Tackling Inequalities Post-Brexit Migration and Wales: Potential impacts of the new system and recommendations on the priorities for influencing UK immigration policy. January 15, 2021 by cuwpadmin Following the end of free movement on 31st December 2020, thinking turns not only to the impacts of the new immigration system, but also to how devolved nations can seek to respond to these changes. A recent report by Dr Eve Hepburn and Professor David Bell for the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) provides […] Read more »
Uncategorized End of Brexit transition period marks “period of significant disruption” for Welsh economy Businesses in some key sectors of the Welsh economy need increased support to operate beyond the Brexit transition period. A report from the Wales Centre for Public Policy concludes that businesses could face “a period of significant disruption” from 1 January, with longer term adjustments including investment in cross sector innovation and research and development […] Read more »
Uncategorized Diwedd cyfnod pontio Brexit yn nodi “cyfnod o aflonyddwch sylweddol” i economi Cymru Read more »
Uncategorized The implications of the European transition for key Welsh economic sectors Following its exit from the EU, the UK Government has started to negotiate free trade agreements with the EU and with other countries around the world. The negotiations and their outcomes will have a profound impact on the Welsh economy, as a whole and individually for key sectors. The Counsel General and Minister for European […] Read more »
Uncategorized Using fishing opportunities to support mental health and wellbeing in the Welsh fishing industry December 15, 2020 by cuwpadmin As the UK leaves the European Union, much has been made of the post-Brexit opportunities for new governing legislation. In few industries is this more acutely felt than in the fishing industry, where there have been calls for a “sea of opportunity” as the UK becomes an independent coastal state with control over its waters. […] Read more »
Uncategorized Designing technology-enabled services to tackle loneliness Tackling loneliness was a priority for Welsh Government and public services across Wales before the Coronavirus pandemic and has become a greater concern since. The policy response of governments across the world that are dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic has focused on us all keeping a physical distance from others. There is growing concern about […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Male Suicide Data on the rates of suicide across the UK suggest that there is a gendered dimension to suicide. Male suicides accounted for around three quarters of the total in England and Wales in 2019. In light of this, and in the context of the Welsh Government’s wider suicide prevention work, the First Minister asked the […] Read more »
Governance and Implementation What might implementation science and knowledge mobilisation mean for What Works Centres? December 8, 2020 by cuwpadmin Implementation science (IS) and knowledge mobilisation (KMb) are just two concepts in the plethora of ideas and terms developed over the last decades in narrowing the gap between knowledge being produced and knowledge being used in policy and practice. Other terms include knowledge brokering, knowledge transfer, co-production, dissemination science, and knowledge exchange. Most of them […] Read more »
Uncategorized WCPP joins £2m International Public Policy Observatory The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) is part of a major new initiative that will bring together researchers and policy makers to tackle the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic and accelerate the UK’s recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between University College London, Cardiff University, Queen’s University Belfast, the University of […] Read more »
Health and Social Care Caring for the Care Sector: How Can We Support New Models of Home Care December 3, 2020 by cuwpadmin Social care needs help. We can only describe a service as in “crisis” for so long until that becomes the norm, and the very name “domiciliary care” makes it sound like a chore that needs to be completed. In our drive to “fix” the social care system we have begun to speak about it as […] Read more »
