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Checking out: outsourcing under the spotlight

The collapse of Carillion has put public sector outsourcing under the spotlight. Could going in house replace it or are…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: Carillion, insourcing, outsourcing, Vangent

Can a new partnership keep vulnerable children out of care?

Five London boroughs, backed by a social impact bond, will offer therapeutic support to at-risk children and their families In…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care Filed under: Big Lottery Fund, Bridges Fund Management, Positive Families Partnership, Social care, Social Finance, social impact bonds

Synthetic biology is a chance to engineer the biological world

Imagine you could program a living cell in the same way you currently program a computer.  Cells could be made…

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Posted in: Education, Technology Filed under: HarassMap, Imperial, SafeCity, safety, synthetic biology, Technology, trains, Transport

Higher education: a study in turmoil

The University of Manchester’s announcement in May that it was to make 171 staff redundant took many higher education watchers…

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Posted in: Education, Public sector Filed under: Education, headteachers, Schools, teachers, TEF, tuition fees, Universities

Skeletons, chamber pots and hippo sandals: the lost treasures of Crossrail

"We have a view of the Victorians as being po-faced and strait-laced, and it’s quite funny to think of someone…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: HarassMap, SafeCity, safety, Technology, trains, Transport

Wisdom of crowds: public services and crowdfunding

When Isle of Wight Council withdrew funding for school crossings, Cowes Primary School set up a page on the Crowdfunder…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: HarassMap, SafeCity, safety, Technology, trains, Transport

Can technology really keep people safe from crime on public transport?

Letting people text transport police has pushed up figures for some crimes. The real answer is to make technology part…

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Posted in: Public sector, Technology Filed under: HarassMap, SafeCity, safety, Technology, trains, Transport

Can Rhyl shake its ‘Crap Town’ label and become a short-break star?

It was summertime when Katey Howell, 34, first visited Rhyl, and she was bowled over by a town where everyone…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: regeneration, Rhyl, Wales

The idea that positive thinking has a big effect on labour is unscientific

Yesterday The Telegraph published an article by Milli Hill headlined: “The myth of the painful birth – and why it’s not nearly so bad as…

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Posted in: Health Filed under: birth, child birth, childbirth, mothers, pain, pregnancy

The apps taking on social care’s ‘broken’ business model

A new breed of technology-driven care providers is slashing costs, but will money be reinvested into care worker salaries? Leila…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care, Technology Filed under: adult social care, apps, Social care

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