Conferences

The Inaugural Scottish Creative Economy Conference - Yesterday

To be held at the University of the West of Scotland

This new conference, developed in partnership with Creative & Cultural Skills, is an opportunity to share national policy and local good practice designed to boost Scotland’s creative economy and reinforce its position as a world-leader in the creative and cultural sectors. more details / book

Sexual Health - 04 Mar 2010

3rd Annual Brook Conference and Awards. BoyGirlManWoman: Putting gender at the heart of improving sexual health and reducing teenage pregnancy. Held at Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium, London

This conference discussed the important role that gender plays in supporting young people in understanding themselves and making informed choices about their relationships, sexual health and contraception. more details / book

Graduate Employability - 03 Mar 2010

What graduates need and employers want. Held at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London

This conference set out, for university and college management, how departments and courses can grow and how businesses can access and gain from talented student placements, internships and student engagement. Blogging or tweeting about this conference?  If you are blogging or sharing images and videos about this event using tools that support tagging, please use the tag graduates2010. On ... more details / book

Taking action for children: - 02 Mar 2010

Tackling deprivation through early intervention

more details / book

Postgraduates - 25 Feb 2010

Access, Employer Needs, Student Experience and Competitiveness. 8th annual conference. Held at The Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This conference brought together key stakeholders from across the Higher Education sector and updated delegates on the latest progress and development on The Postgraduate Review. more details / book

The Role of Higher Education in the Regions - 23 Feb 2010

Held at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This annual conference set out how HEIs, businesses and government are working together in partnership focusing on career development of graduates and employees. more details / book

Welfare to Work - 23 Feb 2010

A Watershed in Welfare. Held in central London

This conference advised local authorities, jobcentres, social enterprises and public bodies on the likely direction of government policy in this area and shared best practice around the contracting and delivery of welfare to work. more details / book

European Serious Organised Crime - 22 Feb 2010

3rd annual conference. Held at the Hilton London Metropolitan Hotel

This event critically examined the scope of the response to organised crime in the UK and the wider system in which the UK participates. Please note that for security reasons we are unable to make the presentations from this event available online. If you are interested in any of the speakers' conference materials, please contact martin.ruston@policyreview.tv more details / book

TOTAL PLACE - 18 Feb 2010

A new opportunity? Held at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London

The second in the series, this conference, held in association with The MJ, Leadership Centre for Local Government and Communities and Local Government looked at the latest developments in total place agenda. more details / book

Connecting to Compete - 16 Feb 2010

A Global Seminar presented by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Held in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Higher education is rapidly becoming intensely international and universities need to have strong identities to compete effectively in research and communication. This invitation only seminar explored ways to drive excellence in three areas: social media, research partnerships, and marketing. Speakers included:  ... more details / book

NAO / OGC event - 15 Feb 2010

OGC/GPS/NAO Conference on Commercial Skills for Complex Government Projects. Held at National Audit Office, London

more details / book

Future of Nursing Workforce - 09 Feb 2010

Taking centre-stage in health leadership. 4th national conference. Held at The King’s Fund, London

This conference brought together nursing leaders from both education and practice and was an opportunity to network, share best practice and discuss concerns and thoughts about change. more details / book

The Future of Banking Commission - 09 Feb 2010

Evidence Session 1. Held at Riverbank Park Plaza, London

Commissioners: Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive, Which? Rt Hon David Davis MP (Chair) Dr Vince Cable MP Rt Hon John McFall MP Philip Augar, writer on the financial services industry Clare Spottiswoode, Chair. Gas Strategies Limited David Pitt-Watson, Chair, He... more details / book

Skills, Jobs, Growth - 08 Feb 2010

UK Commission for Employment and Skills Convention.

This invitation only conference brought together national and international skills experts and leading thinkers to focus on the UK's future strategy for skills, jobs and growth. more details / book

Apprenticeships Driving Business - 04 Feb 2010

Making the most of Apprenticeships. National conference held at The Bloomsbury Hotel, Great Russell Street, London

This conference, which took place during Apprenticeship Week, set out strategies for FE providers and businesses to align their offers with skills frameworks and benefit from Group Training Associations, Apprentice Training Associations and the ‘Good for Business’ initiatives. more details / book

The UK International Student Experience - 04 Feb 2010

Maintaining a rise in international students. 2nd annual conference. To be held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This conference brought together senior education leaders involved in attracting international students and examined how to enhance the already world-class higher education experience they receive. Keynote speaker: Rt Hon David Lammy MP more details / book

FE HE Collaboration - 02 Feb 2010

Maintaining Successful Collaboration. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This conference provided the first opportunity to consider how cuts will affect collaboration between FE and HE, and the new challenges posed by developing funding methodologies. more details / book

Inspection and Regulation in Early Years - 28 Jan 2010

Held at Hilton London Metropole, London

This well established national conference brought together senior childcare and early years practitioners and managers from across the country to hear the latest policy direction from government. more details / book

Restorative Approaches - 28 Jan 2010

6th Annual Conference. Held at Grand Connaught Rooms, London

This annual conference provided an opportunity to hear the latest policy developments and learn from good practice examples how restorative techniques can help reduce re-offending. more details / book

Transforming the Young People’s Workforce - 28 Jan 2010

3rd National Conference. Held at Grand Connaught Rooms, London

This conference brought together local authorities and partner agencies, youth justice professionals and third sector organisations to address key issues affecting the development of the youth workforce. more details / book

Delivering Quality Care - 27 Jan 2010

Counsel and Care 5th National Conference. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This year's conference addressed the six key elements that people can expect from a national social care service: access to prevention services; a joined up service; appropriate information and advice; personalised care and support; and fair funding. more details / book

School Transport - 26 Jan 2010

8th National Conference. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

This conference examined the likely implications of increased demand for transport services caused by the continued roll-out of 14-19 Diplomas and looked at successful initiatives from local authorities that can form the basis of sustainable solutions. more details / book

Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century - 20 Jan 2010

British Council Parliamentary Lecture

On the first anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, leading academic Professor Joseph Nye will share his latest thinking on the contribution of public diplomacy to contemporary international relations. more details / book

Thought for the Evening - 20 Jan 2010

Editorial Intelligence's special New Year ‘Thought for the Evening’ to mark the work of Object - www.object.org and talk about: "A decade of porn culture: is it time to put feminism back into public life?”

Supported by Policy Review TV, Edelman and Cision Facilitated by Julia Hobsbawm. With: Caitlin Moran, Columnist, The Times; Susie Orbach, Psychoanalyst, Writer and Activist; Dr Sasha Rakoff, Director, Object; Diane Abbott MP more details / book

Comprehensive Area Assessments - 19 Jan 2010

2nd Annual Conference. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference helped local authorities and partners to integrate citizen-backed evidencing of CAA outcomes into their daily operations in order to improve performance and reduce unnecessary inspection. more details / book

Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training - 13 Jan 2010

2nd Annual Conference. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

In 2010, the Government is making further help available to young people aged 18-24 through the Young Person's Guarantee of a job, training or a place in the Community Task Force for those who have been unemployed for a year. more details / book

Who pays? - 11 Dec 2009

Options for the future funding of higher education. To be held at One Great George Street, London

Filming by Policy Review TV more details / book

Positive Activities for Young People - 10 Dec 2009

7th National Conference held in central London

This conference brought together representatives from local authorities, education, connexions, youth offending teams and Police. The event offered delegates the opportunity to hear the latest policy developments and share best practice and positive activities delivery with fellow PAYP workers. more details / book

Improving Services for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis - 08 Dec 2009

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Bringing together senior policy makers, academics, clinicians and major stakeholder organisations, this conference considered the systemic improvements needed to manage and control rheumatoid arthritis. more details / book

Investors in People - 08 Dec 2009

National conference held at Westminster Conference Centre, London

Building on the success of 2008, this year’s Investors in People 9th National Conference focused on the performance challenges faced by employers in the downturn. ACAS/CIPD guide on managing in a recession CLICK HERE   more details / book

Tackling Worklessness through Local Partnerships - 08 Dec 2009

Held at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This conference brought together local authorities and key partners to share strategy and best practice in driving forward the Government’s worklessness agenda at the local level. more details / book

Successful Employment and Resettlement of Ex-Offenders - 03 Dec 2009

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference provided an opportunity for delegates to learn about government strategies for the next few years, discuss learning and skills and share good practice on resettlement and employment of ex-offenders. more details / book

Further Education and the International Market - 01 Dec 2009

Held in central London

Bringing together leaders in FE, this conference examined the operation and impact of the PBS. Delegates also heard how colleges and providers are developing long-term strategies to build partnerships, compete for international students and understand the demands of international markets. more details / book

Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway - 27 Nov 2009

The Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference. Held in central Manchester

This event brought together those working in midwifery and with mothers and babies to learn about, debate and discuss the key challenges and opportunities midwives face as a profession. RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference Student Midwives conference more details / book

RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference - 27 Nov 2009

This event took place concurrently with day two of the RCM Annual Conference at Manchester Central. This training day was open to all accredited RCM stewards, health and safety representatives and union learning representatives. Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway more details / book

Sports Provision for Children and Young People - 26 Nov 2009

4th Annual Conference. Held at the Emirates Stadium, London

This conference brought together local authority leaders and leisure officers, representatives from NGBs and other key organisations with a stake in youth sports provision to discuss how the goals of the government's PESSYP strategy and those of local area agreements can be achieved through sport. more details / book

Student Midwives - 26 Nov 2009

Royal College of Midwives 19th Annual Conference The New Generation: Stepping Stones to the Future Held in central Manchester

This event brought student midwives across the UK to meet together, hear from leading experts and discuss the latest developments and challenges facing midwifery education and practice. Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference more details / book

Making Equality Work - 25 Nov 2009

Equality and Diversity Professional National Conference Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This event addressed policy and management transition issues and considered how professionals can embed the requirements of the new act and outline steps for the smooth introduction of complex new duties alongside the existing equality and diversity structures. more details / book

Citizen Focus Policing - 24 Nov 2009

Achieving public confidence: towards the 60% single national target Held at Liverpool Marriott Hotel City Centre

This conference provided key policy updates on citizen focused policing and its implementation and set out, in practical terms, how the police and their partners are connecting with the communities. more details / book

Domestic Violence - 19 Nov 2009

Understanding violence against women and girls: Getting service provision right 7th Annual Conference. Held at Hilton London Metropole

This conference provided an opportunity to hear the latest policy developments on the strategy to end violence against women, learn about the various forms of violence affecting women and children and discuss ongoing challenges to joined-up service provision. more details / book

Enhancing Student Experience - 19 Nov 2009

Held at Hilton London Metropole

This conference brought together higher education leaders to examine how to manage and exceed students' expectations in a challenging climate. more details / book

Local Better Regulation Office - 19 Nov 2009

Working Together for Better Local Regulation. Held at London Hilton Metropole

This conference brought together local authorities and regulators to discuss the future of regulation. more details / book

Youth Justice Convention 2009 - 12 Nov 2009

Keynote addresses included Helen Edwards and Ed Balls. Use the documents, videos and podcasts for briefing and training.

