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Written by Sharon Vincent (University of Wolverhampton) and Alison Petch (Iriss), this report presents the findings from an audit and analysis of the 56 Significant Case Reviews (SCRs) and 43 Initial…
Examine definitions and approaches to organisational culture and how they relate to the public sector; the type of change that identifies as cultural; what the enablers are to culture change; and…

Apex Scotland workshops

Improving research use in the third sector

Below are slides from two workshops conducted as part of a project with Apex Scotland to help improve their research use, and develop wider lessons about supporting research use for third sector…

Changing the interior design of a children's home to engender ownership and connectedness to the environment

Gayle Rice (Iriss), Zachari Duncalf (SIRCC) and Lisa Wilson (Unit Manager)

Introduction This case study describes changes to the interior design of a purpose built children's home in Argyll and Bute, which has been used as a children's home since May 2001. The home…

How good is our leadership?

Learning from Angus Council, written by Fran Deacon and Pam Linton

This case study is based on the key findings of research undertaken within Angus Council Social Work and Health (Deacon, 2011), which asked the question - how good is our leadership?
This storyboard (animated video) aims to explain what action research is and how it can help to improve public services. It uses the example of Cedar (Children experiencing domestic abuse recovery)…

The Road from Crime

What can we learn from those former prisoners who have successfully "desisted" from criminal behaviour or "gone straight?"

Film produced as part of a project to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending.

Improving access to research for the social services

Can higher education digital repositories help?

Higher education repositories are on-line spaces where university staff can deposit their research outputs, making them available for anyone to access for free. This report explores the potential for…

Rest assured?

A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks

Research that describes the findings of a study into unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks from caring.

El camino de la delincuencia - subtitulada en español

¿Qué podemos aprender de los exreclusos que han dejado atrás la delincuencia y se han rehabilitado?

Este documental forma parte de un proyecto cuyo objetivo es fomentar el conocimiento y el entendimiento sobre los motivos por los que las personas dejan de delinquir. Si desean más información del…