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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
• 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
• Making Good Work Realising the value of young people's creative production Samuel Jones Shelagh Wright June 2007 | from Creativity Projects
• Mind the Gap The women that policy forgot Celia Hannon June 2007
• 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
• The Dreaming City Glasgow 2020 and the power of mass imagination Charlie Tims Gerry Hassan May 2007
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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