For 10 years the Youth Justice Convention has brought together delegates from youth offending teams, police, local authorities, secure establishments, sentencers, probation and other key stakeholders and policy makers in the youth justice system. This year's event brought together leading speakers t... more details / book

Positive Ageing - 11 Nov 2009

Discussed the challenges of delivering the government's Strategy on Ageing. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This timely conference assembled a panel of leading policy makers, health and social care managers and practitioners and representatives from the voluntary sector to deliver multi-agency working. more details / book

Effective Marketing in Higher Education - 10 Nov 2009

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Now in its 7th successful year, this conference brought together senior marketing and communications professionals to address the challenges facing higher education and discuss long term solutions to current issues. more details / book

London Health - 10 Nov 2009

Strategies and commissioning for better outcomes. Held at London Hilton Metropole

London Health 09 is a major two day conference and exhibition bringing together the capital's health community to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents. more details / book

Environment 09 - 09 Nov 2009

Environment Agency Annual Conference - held at the QEII Conference Centre, London.

With just days to go to the Copenhagen Summit and flooding once again making the UK headlines, the importance of managing climate change and protecting the environment to national and local strategic planning cannot be overstated. Environment 09, is a major conference and highlighted the political and economic influence of climate change and featured leading politicians, scientists, experts and practitioners. We record... more details / book

London Health 09 Exhibition Seminars - 09 Nov 2009

London Health 09 was a major two day conference and exhibition bringing together the capital's health community to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents. more details / book

Admissions to Higher Education - 05 Nov 2009

7th Annual Conference held at America Square Conference Centre

This event provided the key updates in admissions policy and assessed their impact on Higher Education. more details / book

Towards Ambition 2020: Skills, Jobs, Growth - 05 Nov 2009

central London

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has published its proposals regarding the future development of modern skills and employment systems in the UK. These include ideas which address the need for further simplification in systems which are currently perceived to be too complex. The event was hosted by Sir Michael Rake, Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Chairman of BT Group plc. Chris Humphries, Chief Executive ... more details / book

Transforming Public Services - 05 Nov 2009

Working together - delivering excellence, efficiency and value for money 5th Annual Conference. Held at Ramada Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester

This conference brought together representatives from the public, private and third sectors to discuss the Government's latest strategies on modernising public services through transformational change. more details / book

Victims and Witnesses - 03 Nov 2009

6th Annual Conference held at the Hilton London Metropole

This event looked at the findings from the joint thematic review of victims and witnesses experiences and provided an opportunity for delegates to hear the latest policy developments and debate and discuss service provision and measures needed to further improve the outcome for victims and witnesses of crime. more details / book

Employability for Scotland - 29 Oct 2009

3rd Annual Conference. Held at Radisson SAS, Edinburgh

This event looked at the long term challenges of skills development within an increasingly competitive global economy and considered responses to the needs of employers and individuals. more details / book

Invest for Greatness in Higher Education - 28 Oct 2009

Big Issues, Big Challenges - Beyond the fees debate. Held in central London

This conference looked at the challenges facing UK higher education and the strategic decisions VCs, principals, finance directors and other senior decision makers can take to ensure their institution prospers in the difficult restructuring ahead. more details / book

Enhancing Flexible Provision of Higher Education - 22 Oct 2009

National Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

This conference brought together leaders in higher education and organisations to discuss students’ experience of, and attitudes towards, part-time study, its costs and student support. more details / book

Adults with autism - 15 Oct 2009

National conference held at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London

This conference focused on the National Audit Office Supporting People with Autism through Adulthood report which explores the longer-term health and economic impacts of failing to cater for adults on the autistic spectrum. more details / book

Creating Social Enterprises - 15 Oct 2009

Public Service Delivery Through Social Enterprise. Held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London

An important and timely one day conference for local government and health leaders charged with developing and working with social enterprise relationships to deliver public service outcomes. more details / book

Local Area Agreements - 15 Oct 2009

5th Annual Conference. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

Delegates heard from best practice and learned how to demonstrate that their Local Area Agreements are effective. more details / book

Re-Skilling for Recovery in your Region - 15 Oct 2009

Working to put the right skills in the right place in preparing for economic upturn. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This conference brought together representatives from across the learning and skills, local authority and regional development sectors to set out how regional partnerships must work together to lift the UK’s regions out of recession. more details / book

The flood risk to London - The implications to business - 14 Oct 2009

Lecture at The Insurance Institute of London

Addressing members of The Insurance Institute of London, Environment Agency Chairman, Lord Chris Smith warned that “we are now experiencing what can only be described as a new kind of rain…that falls in huge quantities all at once in the same place”, an... more details / book

The Comment Awards - 13 Oct 2009

Brought to you by Editorial Intelligence, the media analysis and networking business and filmed by awards broadcast partner, Policy Review Interactive.

The Comment Awards are the first to celebrate comment in all its forms - both print and online from the Commentariat across both newspapers and the blogosphere. 2009 winners, announced on 13th October 2009 over a champagne breakfast at RIBA, London. Best Comment Pages sponsored by Edelman WINNER:  The Times, edited by Anne Spackman ... more details / book

Unlocking the talent of children and young people - 13 Oct 2009

2nd National Conference. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

This conference looked at the successes and lessons learned from initiatives such as ‘Find Your Talent’, and introduced new programmes from government and community organisations designed to unlock the talent of children and young people. more details / book

Conservative Party Conference - 07 Oct 2009

The Conservative Party's 126th annual conference is being held at Manchester Central (formerly known as GMEX) from 5-8 October. This important event is the last conference before the general election.

Each day we'll be interviewing attendees to find out their views on policy issues as well as their reactions to speeches and fringe events.   more details / book

Conservative Party Conference with Total Politics - 07 Oct 2009

The Conservative Party's 126th annual conference is being held at Manchester Central (formerly known as GMEX) from 5-8 October. This important event is the last conference before the general election.

Each day we'll be interviewing attendees to find out their views on policy issues as well as their reactions to speeches and fringe events. more details / book

Labour Party Annual Conference - 28 Sep 2009

Being held in Brighton, Labour's Annual Conference is one of the largest and most high profile political events in Europe.

Each day we'll be interviewing attendees to find out their views on policy issues as well as their reactions to speeches and fringe events. more details / book

Sure Start - 24 Sep 2009

Succeed and Sustain. Held at The Bloomsbury Hotel, London. Supported by: Day Care Trust, Fatherhood Insitute, Action for Children, National Literacy Trust, Pre-School Alliance

This major annual conference gave all those leading the way in providing high-quality, diversified children's centres the opportunity to come together and share how they are improving outcomes for the Sure Start generation. more details / book

Pandemic: Does the Global Media spread Information or Panic? - 18 Sep 2009

An Editorial Intelligence event in association with and kindly hosted by BBC Global News. Held at The Council Chamber, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA.

Chair: Zeinab Badawi, Presenter - World News Today, BBC World News & BBC Four Panel: David Brennan, CEO, AstraZeneca Simon Jenkins, Commentator, The Guardian Catherine Mayer, London Bureau Chief, TIME Magazine Professor Peter Openshaw, Director of the Centre for Respiratory Infection (CRI), the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London Paola Totaro, London correspondent for... more details / book

Diplomas for 14-19 Year Olds - 17 Sep 2009

4th National Conference. Held at Hilton London Metropole

In 2013, all Diploma qualifications will be available; 17 Diplomas, three different levels, 51 different new qualifications. This conference brought together all those tasked with leading implementation to examine the first year, benchmark consortia progress, answer the critics and anticipate changes in the coming academic year. more details / book

The Future of Culture, Tourism and Sport - 17 Sep 2009

5th National Conference. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre

This pivotal annual conference explored how the culture, tourism and sport sectors can meet the challenges that lie ahead, and promote their position in providing high quality public services responsive to the needs of communities. more details / book

Virtual conference for commissioning teams - 16 Sep 2009

World class commissioning assurance - launch of Year 2 16 September 2009, London

Welcome to the virtual conference for world class commissioning assurance - launch of Year 2 Nearly 400 SH... more details / book

Total Place - 15 Sep 2009

Focusing funding on places – not institutions. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre

Public services must accelerate how well they are working together. Public spending melt down and increased expectations from citizens are combining to change the way public services are delivered. This change must happen at a local level. This conference, in partnership with The MJ, brought together the senior managers from across local areas that are tasked with making this happen. more details / book

Bonfire of the Quangos: Where Next? - 09 Sep 2009

WATCH THE VIDEOS Presented by Editorial Intelligence, Policy Exchange and more details / book

Youth Research Forum - 09 Sep 2009

Lunchtime Seminar hosted by the Youth Research Forum and Policy Review at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster: How Can Government Change Behaviour?

Many of the major challenges facing society and government require the active and voluntary participation of the people concerned, whether in their health, their education or their environment. The behaviour changes now required do not lend themselves to established levers of government. Speaker: Matt Tee, Permanent Secretary for Government Communications more details / book

Securing City & Regional Prosperity - 22 Jul 2009

International conference to be held at The Lowry Centre, Salford

Taking on board the impact of the current global economic crisis, this international conference will set out global competitiveness strategies, bringing together a panel of internationally recognised speakers to show how city and regional economies in developed countries can respond effectively. more details / book

Local Strategic Commissioning - 14 Jul 2009

Keynote speaker: Rt Hon Francis Maude MP shadow minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

This national conference looked at the long-term impacts of the global financial crisis on the public sector. Cuts in public spending and the drive for greater efficiencies have intensified, whilst pressure from individuals and communities wanting more efficient and responsive local public services has increased.   more details / book

Promoting Local Democracy - 14 Jul 2009

Involving and Reconnecting Communities. Held in central London

This conference brought together central government, local government and partners to learn how to involve communities in local decision making, and reconnect them with the democratic process. more details / book

Reducing Re-offending - 09 Jul 2009

Ensuring positive outcomes in the economic downturn. Held at America Square Conference Centre, London

With contributions from leading experts in the field, this conference brought together representatives from local and central government with criminal justice agencies, prison, probation and police officers to explore how to work in partnerships to increase successful resettlement and reduce re-offending. more details / book

Delivering Local Outcomes through Libraries - 02 Jul 2009

4th National Conference held in central London

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its Library Service Modernisation Review in June 2009. The review focused on what a modern library service can contribute to local authorities, and set out the partnership and investment framework across government needed to achieve this vision. This conference, supported by DCMS and the Society of Chief Librarians, equipped delegates with a sound understanding of the review’s finding... more details / book

Transforming Young Lives - 02 Jul 2009

Enhancing well-being through school-home links. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This event brought together experts in children’s services, the education sector and local authorities to identify the key interventions that work for at risk young people and their families. more details / book

Skills for Life - 01 Jul 2009

6th Annual National Conference. Held at Hallam Conference Centre, London

With a particular focus on employability, this event explored strategies to raise demand for literacy, language and numeracy amongst individuals and employers. Bringing together senior representatives from across the education, adult services, local authority and voluntary sectors the conference examined effective practice and strategies to boost the standard and demand of these vital basic skills. more details / book

Meeting the NEET Challenge - 30 Jun 2009

Providing services and ensuring opportunities in the economic down turn. Held at Hallam Conference Centre, London

This national conference gave delegates the opportunity to hear the latest policy developments and discuss what the implications will be for local authorities, schools and colleges, social services, connexions and all those working to help young people find meaningful direction. more details / book

UK Research - 24 Jun 2009

3rd Annual Conference. Held at The Bloomsbury Hotel, London

This conference evaluated the research funding allocations, the shift from the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and provided guidance for all those concerned with sustaining research funding in their institutions. more details / book

HE, Health and Care Workforce Planning - 23 Jun 2009

Matching higher education to new roles. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London W1

This national conference brought together higher education and health service leaders to find solutions to the challenges that may prevent them from having the right people in the right healthcare roles in the future. more details / book

Sustaining Higher Education Funding - 23 Jun 2009

Held in central London

This event discussed the critical role of higher education in turning around the economy and assessed the current financial implications and issues of sustainability. It brought together vice-chancellors, finance directors and other senior decision makers providing a platform to exchange and develop ideas in how to develop the way forward to ensure HEIs are able to tackle the question of sustainability and funding. Supported by: more details / book

NAO Private Finance Conference - 22 Jun 2009

Focused on key issues in the current financial and economic climate and was held at the Victoria Park Plaza London.

