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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Mar 31 2012
The REF doesn’t capture what government wants from academics or how academic impact on policymaking takes place
1 CommentTweet Following on from the recent debate at the ‘From Research to Policy: Academic Impacts on Government’ conference, Jane Tinkler finds that the academic expertise and luck required for a piece of research to be considered valuable by government in policymaking … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2012
Tagged with: Impact, policy making, Research Excellence Framework
Mar 31 2012
The EU’s Tobacco Products Directive seeks to ‘nudge’ citizens whilst preserving individual choice about smoking
Leave a commentTweet In recent years, governments have been embracing policies that ‘nudge’ citizens into making decisions that are better for their own health and welfare, and the European Commission has embraced this ‘libertarian paternalism’ in its review of the Tobacco Products … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2012
Tagged with: behavioural policy, Europp, libertarian paternalism, nudge, smoking, social policy
Mar 30 2012
The results of the Bradford West by-election indicate that something clearly went wrong with the Labour campaign, and that there is a political space for populists like Galloway
10 CommentsTweet Lewis Baston looks at the results of the by-election in Bradford West and explains how the particularities of the constituency enabled George Galloway’s victory. He argues that the results confirm that there is a big political space for populists and celebrities, and that the Labour party’s vote … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2012
Tagged with: Bradford West, George Galloway, Labour, UK party politics, uk politics
Mar 30 2012
What we’ve learnt from a weird week in politics
Leave a commentTweet Charlie Beckett mulls over the implications of a less than usual week in Westminster and beyond. When Harold Wilson said that thing about long weeks in politics*, I don’t think he had grannies, pasties, jerrycans and Bradford Muslims in mind. … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2012
Tagged with: Conservatives, George Galloway, Labour, media, politics, uk politics, weekly round up
Mar 30 2012
Charging for freedom of information requests for services that are already paid for by taxpayers is utterly wrong
Leave a commentTweet The government is considering introducing charges for freedom of information requests. David Hencke argues that this would be fundamentally unjustifiable as it would limit both people’s right to know and the right to demand information on services they have already … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2012
Tagged with: Freedom of Information, public private partnerships, uk politics
Mar 29 2012
The Health and Social Care Bill is now law, but its implementation will be fraught with challenges
Leave a commentTweet The real impact of the Health Care reforms depends not on their design but on their implementation. Anna Dixon argues that the government has largely failed to win the support of the medical profession for the Act – as … Continue reading
Posted by: March 29, 2012
Tagged with: Andrew Lansley, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms, uk politics
