IPPO has since evolved and expanded – and from January 2023 has been tailoring its work to focus on a wide range of key UK social challenges, from net zero to inequality.
More than 10 years’ of cumulative reductions in funding to councils, exacerbated by long-term impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic and coupled with rising demand for services, have brought budgets to a tipping point. But what can be done?
Devolved government has returned to the Parliament Buildings at Stormont, and members of the legislative assembly must now begin to tackle the backlog of public sector challenges.
Rokia Ballo The ‘INfluence of Culture and LangUages on Science adVice in Europe’ or ‘INCLUSIVE’ project aims to explore how language, culture and context affect the provision and use of scientific evidence in Europe and to consider any implications for future practice and research. Cultural and linguistic factors may lead to sources of knowledge being ignored when advice is being prepared, or advice being less effective in informing decisions than it could be. The project has been led by Dr Claire Craig (INGSA Vice-President, Evidence) co-ordinated by Rokia Ballo (PhD candidate at...