The event was a forum to assist decision making in private finance projects in the current financial and economic environment. It featured: • Findings of recent NAO reports on major private finance programmes • Treasury update on the new financing arrangements for infrastructure projects • Essential contract manage... more details / book

Understanding International Student Choices - 19 Jun 2009

To be held in Scotland

A Policy Review Briefing supported by the 1994 Group for those involved with the recruitment of international students. more details / book

Child Protection - 18 Jun 2009

7th National Conference. Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

Children in the UK have been the focus of many reports in the media. Concerns for their physical and emotional wellbeing, in their homes, in care , on the internet and at schools have been discussed as well as fears of an increase in child poverty in light of the current financial climate. Fears that children might be at risk of overprotection have also been raised. This conference brought together representatives from local and central govern... more details / book

End of Life Care - 17 Jun 2009

Keynote speakers: Edward Leigh MP (pictured) and Prof. Mike Richards CBE Chair, End of Life Care Strategy Advisory Board

This conference came in the wake of Lord Darzi's High Quality Care for All: Next Stage Review, which identified end of life care as one of the eight care pathways that the NHS will focus on. The Department of Health published its End of Life Care Strategy more details / book

Further Education Leadership Summit - 17 Jun 2009

The Guardian 3rd Annual Conference. Keynote speaker David Willetts MP

Further education is going through its biggest change for over a decade in a time of economic turmoil: with new funding arrangements, new challenges in local communities and a central role in building skills and tackling the effects of the economic downturn. The Guardian 3rd Annual Further Education... more details / book

Public Services Summit - 16 Jun 2009

Keynote speaker: Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne MP

This conference provided the latest ideas and strategies to meet the challenges ahead. Delegates heard what the experts and policy makers have to say, shared their views and debated the latest thinking with colleagues from the wider public sector and business. more details / book

Local Strategic Partnerships - 11 Jun 2009

Keynote address: Bob Neill MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government

This seminal conference addressed critical issues such as how LSPs can have their say at the regional level, LAA delivery across two tiers, place shaping, performance management and private/transport sector involvement. The event provided local authorities and their partners with valuable policy insights. more details / book

Green Hospitals - 04 Jun 2009

Tackling the challenge of carbon reduction

This live online conference provided a forum to address the challenges of meeting the ambitious targets for carbon reduction in the NHS as stated in the Saving Carbon, Improving Lives strategy document (CLICK HERE TO VIEW). This report has set out ambitious targets by the NHS to reduce carbon emissions by 15% by 2010, five years earlier than current g... more details / book

Meeting Student Expectations - 03 Jun 2009

Increasing satisfaction or complaints? Warning signs for the smart HEI. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Student complaints, particularly from international students, are on the rise at over 10% a year. Even seemingly isolated complaints have the potential to significantly detract from the UK’s reputation for excellence in higher education. In light of the forthcoming Office of the Independent Adjudicator’s Pathway Project this conference brought together all those concerned with preventing and managing student complaints, includ... more details / book

Higher Education in the Regions 2009 - 02 Jun 2009

5th Annual Conference. Held at Crowne Plaza, Birmingham

Supporting the economy through recession is one of the two key priorities set out by the Secretary of State in January 2009. The demand for new higher education skills, retraining, management training and regional capacity building, employer engagement and working with training and enterprise organisations will be imperative. This conference brought together leading speakers and organisations to set out policy, examine success stories and case... more details / book

FE-HE Collaborative Provision 2009 - 21 May 2009

Annual conference held at Hilton London Metropole Hotel

This conference examined the latest information on strategies to increase collaboration and encouraged providers to adopt a more strategic approach to ensure provision is high quality, delivered in an appropriate environment, and facilitates student progression. more details / book

Community Cohesion - 19 May 2009

5th Annual Conference. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This national conference provided an opportunity to discuss how best to engage disadvantaged communities and bring people from different backgrounds together to prevent growing resentment from leading to increasing segregation. The conference also looked at examples of good practice cohesion projects and discussed what role councils should take in increasing cohesion. more details / book

Delivering Services for Gypsies and Travellers - 14 May 2009

Increasing Inclusion and Improving Healthcare. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This event examined the pressing issues facing those responsible for developing services for Gypsies and Travellers. Delegates were brought up to speed on policy and the responsibilities of the new Homes and Communities Agency, as well as the latest thinking around conflict resolution, capacity building and site design good practice. more details / book

Offenders’ Learning, Skills and Employability - 14 May 2009

5th Annual Conference. Held at the Barbican Centre, London and live on policyreview.tv

This conference focused on skills for employability with delegates hearing the latest developments in government policy and discussing the role of OLASS and how to improve offender employability. Keynote address: Edward Garnier QC MP, Shadow Minister for Justice. more details / book

RCN Congress - 14 May 2009

Held at Harrogate International Centre

The theme for this year's event is Counting on Care and its choice reflects how nursing is key to both public health and to service delivery. Patients count on the skills and compassion of nurses; the Government counts on their hard work and dedication; and communities count on their professional expertise and spirit of public service. We’ll be broadcasting all plenary sessions from Harrogate live and all the content will be archived on both o... more details / book

Universities and the Built Estate - 14 May 2009

Continuing sustainable development through an economic downturn. Held at the One America Square Conference Centre

This conference brought together leaders and senior managers in estates, facilities, learning and teaching, finance and organisational development to map the future direction of the HE sector and the implications for built estate planning and development to secure the future of institutions in the UK. Key speakers: David Strong, Chair, Directive Implementation Advisory Group and John Plumridge MRICS RIBA, Director of Projects, AIMS ltd. more details / book

Advocacy: Real Choice, Voice and Control 2009 - 12 May 2009

National conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference brought together commissioners from health and social care, providers from the voluntary and community sector and stakeholders, to discuss how to work together to enable vulnerable people to access advocacy services. more details / book

Higher Education and Schools Partnerships - 12 May 2009

Widening Participation – making funding work. To be held at Thistle, Marble Arch, London and live on policyreview.tv

With colleges and universities working to avoid the surge in university applications pushing their widening participation mix, this conference brought together key decision makers from across the education and not for profit sectors and government to discuss strategies to make strong education partnerships and improve future aspirations amongst young people. Keynote address: Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Davi... more details / book

A new approach to local regeneration and economic development - 11 May 2009

Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London and live on policyreview.tv

Bringing together chief executives and senior regeneration managers from local authorities, regional development agencies, the private sector and other stakeholders, this conference provided an update on the direction of the Government’s regeneration and local economic development policy and allowed delegates to share their experiences of regeneration in a recession. Keynote speaker: Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State, Communities and ... more details / book

New Challenges for Care Homes - 29 Apr 2009

Capacity, Competence, Commitment

The care home sector is going through a transformational change and is ill prepared for the pressures of increased regulation, limited finances, more complex workloads and the need for a larger skilled workforce. The Putting People First agenda calls for more personalised care where the person maintains independence, choice and dignity in all decisions throughout their care pathway. Coupled with the integration of health and social care regulatio... more details / book

International Student Experience in Higher Education - 28 Apr 2009

6th Annual Conference. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Recruitment and retention of international students play an important role in the multiculturalism of UK universities. However, for UK institutions to become truly international and engaged in a globalised higher education sector, considerations have to go beyond attracting international students and take into account more complex challenges that will shape their experience in the UK. more details / book

The Business Convention - 27 Apr 2009

British Chambers of Commerce conference. Held at the ICC, Birmingham

Business success is seen as the only way to pull the UK out of recession but with manufacturing output down by 6.2% in the last quarter how and when is the recovery going to happen? This event brought together leading business figures, politicians and economists to discuss the crisis and how it can be overcome. more details / book

Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime - 23 Apr 2009

Delivering effective community safety at a local level

To boost public confidence in the criminal justice system and increase the visibility of police work in the communities, the Government has taken advice from the report Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime and the responses from the Policing Green Paper to give local communities more power in setting priorities for the safety of their local area. The announcement of millions in funding for projects such as volunteer Community Crime Fighters... more details / book

Supporting Creative Industries 2009 - 23 Apr 2009

4th National Conference

The creative and cultural industries are as vulnerable to the economic climate as any other SMEs and their value and potential for growth in the UK economy remains great, increasing the need to equip them for survival and future prosperity. This conference heard proposals to recession-proof creative industries and reform qualifications ensuring their competitiveness in the future. Delegates learned how to support the sector through the £350m T... more details / book

Work Foundation Business Strategy Conference - 22 Apr 2009

Drivers of Growth

Clear evidence now points to the kinds of companies and organisations that will prosper in the global future facing the UK. This conference was held to understand which investments in people and organisational models will provide the drivers of growth and competitiveness that bring the UK out of the current downturn and sustain profitable, competitive edge companies and cities in the coming decades. The conference was for company directors and... more details / book

Beyond Rankings: Building a Global Identity - 17 Apr 2009

APAIE Conference and Exhibition, Beijing China

This event, put together and moderated by David L. Wheeler, the managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, provided an opportunity for delegates to hear from leading education institutions on how to compete on an international level and what makes universities world class. Mark Chong, Associate Professor of Corporate Communication Practice at Singapore Management University described... more details / book

CBI / Nord Anglia Education and Skills Survey - 06 Apr 2009

held at CBI London

The CBI/Nord Anglia education and skills survey 2009 provides authoritative information on employers' views of education and skills issues. The survey found that employers remain committed to training to improve the performance of their business, with nine out of ten having a training and development plan. But in testing economic times, most firms (51%) were looking to target their training spend more effectively to achieve the greatest return... more details / book

Mainstreaming Apprenticeships 2009 - 02 Apr 2009

The 14-19 Conference Series. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

One in five young people are to undertake an apprenticeship by 2013 and by 2010/11 900,000 young people and adults are to have completed an apprenticeship. With investment of £1 billion over the next three years, government is boosting apprenticeship opportunities, supporting business and increasing quality of provision. The Children, Skills and Learning Bill will guarantee apprenticeship places for every suitable young person by 2013 and lays... more details / book

14-19 Diplomas 2009 - 01 Apr 2009

2nd Annual Conference. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Diplomas sit at the heart of the Government’s drive to reform 14-19 education. With the first Diploma students now into their second term questions are being asked about Diploma delivery, where the qualification will lead to, and what type of students are taking them up. 12,000 students are currently enrolled in the Diploma programme, significantly fewer than initial and then revised predictions, some of whom will begin their applications to h... more details / book

International Criminal Justice 09 - 01 Apr 2009

Integrating community justice, innovation and future developments. Held at The Villa Marina Conference Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man

