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Nanodialogues
Experiments in public engagement with science
Depending who you ask, nanotechnology might be the Next Big Thing, the Next Asbestos or the Next GM. But before its impacts have been felt, nanotechnology has become a test case for a new sort of governance. It is an opportunity to reimagine the relationship between science and democracy.
Jack Stilgoe
June 2007
| from The Nanodialogues
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So, What Do You Do?
A new question for policy in the creative age
Over the last ten years public policy has paid considerable attention to
supporting creativity. But amongentrants, employers and peopleworking in the creative industries many of these interventions are resulting in confusion, indifference and, in some cases, irritation. Why?
Charlie Tims Shelagh Wright
June 2007
| from Creativity Projects
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Making Good Work
Realising the value of young people's creative production
Samuel Jones Shelagh Wright
June 2007
| from Creativity Projects
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Mind the Gap
The women that policy forgot
Celia Hannon
June 2007
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Logging On
Culture, participation and the web
In the brief history of the internet, the cultural sector has followed two related paths: on the one hand, the digitisation of content and provision of information and, on the other, interactivity and opportunities for expression. Some have seen these as in binary opposition.
John Holden
May 2007
| from Creativity Projects
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The Dreaming City
Glasgow 2020 and the power of mass imagination
Charlie Tims Gerry Hassan
May 2007
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DIY Professionalism
Futures for teaching
Today, we expect teachers to ensure child safety, regenerate whole communities and to search young adults for weapons. The public’s and policy makers’ sense that teachers can save society, the pupils’ trust in them and teachers’ own shared norms and ethics all shape and define teacher professionalism.
Catherine Fieschi John Craig
May 2007
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The Atlas of Ideas - Europe
Europe and Asia in the new geography of science
We used to know where new ideas would come from: established
universities and corporate research centres in highly developed countries. Think again.
Charles Leadbeater James Wilsdon
May 2007
| from Atlas of Ideas 2.0
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Recruitment 2020
How recruitment is changing and why it matters
Intermediaries have become hugely important to us. They mediate many of our personal and professional relationships, providing us with new opportunities, guiding and shaping our choices. Advisers, experts and brokers tell us where to shop, who to do business with – and who to hire.
Duncan O'Leary
April 2007
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The Collaborative State
How working together can transform public services
Competition and choice have become the watchwords of public service reform over the past decade. But while these principles have delivered some important gains, they are not enough in isolation. Tight accountability and choice have often come at the expense of fragmenting the way that schools, hospitals and councils provide their services. Service improvement has come at the expense of the capacity to solve local people’s problems.
March 2007
| from Healthy Conversations