Bulletin: March 2008
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Continuing Professional Development
GSR Seminar Series
- GSR Seminar series (Word) - Developing for the Senior Civil Service 11 March 2008 - Are you a grade 7 or 6 equivalent in GSR looking to develop yourself for a future post in the Senior Civil Service (SCS)? If so, this seminar is for you. For the seminar to launch the new Rapid Evidence Assessment toolkit, booking opens on 17 March.
GSR in-service Fast Stream 2008
- GSR in-service Fast Stream 2008 - Applications are now being accepted, from existing GSR members only, for places on the 2008 GSR in-service Fast Stream. Closing date for completed applications is 14 April 2008.
GSRU course schedule
- GSRU course schedule (Word) - Booking is now open for GSR courses for 2007/08. Book early, as places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
GSR research outputs
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- DWP reports:
- Mothers’ participation in paid work: the role of ‘mini-jobs’
- Local Authority Omnibus Wave Fifteen
- Pathways to Work from incapacity benefits: A study of experience and use of the Job Preparation Premium
- Qualitative research exploring the Pathways to Work sanctions regime
- Child Support Agency client insight research
- The effectiveness of European Social Fund Objective 3 Global Grants in increasing the employability of the most disadvantaged
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
Other research outputs
Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN)
- A report on Health & the Environment Workshop - This SDRN Expert Scoping Workshop took place in Edinburgh on 21-22 February 2008. The workshop brought together some of the UK's leading experts on health and the environment to discuss how SDRN could best contribute to this important research area.
Commons Work and Pensions Committee
PLOS (Public Library of Science) Medicine
Institute for Social and Economic Research at University of Essex (ISER)
- Taking the long view: the ISER report -
The annual report of ISER which incorporates the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change and the ESRC United Kingdom Longitudinal Studies Centre.
Other news
ESRC
The Scientist
MRS Fellowship
Website of the Month
Policy Hub
- Policy Hub was owned and managed by GSR until last month when it transferred to the National School of Government. Under their management it continues with its aim to promote strategic thinking and improve policy making and delivery across government. It endeavours to provide users with access to a range of perspectives on policy matters and as such there is a natural fit with the overall aims of the National School itself.
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