Local leadership and community justice are internationally recognised as the new imperative to the future of the criminal justice system and to holding the key to preventing crime and reducing re-offending by responding to the needs of local communities and delivering improved, integrated services. This international criminal justice conference brought together colleagues from across the world to highlight and share best practice around reduc... more details / book

14-19 Funding 2009 - 31 Mar 2009

2nd Annual Conference. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

The machinery of government changes has created much uncertainty and speculation regarding the impact of switching funding from the Learning and Skills Council to Local Authorities. New challenges and opportunities will face all those involved in the strategic management of funding in Further Education. Bringing together senior leaders in schools and FE, work based learning providers, Local Authorities, children’s services, diploma consort... more details / book

Developing the Childcare Workforce 2009 - 31 Mar 2009

5th National Conference. Held at Hilton London Metropole

This conference brought together senior practitioners, politicians and commentators to discuss the future of the Early Years and Childcare workforce. Delegates learned the latest government policy and gained knowledge from best practice case studies from across the country. In December 2008 the Government published the 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy. This sets out the Government's vision that everyone who works with child... more details / book

Carbon Reduction - 24 Mar 2009

Ready for the Commitment? National conference held in central London

UK carbon emissions have to be cut 30% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. To meet these tough targets without penalising intensive users of energy the Government will bring in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). This mandatory scheme aims to significantly reduce emissions in all organisations with annual electricity bills over £500K. The Government has put local authorities in the forefront of the drive to reduce emissions and this scheme will have far-... more details / book

Health Strategy Summit - 24 Mar 2009

Progress to Quality. Held at Latimer Place Hotel, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

A conference for policy makers, senior management and senior clinicians from across the health services in the UK and internationally. This participative and networking conference examined the progress of the NHS towards higher performance and explored how health care organisations might accelerate the path to good quality and efficient care. Using a synthesis of evidence, this conference examined progress in key areas and the strategic, cl... more details / book

Community Consultation 2009 - 19 Mar 2009

7th Annual Conference held in association with Ipsos MORI and The Consultation Institute

This event enabled delegates from across local authorities, health, police and associated stakeholders to come together to discuss and understand the latest developments around engaging with local communites. Over half of local authorities have selected ‘Community Engagements’ as a priority within their Local Area Agreement. Feedback from the Comprehensive Area Assessment consultation indicates that priorities will be assessed by how well they... more details / book

Monitor conference (HOST ONLY) - 12 Mar 2009

Monitor's conference for chairs, chief executives, finance directors and non executive and executive board members from NHS foundation trusts and aspirant foundation trusts. This one day event examined the challenges for medium to long-term strategy, short-term risks and opportunities for foundation trust development and the health and economic challenges shaping health care. Speakers included: * Baroness Young, Care Quality Commissi... more details / book

Leading Through Teaching and Learning - 10 Mar 2009

Held at Hilton London Metropole

This one day conference for leaders and decision makers in the further education sector explored how to enable the sector successfully to focus strategies on teaching and learning. The conference provided a platform to exchange ideas, discuss hurdles to teaching and learning and offered expert views, practical examples and advice. It showcased institutions and organisations who are successfully centred around teaching and learning, demonst... more details / book

European Serious Organised Crime - 09 Mar 2009

2nd Annual Conference held at BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

Organised crime networks in Europe continue to prosper but the collective state response is gathering pace and sophistication and positive results have been forthcoming. The OCTA states that, “In general, the main OC groups are transnational, multi-ethnic and poly-crime oriented” which necessitates a multi-agency, international law enforcement response. Last year’s inaugural conference created a network of senior police officers and key law e... more details / book

Brook Annual Sexual Health Conference - 05 Mar 2009

Safeguarding young people’s rights to confidentiality:The law and best practice. Held at The Brit Oval Conference Centre, London

Working with young people to meet their sexual health needs requires relationships built on trust, confidentiality and understanding. Policies around mandatory reporting, the establishment of child protection protocols and the creation of multi-agency information and sharing databases has raised concerns around young people's trust in services. As a knock on effect there are also concerns about the potential delay in which young people may seek p... more details / book

Counsel and Care - 25 Feb 2009

4th Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference looked at personal budgets, information and advice, joint working, care trusts, regulation and the development of the new personalised care market. It also considered the impact of the credit crunch on the economics of older people and carers, their capital assets, pensions and entitlements, public contributions and top-ups. How will hard-pressed authorities ration personalised budgets in under-funded areas? The event was for ... more details / book

Student Retention and Progression - 25 Feb 2009

4th Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

The current figure for non-completion of higher education courses sits at around 22 percent. As the number of 18 year olds declines and with students facing tougher financial and academic circumstances, this presents a serious challenge for higher education to improve strategies to maintain and improve student retention. The current financial climate is raising questions about the validity of higher education as a career path. Colleges and un... more details / book

Using Local Powers to Drive Local Economies - 25 Feb 2009

Held at Prospero House, London

Pioneering local authorities have refused to be downtrodden by the impacts of the current economic downturn. Several have adopted forms of economic activism and municipal innovation and the Government is promising to extend further powers to support this initiative. Necessity and a growing political consensus for more local devolution and accountability are combining to throw up new ideas for driving economic recovery, increasing choice, impro... more details / book

The New Comprehensive Area Assessment - 18 Feb 2009

The Audit Commission published the new Framework for the CAA in February 2009, ready to be put in to practice in April. Held by The MJ, with support from the Improvement and Development Agency, this national conference brought together key players across local government to discuss progress, opportunities and challenges in the lead up to the implementation of the CAA, whilst providing a forum for delegates to begin to understand their relation... more details / book

14-19 Skills for Employability - 10 Feb 2009

Equipping young people for the world of employment. Held at America Square Conference Centre, London

By 2014 two-thirds of jobs will require at least level three qualifications and by 2020 an additional 20 million people will require higher skills levels than at present. In an economically challenged and increasingly competitive market it is vital that young people are fully equipped with the right skills and abilities to operate in a world of increased competitiveness and unlimited opportunity. In anticipation of government raising the lear... more details / book

Future of Nursing Summit - 10 Feb 2009

3rd annual conference - Shaping education for contemporary career pathways. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

In 2006, the Department of Health published Modernising Nursing Careers, a document proposing radical changes to the role of nurses in the delivery of healthcare and to the development of a future nursing workforce. The workforce must be fit for practice and able to face the challenges and needs of an ageing population and the continued drive towards care closer to the home. More recently the Nursing and Midwifery Council have been reviewing p... more details / book

Transforming the Youth Workforce 09 - 10 Feb 2009

2nd National Conference held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

This second annual conference brought together senior politicians, managers and practitioners working within youth services. In ‘Aiming High’ the Ten Year Youth Strategy, Government promised to ‘transform facilities and support services for young people in England’. This event provided the forum to hear the latest current government thinking and explore the most up to date ideas on developing a workforce that can help young people achieve thei... more details / book

The Higher Education Summit 2009 - 02 Feb 2009

Choices Beyond 2010. Held at QEII Conference Centre, London

The Higher Education sector is becoming more stratified, as funding changes increasingly mean that no institution can deliver to all students. Institutions must choose their future market segment and unique University Selling Points. Timed at the beginning of an important year, which includes the review of student finance and fees, the Summit gave a comprehensive update on the latest policy issues, from the incoming Research Excellence Frame... more details / book

Arts Council chair's valedictory lecture - 29 Jan 2009

Held at the Royal Institute of British Architects

Defending the principles and practices of the Arts Council since its origins, 63 years ago, under economist John Maynard Keynes through to today, outgoing chairman Sir Christopher Frayling delivered his valedictory lecture marking the end of his five-year term. Referring to today’s tough economic climate, he declared that we are all Keynesians again today. Sir Christopher criticised an obsession with targets by governments of both left and ... more details / book

Postgraduate Conference - 29 Jan 2009

7th annual conference. Held at America Square Conference Centre, London

Postgraduate education is essential to the health and well-being of all higher education institutions as well as a fundamental contributor to the world class skills that the UK needs to maintain its position in the global economy. While the number of postgraduate enrolments and qualifications completed continue to increase, the recent DIUS commissioned reviews of higher education have highlighted the vulnerability of research careers in the U... more details / book

International Higher Education Partnerships - 27 Jan 2009

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Overseas delivery currently accounts for 200,000 international students following UK higher education programmes. By 2010 it is likely that demand for trans-national education will be greater than for international students seeking an overseas campus based experience, meaning that successful international partnerships between higher education institutions are going to be vital to the sector. This conference brought together Vice-chancellors, ... more details / book

School Transport 2009 - 27 Jan 2009

Held at Hotel Russell, London

The national conference for all those working in school transport to explore emerging trends and issues, the latest policy and guidance and hear innovative best practice. Through the Local Transport Bill, Local Authorities will receive enhanced powers to deliver transport services so that they reflect better the needs of the local area. This conference showed how empowered Local Authorities can incorporate school travel planning into wider pla... more details / book

Positive Activities for Young People - 22 Jan 2009

Rebalancing the narrative - celebrating youth. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

For five years the Positive Activities for Young People conference has been bringing together delegates from local authorities, education, social services, the police, youth offending teams, drug action teams, Children's Trusts and other key stakeholders with a remit to help and support young people at risk of offending. This conference demonstrates what can be done in new policy contexts. It links back to the Ten Year Strategy, Every Child Ma... more details / book

Skills for Work in the Economic Downturn - 22 Jan 2009

Empowering people to gain and maintain employment. To be held at the Barbican Conference Centre, London EC2

In economically difficult times, skills for work and employment are drivers for economic growth and social cohesion and are vital to ensure that the UK economy is well equipped to compete in the global market. The Government has announced £100m extra funding over the next three years for people to gain the right skills and to enable access to training and re-training to ensure employment is further increased. The future UK economy depends on m... more details / book

FE Colleges and the International Market - 20 Jan 2009

3rd Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

The 53,000 international students currently enrolled in UK Further Education make a significant contribution to their colleges and their local economies. However, from March 2009 all colleges teaching non European Economic Area (EEA) students must have a licence issued by the UK Border Agency. To maintain and enhance its market share UK Further Education is challenged to operate in a rapidly changing global student market and to take advanta... more details / book

Next Steps on Integrated Care - online seminar - 15 Jan 2009

Sponsored content

This online seminar looked at the opportunities offered to those GP practices which were not chosen to participate in the Government's national pilot for Integrated Care Organisations. Specifically this live two-way event, hosted by integrated care specialists IHP, explained to GPs how integrated care could be delivered in phases, over time, where GP practices would assume greater responsibility and, potentially, reap greater rewards. The ... more details / book

Reinvigorating Communities - 13 Jan 2009

A Smith Institute lecture sponsored by Policy Review Magazine

A series of lectures to reflect on how to reinvigorate our communities. How do we support a sense of ‘domestic community’ where the needs of families and women are taken into full account in the policy making process? Is the current level and nature of immigration positive or negative for the UK, socially, economically and culturally? Has our historic policy of multiculturalism led to a more integrated society or to more polarised communities? more details / book

Housing, Regeneration and the Credit Crunch - 11 Dec 2008

Strengthening communities through tougher times. Held at the Barbican Conference Centre, London

Please note: The podcasts for the speakers in the first session of this event are not available for listening on this site due to a technical problem. The UK is experiencing its first sharp economic downturn since the 1990s. This creates a set of new and unique challenges for senior managers in local government. This conference looked at the impact of a slowing housing market on local government. The impact of this credit crunch, and a pote... more details / book

