from the think-tank Demos are in Carlisle today to meet with some of the 250 service users from across Cumbria who have been using the In Control scheme to manage their own care and support services.
A future Glasgow built on the people’s imagination
Glasgow 2020 was a two-year project facilitated by the think-tank Demos which aimed to look at three things: Glasgow's future, cities generally and how we imagine the future. The aim was not to have an insular Glasgow conversation, but talk and swap ideas
50 ideas for Brown's Britain
Five leading think tanks of the left suggest ten-point plans for the Brown premiership
Can we really soup up our city with acronyms, jargon and gobbledygook? Probably not
HOW GALLING it was for Glasgow's civic leaderstospendperfectlygood council taxpayers' money on a report about the future of the city and last week be told conclusions they do not want to hear
Glasgow is not short of ‘mass imagination’
Glasgow is not short of ‘mass imagination’
Local groups may lose trust of community
Community-based organisations can’t tackle social exclusion if they are ‘instruments of government policy’
SATs would be 'son of gold standard'
School assessment system is under pressure to turn students into exam scores for university admissions, says new think tank report.
Transit centres should help migrants rebuild lives
UK government migration proposals must be backed by support and loans for new arrivals to Europe, according to new report
UK library service in 'terminal decline'
New libraries agency should step in to create a national network of ‘hub’ services, says key government advisor
Manchester is favourite with 'new bohemians'
Ethnic diversity and gay people are key indicators of cities’ creative potential, according to new UK creativity index
Arts leaders meet to discuss value of culture
Our cultural assets will be damaged unless major arts institutions successfully argue for their intrinsic worth
Location-aware tracking could be new 'killer app'
...but users need to see the trade-off between privacy and delivery of location-based services, says new report
Schools need 'education epidemic' to change
Teachers should embrace the 'hacker ethic' and share thier knowledge of what works, says leading education reformer
Government faces ‘baby boom backlash’
Ageing baby boomer generation could become force for social progress or a lobby for their own interests, says think tank report
Internet users challenge mainstream politics
Online interaction could improve democratic participation, say leading American cyberculture writer and UK e-government minister