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Book SynopsisLeaders, researchers and practitioners from the UK What Works Network share their insights on the successes, failures, and future of the What Works Centres, which have proven successful and popular across a number of policy settings.
Table of ContentsForeword – David Halpern Part 1 1. The Scene Is Set – Michael Sanders and Jonathan Breckon 2. How Did We Get Here? What Works in the UK? A Personal Journey – Jonathan Breckon and Annette Boaz 3. The role of NICE in the evidence-based health system – Nick Timmins 4. What Works in Crime and Policing: Getting Closer to the Frontline – Rachel Tuffin 5. The Education Endowment Foundation: Building the Role of Evidence in the Education System – Harry Madgwick, Becky Francis and Jonathan Kay 6. Audiences First, Evidence Second – Lessons From the Early Intervention Foundation – Jo Casebourne 7. Overcoming the Youth Employment Evidence Challenge – Jane Colechin, Catherine Fitzgerald, Chris Goulden, Ryan Howsham and Anna Round 8. ‘Pulling Rather Than Pushing’: a Demand-Led Approach to Evidence Mobilisation – Steve Martin 9. The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth: Some Lessons From the First Ten Years – Danielle Mason, Max Nathan and Henry G. Overman Part 2 10. Criticisms and Challenges of the What Works Centres – Michael Sanders and Jonathan Breckon 11. Higher Aspirations: Growing From a University Home to an Independent Body – Eliza Kozman and Omar Khan 12. Using Evidence To End Homelessness – Ligia Teixeira 13. Scaling Up: Taking ‘What Works’ to the Next Level – Jane Lewis, Eleanor Ott and Robyn Mildon 14. Measuring What Matters – Nancy Hey 15. Bringing It All Together: The Future of Evidence Synthesis – David Gough and Sandy Oliver 16. Frontiers in Equality – Ella Whelan and Michael Sanders 17. Evidence at the Grassroots – Ben Linton 18. Conclusion – Jonathan Breckon and Michael Sanders