Inspection and Regulation of Early Years and Childcare - 11 Dec 2008

Fifth Annual Conference - Demonstrating Excellence

The Childcare Act 2006 introduced two new registers, which will be operated by Ofsted: the Early Years Register (EYR) and the Ofsted Childcare Register (OCR). From September 2008 three yearly inspections from Ofsted became compulsory across all early years and childcare providers. According to Ofsted the iinspection will “provide an impartial, external evaluation of provision – designed to help improve quality”. This conference brought togeth... more details / book

London Health 08 - 10 Dec 2008

Innovating for a World City

This two day conference, open exhibition and masterclass provided an opportunity for the capital’s health community to come together to consider the delivery of health and healthcare in London. This was the first in a series of annual events to encourage both the NHS and its partners to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the challenges and opportunities that London presents. ALL CONTENT APPEARS IN THE... more details / book

London Health 08 - interactive practitioner seminars - 10 Dec 2008

Innovating for a world city

This two day conference, open exhibition and masterclass provided an opportunity for the capital’s health community to come together to consider the delivery of health and healthcare in London. This was the first in a series of annual events to encourage both the NHS and its partners to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the challenges and opportunities that London presents. more details / book

Lost in Transformation? - 10 Dec 2008

NWeGG Annual Conference

The Transformational Government Agenda is becoming an increasingly important tool in reforming and shaping the future of public services. The 4th Annual NWeGG Conference brought together representatives from the public, private and third sectors and heard from the Government on its latest strategy to modernise public services through Transformational Change. The conference examined the key role that technology can play in redesigning services ... more details / book

Communities and Youth Crime - 09 Dec 2008

A New Start? Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

The Government's Youth Crime Action Plan details a tough yet prevention-based approach to youth crime, striving where possible to divert young people from such behaviour. It follows Louise Casey's Crime and Communities Review which calls for visible ‘community payback', standardised neighbourhood policing across the UK , and for the community to play their part in fighting crime. This conference looked at the next five years of tackling youth ... more details / book

Creating Stronger Local Communities - 09 Dec 2008

A CBI Public Services Forum Event

The Government outlined its ambition of strong, safe and prosperous communities in its recent local government white paper. This forum took a broader look beyond the current place-shaping agenda and asked how competition and effective commissioning from the market can be used to improve provision of services to aid community cohesion. A changing UK population and shifts in demographics are creating new demands on local services. Councils and l... more details / book

Higher Education and 14-19 Reforms Conference - 09 Dec 2008

Matching access to expectations: implications for higher education. Held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

Higher education strongly influences the choices made by 14-19 year-olds and their parents. The involvement and support of higher education institutions will be critical to the success of both Diplomas and wider 14-19 reforms. The introduction of Diplomas and reforms to 14-19 qualifications will have a direct impact on higher education institutions. All universities must publish course-specific entry requirements for revised A-levels and Dipl... more details / book

FE Reputation and Excellence - 04 Dec 2008

To be held at America Square Conference Centre, London

The machinery of government changes, proposed in the ‘Raising Expectations’ white paper, require the further education sector to tackle new challenges and to prove its excellence. The restructuring of the sector and the shift of funding responsibilities to local authorities also means that the sector has more opportunities then ever to take hold of its own fortune and further build its reputation. Strong leadership is needed in the sector as t... more details / book

Promoting Responsible Drinking - 04 Dec 2008

3rd Annual Conference to be held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

The culture of binge drinking amongst young people has in many places created a fear of crime and unsafe town centres. Research shows that pre-teens and teenagers in some areas frequently consume over 20 units a week, prompting them to become involved in violence, vandalism and sexual risk. This, combined with high levels of alcohol consumption amongst everyday social drinkers has seen the amount of people admitted to hospital with alcohol relate... more details / book

Delivering Lifetime Homes and Neighbourhoods - 02 Dec 2008

2nd Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Through Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods the Government put in place a new strategy to give older people greater choice and independence in their housing needs and within their neighbourhoods. This conference looked at how to improve current housing stock and services and rise to the challenges for new housing. Delegates explored how to meet the targets to ‘future proof’ all new homes so that by 2011 all new social housing meets the Li... more details / book

End of Year Review - 02 Dec 2008

An Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute event held at CBI headquarters, Centre Point, London

This event provides an overview of the major highlights from the last 12 months across a number of fields, including the political landscape, society, the economy and the media. Speakers include: Adam Boulton Political Editor of Sky News Polly Toynbee Columnist, The Guardian Ben Page Chairman of the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute more details / book

Rev. Jesse Jackson Lecture - 01 Dec 2008

Organised by the Centre for Local Policy Studies (CLPS) at Edge Hill University

American civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson, will deliver a free public lecture. In a lecture entitled Civil Rights to Equanomics Rev. Jackson will focus on the relationship between economic justice and race. This timely event takes place in the aftermath of this year’s historic American elections and the candidacy of Barack Obama the first black presidential candidate. Rev. Jackson will discuss themes from racial justice to economic equa... more details / book

Sports Provision for Children and Young People - 27 Nov 2008

3rd National Conference

Following the success of the PESSCL strategy - which helped 86% of young people to participate in at least two hours PE and sport each week – the Government has set a new target as part of the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People. With additional funding of £755m the ambition is for young people to access five hours of physical education a week, both in and outside of school. This national conference brought together a large senior-level aud... more details / book

Upskilling the Workforce 09 - 27 Nov 2008

3rd Annual Conference. America Square Conference Centre, London

Two years on from the Leitch Review, the key challenge for education and training providers remains engaging with employers in order to understand, and meet, their skills and training demands. Demographers are predicting a rapid decrease of young people entering the labour market – some 500,000 fewer over coming years. If the UK economy is to keep pace with its main global competitors, and secure future business productivity and individual prospe... more details / book

Annual Youth Justice Convention - 26 Nov 2008

Held at Harrogate International Centre

The Annual Youth Justice Convention is the leading policy and networking event for all those committed to tackling youth crime. Bringing together delegates from youth offending teams, the police, local authorities, YOIs, probation and other key stakeholders this conference considers key issues addressing youth crime today. It is 10 years since the Crime and Disorder Act introduced significant reforms to the youth justice system in England... more details / book

Enhancing the Student Experience - 26 Nov 2008

Student satisfaction with their Higher Education experience is critical to the future of all HE institutions. As the National Student Survey and Unistats provide more information about the student experience, better-informed undergraduate students will become more discerning about where to study and whether to recommend their university. Universities must make planned, strategic responses now to secure their future reputation and market posit... more details / book

Domestic Violence - 25 Nov 2008

6th Annual Conference - Improving Service Provision - Delivering Protection and Support

The provision and access of specialised support services are vital for the safety and justice of the over three million women across the UK who experience domestic and sexual violence each year. The introduction of an additional 30 specialised domestic violence courts across England and Wales and the roll out of MARACs nationally, further shows how important it is that protective measures are backed up with domestic violence services. The rec... more details / book

Reinvigorating Communities - 25 Nov 2008

A Smith Institute lecture sponsored by Neil Stewart Associates

A series of lectures to reflect on how to reinvigorate our communities. How do we support a sense of ‘domestic community’ where the needs of families and women are taken into full account in the policy making process? Is the current level and nature of immigration positive or negative for the UK, socially, economically and culturally? Has our historic policy of multiculturalism led to a more integrated society or to more polarised communities? more details / book

Environmental Futures - 24 Nov 2008

Creating the climate for change

This Environment Agency annual conference combined perspectives from government, business, the investment community and others to: Share the latest thinking and policies on the environment, with the focus on a low carbon economy and adaptation to built-in climate change. Debate the respective roles of government, business, the investment community, the technology sector and other groups in delivering real change. Uncover the mechanisms... more details / book

Effective Marketing in Higher Education - 20 Nov 2008

6th Annual Conference

Market pressures in higher education are increasing rapidly with changing demographics, growing global competition and higher financial investments making students more demanding customers. Effective marketing to attract and retain students is paramount. Institutions face demands to engage with their regional community, particularly with business, and at the same time need to ensure that they set themselves apart on a national market. Internat... more details / book

Towards a New Care and Support System - 20 Nov 2008

2nd Social Care Pre-Green Paper

The Department of Health pre-Green Paper consultation has promised to change the way social care services are funded. This conference offered delegates a final chance to benchmark consultation responses against colleagues whilst hearing the latest government policy. Discussion around emerging evidence was highlighted through best practice case-studies and delegates were offered an early opportunity to hear the results of the national IB evalua... more details / book

Minding the Gap: Achieving Integrated Care - 19 Nov 2008

NAPC Annual Conference - Towards World-Class Commissioning

World class commissioning will have a direct impact on the health and well-being of the population, driving unprecedented improvements in patient outcomes and ensuring the NHS remains one of the most progressive and high-performing health systems in the world. Ultimately, world class commissioning will deliver better well-being for all, better care for all and better value for all. The NAPC ’07 Annual Conference attracted over 300 GPs, PCTs an... more details / book

Economic Prosperity - 13 Nov 2008

Third Annual Conference - Sub-regional partnerships delivering growth

Last year’s Sub-national Review of economic development and regeneration (SNR) paved the way for local authorities and their partners to work together – unconstrained by traditional geographical boundaries – through Multi Area Agreements (MAAs). This brought together a key audience to understand the scale and potential for the new MAAs to work within economic areas fundamentally to change the way complex economic issues are addressed. Dele... more details / book

Better Local Regulation - 11 Nov 2008

Prosperity and Protection

Regulatory services are going through a challenging period of reform. The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act will put in place new requirements which will enhance the work of local authorities and national regulators in protecting citizens and promoting prosperity. This conference was an opportunity for decision makers from the regulation, business and consumer sectors to come together to understand how best to deliver the latest policy... more details / book

Admissions to Higher Education - 06 Nov 2008

6th Annual Conference

Since 2006 significant progress has been made in improving the HE admissions process and enhancing the provision of information for applicants and universities to create a fairer, more transparent and efficient applications system. While improving the progress of school leavers into HE remains a high priority, with the number of 18 to 20-year-olds projected to fall sharply from 2009, HE must be opened up to those currently in the workforce, if... more details / book

What do we want from the next commissioner of the Metropolitan Police? - 05 Nov 2008

A Policy Exchange Event

Chaired by Dean Godson, Research Director for Terrorism and Security at Policy Exchange, this seminar considered what should be the key attributes of the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in the context of the current challenges facing the capital’s policing agenda. The Deputy Major of London for Policing, Kit Malthouse, set the scene by outlining how the new Met Commissioner needed to be someone who understood the often grey line ... more details / book

Arts Council England - lecture - 03 Nov 2008

Royal Society of Arts - London

Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council England, outlined his vision for the next ten years. His wide ranging speech covered moving away from three funding arrangements and the introduction of a consultation on self-assessment and peer review. He declared that, “the Arts Council, as a major funder of the arts in this country, needs to get beyond a series of false dichotomies – between excellence and engagement, between centralism and regio... more details / book

Successful Employment and Resettlement of Ex-Offenders - 30 Oct 2008

3rd Annual Conference

The rehabilitation work carried out by various suppliers in the UK 's criminal justice system has made the Government take notice. Effective resettlement and support of ex-offenders results in dramatic reductions in re-offending rates and, given time, this will have the required knock-on effect on public confidence in the criminal justice system. The Green Paper on Resettlement of Young Offenders followed the trend of thinking on this topic. ... more details / book

