The Policy Innovation Blog will follow NESTA’s Policy Unit as it explores new ways of tackling key social and economic challenges.
In one sense, you would be hard pushed to find someone who argued for less rigour in education - who doesn't want students to learn as much, and as deeply, as possible. The crux comes when people start defining the learning processes and the content that constitute 'rigour'.
15.05.2012Many claim to be seeking "what works" when looking for the solutions that will meet certain social goals. This quest for evidence-based policies, programmes and practice has gained a renewed momentum, with the Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Haywood's calls for a "NICE for social policy" and the forthcoming creation of an Early Intervention Foundation. Yet we don't want "what works". What works is bad for innovation, and by extension, bad for service users.
03.05.2012For the last few months we have been busy articulating a new practical programme to respond to the challenges and opportunities that an ever more ubiquitous, larger and smarter digital environment creates for education.
25.04.2012Laura Bunt outlines Nesta’s new report the ‘Art of Exit’ – exploring the role of creative decommissioning in public services – and reflects on some of the key themes emerging from the launch event.
18.04.2012Industrial policy is back. Vince Cable, Britain's Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is calling for a "proper industrial policy" to create "a different type of economy".
01.03.2012
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