Uncategorized New Directions in Employment Policy In July 2016 the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) brought together policy makers and practitioners for a workshop to explore new directions in employment policy. Professor Anne Green from Warwick University presented the interim findings of her study of the role of growth sectors in helping to reduce poverty. The key messages from the […] Read more »
Uncategorized Asymmetric School Weeks An asymmetric school week includes a combination of longer and shorter days with coordinated pupil free time. The most common structure is four longer days and a short half day. This does not necessarily result in a change in the total hours of instructional time. The Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) brought together a […] Read more »
Uncategorized Evidence Needs and the Welsh Education System In February 2016 the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) brought together education experts and policy-makers to identify and explore the evidence needs of the education system in Wales over the coming five years. The resulting report provides a summary of the key points that emerged from the workshop. Experts highlighted a need to improve […] Read more »
Uncategorized What will Brexit mean for Wales? July 28, 2016 by cuwpadmin On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The process for leaving and the implications for Wales are uncertain, but broadly speaking there are three forms that Brexit could take: Soft Brexit: Retain membership of the single market through the European Economic Area (EEA). The closest type of relationship the UK could have with […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Tackling Rural Poverty – Identifying the Causes July 21, 2016 by cuwpadmin On a visit to Beijing in 2015 I met the Chinese Vice-Minister for Rural Development. A jovial man, who looked back fondly on the two years he had spent living in Cardiff, he seemed unperturbed by his charge of lifting 36 million Chinese rural residents out of extreme poverty. In comparison, the challenge of addressing […] Read more »
Uncategorized Rethinking Food Policy as Public Policy in Wales – Now Needed More Than Ever with ‘Brexeat’? July 19, 2016 by cuwpadmin It's hard to focus after a political earthquake. The vote to leave the European Union is a political earthquake of the highest magnitude. We are still in a period of many after-shocks. So what to make of this report about Welsh food policy from the Public Policy Institute for Wales that was published just after […] Read more »
Uncategorized Breaking the Cycle: What Works in Reducing Intergenerational Worklessness and Fragile Employment The Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) worked with experts from the Institute for Employment Research at University of Warwick to review the effectiveness of policies to tackle intergenerational worklessness and fragile employment. Its research suggests that intergenerational worklessness (defined as households in which three generations have not been employed) is unlikely to be widespread […] Read more »
Uncategorized Driving Public Service Transformation and Innovation through the Invest to Save Fund This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) provides advice on how the Welsh Government could use its Invest to Save Fund more strategically to drive transformation and innovation across public services. To address this, we undertook in-house research and convened an expert workshop, bringing together experts in public service innovation, and representatives […] Read more »
Uncategorized Food Policy as Public Policy The former Minister for Natural Resources and the former Deputy Minister for Farming and Food asked the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) to provide advice on whether the Welsh Government’s Food Strategy was sufficiently comprehensive and up to date. The PPIW worked with two of the UK’s leading experts on food policy – Professor […] Read more »
Uncategorized Increasing the Role of Social Business Models in the Health and Social Care in Wales This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) reviews the evidence on ways of increasing the role which Social Business Models (SBMs) can play in the provision of health and social care. We worked with experts from Birmingham University to review evidence from other parts of the UK and Europe. Our report concludes […] Read more »