Victims and Witnesses Conference - 30 Oct 2008

5th Annual Conference held at Marriott City Centre, Liverpool

Improving the experience of the criminal justice system for victims and witnesses continues to be a key government priority. Over the last few years extensive reform has been introduced to ensure the system is more focused on supporting victims and witnesses through the criminal justice journey. Acknowledging the positive developments, this conference helped move the debate on victims and witnesses forward by providing an opportunity to hear ... more details / book

Examples of our work - 29 Oct 2008

The video clips on these pages illustrate our work and expertise.

more details / book

Healthy Eating in Schools - 29 Oct 2008

4th Annual Conference - Increasing Take-up of Quality Food

New minimum nutritional standards for school food came into force for primary schools in September 2008 and will be applied to secondary schools in September 2009. Government has announced £650m ring-fenced funding for school lunches by 2011 to subsidise healthy ingredients and invest in training and in improving kitchens. The recent School Food Trust/ LACA survey showed the first rise in the number of primary school children eating school me... more details / book

CBI Migration Summit - 28 Oct 2008

The new settlement on migration

With the new immigration points system starting in 2008, this summit aimed to help business and public service HR leaders and executives understand the new landscape for migration and government policy to use the new systems and work together on the new settlement on migration. The UK economy depends on a high level of immigration and temporary migration from Europe and beyond and key sectors of the economy, such as major public services in he... more details / book

Local Area Agreements - 23 Oct 2008

4th Annual Conference - Delivering the Vision held at Hotel Russell, London

As local authorities have signed off their first Local Area Agreements (LAAs) this event came at a crucial time for the sector offering delegates a forum to take stock and evaluate how their LAA is working and to look at future challenges. Delegates considered how their LAA will contribute to 2009's Comprehensive Area Assessment, examined how to identify areas where partners may struggle to meet targets and considered when, where and what supp... more details / book

Part-Time Study in Higher Education - 23 Oct 2008

4th Annual Conference held at The Barbican Centre, London

This conference looked at the challenges part-time study in higher education will have to face and brought together Vice-Chancellors and Pro Vice-Chancellors, Heads of Departments and other senior decision makers from across the sector. Delegates heard about and debated the changes to ELQ funding, encouraging participation in part-time study and building collaborative provision with employers to deliver responsive and flexible qualifications l... more details / book

Skills and Employment Summit - 23 Oct 2008

National Conference held at Park Plaza, Cardiff

Although Wales is outperforming the rest of the UK in the achievement of vital skills, it is essential that developing skills and employment opportunities remains at the top of the agenda. This would ensure that Wales can meet the challenges of an ever evolving economy, and to achieve the Welsh Assembly's target of raising the employment rate to 80%. Following the announcement of the Welsh Assembly's Welsh Skills and Employment strategy and t... more details / book

Social Enterprise Futures - 22 Oct 2008

London Ahead of the Game held at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London

As the new political administration in the capital beds in, the social enterprise community is considering what the opportunities will be for those who want to deliver public services. The Mayor has signed up to the Social Enterprise Charter and the new ‘right to bid' should open up opportunities for social enterprises in London but there are questions to be answered. This conference set out social enterprise's critical path to success in... more details / book

Investing in youth in the UK: a NEET solution - 21 Oct 2008

A CBI Public Services Conference held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Whilst 20,000 more young people are in education, employment or training in 2008 than in the previous year, statistics suggest that nearly one in ten 16 & 17 year olds is a NEET – Not in Employment, Education or Training. To help young people make a successful transition to adulthood it is vital that they are provided with high-quality services and guidance. Many need access to help, advice and positive activities in order for them to fulfil t... more details / book

Skills and Employment for the Regions - 21 Oct 2008

7th Annual Conference - joining up local skills, preparing for 2010

Bringing together senior representatives from further education and training providers, Local Authorities, RDAs, SSCs and employers, this conference mapped a course through the complex policy landscape for regional skills and economic development and examined how effectively to join up the work of all partners on the skills and regeneration agenda. The Leitch Review and “World Class Skills” positioned skills at the heart of the Government’s ag... more details / book

Ensuring Student Safety and Security - 16 Oct 2008

Promoting Safe, Secure and Cohesive Campuses held at Jury's Great Russell Street Hotel, London

Research regularly suggests that one in three students is a victim of crime at university every year, most commonly of burglary, theft and mugging. Living away from home for the first time, students often have little experience of crime prevention methods, and this, coupled with the portable high-value goods prevalent in the student population (students took possessions worth some £2.5bn to university in 2005), makes them likely targets for perpe... more details / book

Enterprise and Innovation in HE - 16 Oct 2008

Enhancing employer engagement, meeting global challenges held at the Royal Society, London

The demand for higher education to be responsive to business and to develop not only more employable but also more enterprising graduates is a priority for both the Government and funding councils. Underlying this policy push is an assumption that universities and colleges just need to respond to business demand but the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) questions this demand/supply approach. This conference considered how univer... more details / book

Unlocking the Talent of Children and Young People - 16 Oct 2008

The Culture and Creativity Challenge held at The BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

This national conference focused on the Government’s “Find Your Talent” scheme and other policy initiatives which seek to unlock children’s talent through culture, creativity and the arts. In bringing together schools, children’s services, cultural services and the creative and cultural sector, the event looked at how to deliver the Government’s ambitions to provide children and young people with five hours high quality culture and creativity ... more details / book

Delivering Choice-Based Lettings - 09 Oct 2008

4th Annual Conference- Enhancing Choice and Mobility

The drive towards the personalisation of public services continues at great pace and Choice-Based Lettings schemes are well placed to deliver. But challenges remain to meet the Government’s target of 100% local authority take-up of the scheme by 2010, coupled with the roll out of sub-regional schemes and enhanced housing options. For local authorities and housing associations, this conference provided the latest guidance to deliver Choice-Base... more details / book

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Wednesday - 01 Oct 2008

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

policyreview.tv will be providing online coverage from each day of the conference, recording interviews, fringe meetings and gauging the reaction of delegates and pundits. more details / book

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Tuesday - 30 Sep 2008

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

Education David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills talks about a range of issues from careers guidance, A levels and the new 14-19 Diplomas to tuition fees and developments in higher education. Asked what he thought about Gordon Brown’s proposals to increase broadband access to poorer families, he said that they were “…excellent initiatives..the question is of course how they can be delivered and wheth... more details / book

Financing the Future of Local Government - 30 Sep 2008

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Councils are performing better than ever before as demonstrated by CPA results. Government, however, is calling for local authorities to work ‘smarter’ to enable better services for the community. Hearing from politicians, senior practitioners and stakeholders this conference provided the forum for delegates to consider the potential to raise new revenue streams in order to lead to service improvements. more details / book

Sure Start 08: Securing the Future - 30 Sep 2008

The national annual conference for children's centre leaders and partners - held at New Connaught Rooms, London

A further £7m funding was announced in March for extra children's centre outreach workers in the most disadvantaged areas as well as more training and guidance on working with black and minority ethnic families. This followed the “modest” but positive results of the National Sure Start Evaluation that children with access to Sure Start were better behaved and more independent, their parents providing better home learning and they had more access ... more details / book

Conservative Party Annual Conference - Monday - 29 Sep 2008

Held in Birmingham from 28 September to 01 October

Credit crunch With share prices tumbling worldwide, the proposed $700 billion rescue package for the US banking system stalled and the collapse of Bradford and Bingley, Monday’s hot topic was inevitably the credit crunch. Speaking at a fringe meeting, Philip Hammond MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury considered that consumer attitude to debt was already changing. The problem had been “confusing the creation of credit with the creation of... more details / book

Labour Party Annual Conference - Wednesday - 24 Sep 2008

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Wednesday 24 September In an exclusive interview with policyreview.tv Schools’ Minister Jim Knight MP talked about the Prime Minister’s announcement to provide vouchers worth £700 to enable poorer families to have access to the internet. Studies have shown that having a computer at home can help to raise pupils’ examination results. “It’s wrong for the digital divide to disadvantage those children whose parents can’t afford…broadband connectio... more details / book

Labour Party Annual Conference - Tuesday - 23 Sep 2008

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Tuesday 23 September - Focus on young people and education With 22% of three year olds now diagnosed as obese, the problem was discussed at a Smith Institute fringe event entitled Beating Obesity: What about our toddlers? Helen Goodman MP, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons accepted that the Government had not thought enough about the toddler age group in terms of obesity. Goodman claimed that the fight against child poverty was fundamental... more details / book

Labour Party Annual Conference - Monday - 22 Sep 2008

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Monday 22 September - Focus on economic affairs With attention turned to the economy, Alistair Darling came into the spotlight stating in his keynote address that "These are extraordinarily turbulent times; a crisis that has rocked the financial institutions around the world on top of the large rise in fuel, food and commodity prices." Although borrowing would need to rise in order to "support the economy and families when they need it most... more details / book

Labour Party Annual Conference - Sunday - 21 Sep 2008

Held at Manchester Central from 20-24 September

Sunday 21 September - Focus on foreign policy As Gordon Brown's main leadership rival, Foreign Secretary David Miliband is attracting attention at this year's conference. Speaking at a Fabian Society lunchtime fringe event entitled Can foreign policy be a Labour strength?, he observed that "...foreign policy for Labour has generally been a big issue for us for losing us votes rather than winning us votes - where it has been a big issue at all.... more details / book

CBI Education Summit 2008 - 18 Sep 2008

Held at the QEII Conference Centre, London

This CBI Education Summit mapped the skills needs of local and national business and set out for employers, schools and colleges how best to build sustainable education-business partnerships. In the context of increasing global economic competitiveness and a more flexible and demand-led 14-19 landscape, delegates explored the latest policy developments – including apprenticeships and recognising in-house employer training – that will meet the ... more details / book

The Future of Cultural and Leisure Services - 18 Sep 2008

4th Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Culture, leisure and sport remain in a perfect position to enable local services to meet targets and outcomes and drive positive change for society as a whole. This annual conference considered how the sector can meet the challenges that lie ahead and promote its position in providing high quality public services responsive to the needs of communities. The event discussed how to negotiate and deliver the critical role culture and sport can pla... more details / book

3rd Annual 14-19 Diplomas Conference - 16 Sep 2008

Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Diplomas remain at the heart of the Government's ambitious 14-19 reforms to enhance retention and achievement amongst young people. By combining theoretical and practical learning and requiring a collaborative approach, schools, colleges, local authorities, higher education and employers need to come together to equip young people with the skills required for success in work and life. This conference brought together key decision makers from ... more details / book

Global Perspective - 16 Sep 2008

A Festschrift conference for Professor Sir Colin Campbell on 'The Internationalisation of Higher Education' held at The University of Nottingham

The impact of rapid globalisation and growth of powerful emerging economies is altering trends and demand in international education and universities today cooperate but also compete on a global scale. This conference was held in recognition of The Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, Professor Sir Colin Campbell, and his contribution to the internationalisation of higher education. It attracted delegates from across UK higher educ... more details / book

Health Forum. The NHS: Healthier at 65? - 11 Sep 2008

Building a patient powered NHS

Following the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the NHS this Think:Public Forum looked ahead to the challenges in NHS commissioning, management and professional, and discussed how the NHS might look at 65. The forum considered the solutions to the challenges and debate and how to maintain a decade of reform. Personalisation and patient choice are now integral to policy; but patients want power to choose a provider and see indicators of provi... more details / book

Empowerment in Action - 17 Jul 2008

Accountability - Consultation - Leadership. Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

A new wave of change is hitting civic institutions demanding they be more responsive and accountable to their neighbourhoods and communities. The ‘empowerment' white paper published on 9 July outlined proposals to make this happen. This event set out how local authorities can demonstrate strong and visible local leadership, whilst at the same time providing more opportunities through neighbourhoods, new forms of consultation and feedback for c... more details / book

Transformimg Social Care - 15 Jul 2008

Putting People First. Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

The work currently underway to ‘transform' social care through individual budgets marks the start of a whole system change for all those working with adults in need of care. An extra £520 million for councils over the next three years through the Social Care reform grant will lead to more personalised and preventative care services and more power and control to service users and their carers. New, closer relationship between the health servic... more details / book

Community Ownership of Assets - 10 Jul 2008

Creating Strong and Sustainable Communities. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Since the publication of the Quirk Review of barriers and incentives to community ownership of assets in 2007, the Government has, by setting out to implement the recommendations in full, shown commitment to increase the number of asset transfers from local authorities to community organisations. To date this has resulted in the announcement of 80 target pilot areas, more community management and ownership of assets and increased funding. Bui... more details / book

Skills for Life - 08 Jul 2008

5th Annual Conference held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

By 2020 it is predicted that 85% of jobs will require level three or above skills and competencies. With almost 30% of the working age population lacking level 2 skills and 1.5 million fewer people taking up adult learning in the last two years, improving the basic skills of the nation’s hardest to reach will be critical. This conference brought together leaders and senior managers from further education, adult learning services, local authori... more details / book

Strategic Leadership in HE through integrated IT and library services - 08 Jul 2008

Held at the University of Salford, Manchester

Integrated IT and Library Services have become a central part in the running of HEIs. They are playing an important role in developing modern services, enhancing the student experience, help to enable non-traditional and work-based students to participate in HE and allow for institutions to rely on innovative solutions for sustainable strategic planning and change management. The Government’s drive to ensure that HEIs are able to provide flexi... more details / book

NAO Private Finance Conference - 07 Jul 2008

Held at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster

This conference focused on operational and financing issues for private finance schemes and those areas where private finance is expected to grow in the next 12 months. Delegates had the opportunity to explore developments in current policy and issues faced by stakeholders in the use of private finance to deliver public services. The event also put the spotlight on recent NAO publications on private finance and featured specialist sessions on:... more details / book

Creating Enterprising Colleges - 01 Jul 2008

Building enterprise knowledge and skills to unlock talent. Held at CCT Venues-Smithfield, London

Further education is the natural home of enterprise, connecting academic and vocational students with business in a flexible environment. Building both broad enterprise knowledge and specific skills is crucial to unlocking the UK’s entrepreneurial talent and to raising productivity. For FE institutions, building a reputation for enterprise will be vital to drive college improvement, enhance employer engagement, improve student retention and se... more details / book

Why Government education initiatives work – or don’t - 01 Jul 2008

The evidence base for policy-making. Held at the House of Commons, London

Jointly hosted by Barry Sheerman MP and Cambridge Assessment, this seminar provided an opportunity to listen to experts who have evaluated the success or failure of recent government initiatives and question them on the broad, high-level principles of what makes a successful initiative. The event - part of a Cambridge Assessment series designed to bring together a wide range of professionals in education to look at ‘big picture’ topics and ena... more details / book

CBI Public Services Summit - 26 Jun 2008

Held at the QEII Conference Centre, London

Tailoring public services to meet the needs of individuals is necessary for the next stage for reform and improvement. Public service managers from public and private sectors need to understand how services will be changed and delivered. This summit for public services leaders in companies, central and local government, health and education focused on the key developments, programmes and models of delivery to meet the Prime Minister's objecti... more details / book

Enforcement: An Essential Public Service - 26 Jun 2008

Held at the Tower, Guoman Hotels, London

Traffic enforcement is an essential public service, impacting on key areas and helping to maintain a sustainable transport system that supports a strong economy, works to facilitate traffic flow and meets our environmental objectives. The 2008 Enforcement Task Force (ETF) event set out the role of traffic enforcement in contributing and implementing local and national government policy. As well as traffic management, it examined issues around ... more details / book

Higher Education Funding - 26 Jun 2008

Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Higher education is facing ever more complex demands, to build financial capability, diversify funding and to create institutions that are sustainable and create economic value. This conference brought together Vice-Chancellors, Finance Directors and senior decision makers in HE concerned with the challenges of higher education funding. It addressed the need to increase financial capability to establish a basis for future funding through fees ... more details / book

Higher Education and Health Services - 25 Jun 2008

Held at the British Library, London

Universities make an essential contribution to the NHS by educating future healthcare professionals. The NHS and social care sector spend more than £5bn annually on staff training and development. Matching supply and demand between higher education and health services is one of the most important challenges for both sets of institutions in the coming decade. Planning to avoid future disruption or shortfalls of professionals educated with highe... more details / book

Understanding London Life - 25 Jun 2008

Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute Event held in central London

With the election of a new mayor, this Ipsos MORI event looked at the challenges facing London in terms of quality of life and NHS, local government and policing. In particular, the question of why it is that outer London has some of the most dissatisfied residents with councils and hospitals in Britain compared to inner London, was explored. Based on a new in-depth analysis of over 41,000 interviews, this conference looked at the issues facin... more details / book

Creating Enterprising Places - 24 Jun 2008

Strengthening local economies and communities through enterprise. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Supported by the Make your Mark campaign and the Municipal Journal, this conference looked at the role of enterprise in unlocking talent, reducing worklessness and shaping places. It examined how local authorities, working with local and regional partners, can promote and support enterprise to tackle cross-cutting priorities and build on the plan in the Government’s Sub-national Review. Delegates had the opportunity to reflect on the Governmen... more details / book

Youth in the Community - 24 Jun 2008

5th Annual Conference held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Never before have youth services and youth work been given such a pivotal role in meeting local outcomes. The Government’s 10 Year Youth Strategy committed public services to ensure that young people are empowered to shape, and have access to, positive activities and high quality youth support services. With potential for new funding, local authorities in partnership with health, youth justice and the third sector have new PSA targets to meet whi... more details / book

Further Education and Skills - 18 Jun 2008

The Guardian 2nd Annual Summit held at QEII Conference Centre, London

Further education and skills are essential assets for the future and the backbone of education and skills policy in the UK. The Leitch and Foster Reviews set out policies which depend on FE and skills to improve economic growth, productivity and to meet the demand to make the UK the leading knowledge economy over the next decade. It falls principally to the FE and skills sector to deliver if the UK is to remain competitive. Following the split... more details / book

Restorative Approaches - 17 Jun 2008

Fifth Annual Conference held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Evidence regarding the effectiveness of restorative approaches has been growing year on year but when will this reach a critical mass? The Government has commissioned research on the technique and this year may prove to be a benchmark period for restorative justice in the UK . A recent debate in the Lords detailed a critical path for the take-up of restorative approaches in the secure estate, schools and the community. This conference brought... more details / book

6th Annual Child Protection Conference - 12 Jun 2008

Held at the Royal Over-Seas League, London

With the introduction of several new safeguarding schemes in 2008 and the key commitments outlined in the Staying Safe Action Plan, the Government continues its work to ensure that children everywhere are safeguarded by supporting the joining up of services to realise the Every Child Matters Agenda. This conference gave delegates an opportunity to learn about the new Vetting and Barring Scheme and discuss what the implications of its implemen... more details / book

Delivering Local Outcomes through Libraries - 12 Jun 2008

Annual conference held at Marriot Hotel City Centre, Liverpool

Local public services are going through a massive period of transformation in order to better serve communities, people and places. With Libraries in closer proximity to local populations than most core services, they are well placed to enable local services to deliver their corporate priorities and bring tangible benefits to the quality of life and outcomes for communities. This national conference brought together an audience of senior deci... more details / book

Local Strategic Partnerships '08 - 12 Jun 2008

7th Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Strong and Prosperous Communities promised to strengthen Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs). The ‘duty to involve’ is a key element of the framework being introduced by the Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. LSPs have been placed in a key position within local governance to ensure local priorities are met. Supported by IDeA this event examined the findings of the consultation on guidance. Presentations looked at the fut... more details / book

Strategies for End of Life Care - 12 Jun 2008

Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

A £50 million capital investment programme for hospices was annnounced in 2006 along with a commitment to review long-term funding for children's hospices. From 2008 the Government expects everyone with a long-term condition and/ or a long-term need for support routinely to receive information about their condition and have self care support services more widely availiable. This conference discussed what healthcare professionals can expect fro... more details / book

Student Satisfaction - 10 Jun 2008

2nd Annual Conference held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

In an era of more demanding consumer students, who are increasingly focused on employability outcomes, quality and managing student expectations have become key concerns for all universities that want to succeed in the increasingly competitive student admissions and retention market. This national conference brought together policy makers, student support professionals and student representatives with senior HE administrators and legal experts... more details / book

Re-thinking Criminal Justice: Reducing Crime and Re-offending - 04 Jun 2008

A CBI Public Services Forum event

Crime costs the UK £60bn a year and re-offending rates currently stand at more than 60%. With a prison system at capacity, reducing re-offending and measures to reduce prison overcrowding beyond crisis management must be priorities for criminal justice reform. The release of the CBI report Getting back on the straight and narrow, represents the first critique the CBI has made of the criminal justice system. Neil Bentley, Director of Public... more details / book

Who's Happy Now? - 03 Jun 2008

Ipsos MorI Social Research Institute Summer Event

Ipsos MORI's fourth annual summer conference examined what the British think of happiness - who's happiest, and who's most miserable - and considered the role Government is and should be playing in promoting citizens' happiness or well-being. Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute Chairman Ben Page was joined in a discussion on these issues by Evan Davis, Presenter of Today, Professor Paul Dolan, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London... more details / book

The Manchester Independent Economic Review (MIER) Launch Event - 02 Jun 2008

Held at Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford, Manchester

The Manchester Independent Economic Review (MIER) is the biggest urban study ever commissioned in the UK and invested in it are Manchester’s hopes for a clear strategy to sustainably generate higher levels of economic growth with more jobs and prosperity. Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Alistair Darling spoke of the immense opportunities available to Manchester: The city is "one of the best brands in the world", he said, which provide... more details / book

Welcome UK 2008 - 22 May 2008

Improving Tourism and Hospitality Skills. Held at Marriott Hotel City Centre, Liverpool

The hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries are worth approximately £85 billion to the UK economy. The National Skills Strategy set out an action plan for the industry to ensure it has the skills and infrastructure it needs to sustain its contribution to the UK’s economic prosperity. This conference looked at how together the skills sector, employers and tourist boards can deliver the Government’s priorities and support regional a... more details / book

Employability for Scotland - 21 May 2008

2nd Annual Conference held at Mcdonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh

To meet the challenge of the global marketplace it is essential that Scotland drives excellence in the workplace and is equipped with a skilled, successful and diverse workforce. Following the announcement of the government's lifelong skills strategy, this conference set out how to improve employability skills to ensure that Scotland can compete in the rapidly changing economic environment by addressing the balance between academic and vocati... more details / book

The Role of Higher Education in the Regions - 21 May 2008

4th Annual Conference held at the Midland Hotel, Manchester

The crucial role Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play in their regions already contributes £45bn to the UK economy and will be a prime determinant of economic success in the future. Often the largest employers and land-owners in a region, universities are a key driving force in innovation and economic regeneration. Alongside their core mission of research and teaching, HEIs provide new ideas, services, skills and facilities to support cul... more details / book

Community Cohesion - 20 May 2008

4th Annual Conference held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

Although the overwhelming majority of people in Britain feel positive about living in diverse communities, there are still some new and complex challenges that require national and local action to ensure inclusion and tackle community tensions. The response to the review and recommendations by the Commission on Integration and Cohesion shows that the Government is commitment to promoting better community relations and cohesion. With greater c... more details / book

Creative Communities - 15 May 2008

3rd National Conference held at BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

Promoting participation in the arts, cultural and creative activities has a profound effect on deprived neighbourhoods and their communities. Embedding arts and cultural projects into community plans and Local Area Agreements can unlock new funding routes and help local authorities achieve statutory outcomes and shape places. Creative Communities is the national conference for strategic decision makers working in regeneration, neighbourhood re... more details / book

Developing Services for Gypsies and Travellers - 15 May 2008

Providing Sites and Security of Tenure. Held at Earls Court, London

Accommodation is key to the well-being of Gypsies and Travellers; it provides access to local public services as well as helping in solving local tensions with the settled community. Government has introduced a policy framework to increase site provision to meet the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers including legislation which places a duty on local authorities to assess need and identify potential sites in development plan documen... more details / book

Universities and the Built Estate - 15 May 2008

3rd Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

The university estate is an institution’s largest expenditure after staff and HEIs are often the largest single landowners in a local authority area. Effectively planning and maintaining a modern, sustainable estate, building on current success and managing assets well, is crucial to the success and future of a university. This annual conference is the largest gathering of HE leaders and senior managers across estates, finance and sustainabili... more details / book

CBI/AXA Absence Management Conference - 14 May 2008

Cutting Absence, Improving Health, Raising Productivity. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

The cost of staff absence to the UK economy rose to £13.4 billion in 2006, with over 40% of overall time lost attributable to longer periods of absence of 20 days or more. Significant differences in employee absence between organisations demonstrate how important the management of workplace absence is for an organisation’s productivity and how it ultimately hits the bottom line. Increasingly, organisations must look at new formats of working and ... more details / book

5th Annual International Student Conference - 13 May 2008

Delivering excellence, meeting global challenges. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

International students add great value to courses and campuses in the UK. However,attracting them is becoming more complex and providing services that fit the needs of international students is key for UK institutions to stay competitive on a global scale. Developing sustainable strategies and joining forces in partnerships on a regional, national and global scale are the basis to ensure the UK can meet future challenges. Being a world class d... more details / book

Higher Education and School Partnerships - 13 May 2008

Widening participation through targeted management. Held at the Barbican Centre, London

Partnerships between HE and schools sit at the heart of the Government’s commitment to widening participation. Academies and Trust Schools are the next steps towards formalising longstanding local partnerships. If the Government’s objective of raising participation in HE towards 50% of those aged 18-30 is to be achieved these partnerships will become the key opportunity to nurture, influence and inspire the undergraduates of tomorrow. Brin... more details / book

Offenders' Learning, Skills and Employability - 13 May 2008

4th Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This national conference addressed the key areas to develop offenders' skills and employment prospects from the recent Government and OLASS guidelines, including the Reducing Re-offending Corporate Alliance. It also highlighted the role of employers, discussed the work done with offender learning in the community, and set out what needs to be done to work towards equality of high-standard provision of prison education and offender learning. F... more details / book

Personalising Health and Social Care - 13 May 2008

Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

The Spring Conference of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) examined the biggest change coming in the financing and delivery of health and social care. GPs are set to be central to these reforms and the nature of practice business will change significantly. Resources will be available for more tailored services and the public will look to their GP both to provide some of the services they want and to guide them through the system... more details / book

14-19 Reform - a Global Perspective - 07 May 2008

Education policy around the world: innovations in 14-19 reform held at Lancaster House, London

Hosted by Cambridge Assessment and attended by international educationalists, this seminar addressed the challenges in reforming 14 -19 education across the globe. All around the world countries are reforming what they offer to their young people as they come into the last few years of their school education. In the UK this is often referred to as ’14 - 19 Reform’, but the same processes are taking place under different names across the globe.... more details / book

2008 Global Leadership Forum - America and the World - 01 May 2008

A Royal United Services Institute event, Whitehall, London

A Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Princeton Project on National Security, Newsweek International and Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP event. On 4 November 2008 the US will elect a new president. In January 2009, the new president will inherit a daunting array of international dangers, challenges and opportunities. How will he or she respond? In the spirit of great debate befitting a presidential election the Glo... more details / book

The Business Convention - 28 Apr 2008

From local creativity to global competitiveness. Held at The BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

The British Chambers of Commerce Annual Convention brings together business, government and skills leaders. This event was an opportunity for senior business professionals to challenge the policy makers and gain practical support and ideas that they can then apply to their own organisations. At the top of the agenda was tackling the issues faced by business in fostering innovation and creativity and how to maximize their positive effects t... more details / book

Community Consultation - 22 Apr 2008

6th Annual Conference - Empowering Communities - held at Hotel Russell, London

Never before has speaking and listening to local communities been so high on the political agenda. From April 2009 local authorities will have the duty to inform, involve and consult. How well this happens will feed directly into the new Comprehensive Area Assessment. The Empowerment Action Plan, launched by Hazel Blears, Communities’ Secretary in October 2007, aims to stimulate local Councils to encourage greater public participation as a me... more details / book

Supporting Creative Industries 2008 - 22 Apr 2008

3rd National Conference held at Crowne Plaza, Liverpool

The Government’s Creative Economy Strategy sets out what more needs to be done to support the creative industries to reach their full potential and turn Britain into the ‘world’s creative hub’. This major annual conference looked at how these proposals are to be delivered and explored the recommendations to strengthen skills supply through greater collaboration with industry, apprenticeships, investment in research and new dedicated instituti... more details / book

Expanding and Delivering Apprenticeships - 03 Apr 2008

National Conference held at Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, London

Expanding and delivering apprenticeships is an essential building block in the Government’s wider agenda of ensuring world class skills by 2020 and diversifying the learning offer to keep young people participating until age 18. The Government has set the target of increasing apprenticeship numbers to 500,000 by 2020, has promised an apprenticeship entitlement for every qualified young person who wants one, and has committed to a 25% increase... more details / book

Improving Primary Care Services: innovation and patient access - 03 Apr 2008

A CBI Services Public Forum Event held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

Innovation and personalisation are driving the policy debate on primary care services. Realising patient choice, out-of-hours access, new delivery models such as walk-in centres and successfully implementing practice-based commissioning are the new challenges facing clinicians and managers in the NHS. Taking into consideration the recommendations of the Darzi Report and the CBI report - Just what the patient ordered - the government’s plans t... more details / book

The Dignity Challenge for Care Homes - 03 Apr 2008

Living well and maintaining choice and control for older people. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

The care homes industry is at the heart of care services for older people with 450,000 currently resident in care homes across the UK and with figures set to rise considerably especially amongst the very old (those over 80) in the next two decades. With 20% of care homes delivering below minimum standards of care, Local Authorities have been called on to use their £14 billion buying power to drive poor quality care homes out of business and u... more details / book

14-19 Diplomas: Signposting the Future - 02 Apr 2008

Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

The new Diplomas are at the heart of the Government’s drive to reform 14-19 education. By mixing practical and theoretical learning they bridge the academic/vocational divide and represent the most significant change to UK education since the introduction of GCSEs. This national, one day conference was an opportunity for policy and decision makers involved with Diplomas to get to grips with the latest developments and examine the key challeng... more details / book

14-19 Funding Conference - 01 Apr 2008

Local Authorities, Schools and Colleges working together. Held at New Connaught Rooms, London

Moving the responsibility for £7bn of 16-19 funding from the Learning and Skills Council to Local Authorities from 2010/11 has significant implications for strategic leadership, planning and delivery of young people's learning in the FE and Skills sector. Attended by senior leaders in schools and colleges, Local Authorities and Children's Services, work-based learning providers, diploma consortia and other decision makers and experts in the f... more details / book

Developing the Childcare Workforce - 27 Mar 2008

4th annual conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

As the government’s childcare workforce strategy moves from principle to practice, how are local authorities responding to the latest policy direction? Attended by senior managers in early years and workforce development, this interactive event provided delegates with an opportunity to hear key government policy, share best practice examples with colleagues and question leading experts and practitioners on challenges. Offering updates and e... more details / book

Student Retention and Progression in Higher Education - 27 Mar 2008

3rd annual conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Retaining students and working to ensure they succeed is at the core of widening participation as higher education opens up to increased numbers and a greater diversity of students. This conference, which brought together senior managers and policy makers from across the higher education sector, provided an opportunity to hear a policy update and for delegates to learn more about the £246 million funding that HEFCE will provide for institution... more details / book

Conservative Spring Forum 2008 - 15 Mar 2008

The Sage Gateshead

With the Conservative Party at a 15 year high in the opinion polls and Labour’s standing on a par with Michael Foot in 1983, David Cameron would comfortably win the likely election contest with Gordon Brown. Ahead of the May local elections, David Cameron’s Party is looking well placed to capture the majority of seats and make the Conservatives the front-runners for the next general election, expected in 2009. At their Spring Conference, the ... more details / book

Building the British Knowledge Economy - 06 Mar 2008

Securing Global Competitive Advantage Conference held at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London

The knowledge economy now accounts for between 40 and 50 per cent of economic activity and employment in the UK and almost all recent growth in employment comes from the knowledge based sectors. A key government target to 2008 is to improve the relative international performance of the UK research base and increase the overall innovation performance of the UK economy including thorough effective knowledge transfer amongst universities, research i... more details / book

FE-HE Collaborative Provision Annual Conference 2008 - 06 Mar 2008

Developing Strategies for the Future. Held at Jurys Great Russell street Hotel, London

HE-FE provision is a growing and increasingly diverse sector, presenting key growth opportunities for institutions against the backdrop of the Training and Education Act and the Leitch skills agenda. Currently HE in FE Colleges accounts for over 10% of all HE provision, and FE-HE Collaboration now forms an essential part of the strategy of all colleges and universities planning for change over the next 5-10 years. This national conference exa... more details / book

6th Annual Postgraduate Conference - 04 Mar 2008

Held at the Barbican Centre, London

The continued expansion and diversification of postgraduate education demands that universities develop strategies to ensure a competitive postgraduate offer and a responsive student experience. Universities must grasp the Leitch agenda and be prepared to manage the challenges of new student experience demands, changing funding streams and implementing the changes from the Bologna processes to maintain credible and sustainable growth. This co... more details / book

European Serious Organised Crime Conference - 04 Mar 2008

Common Understanding, Common Threat, Common Response. Held at the Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool

Bringing together leading experts from across Europe, this conference set out to build links and capacity and discuss the development of police forces and techniques in tackling money laundering, gun crime, human trafficking and counterfeiting. It explored relevant policy, both from the UK and multilaterally, and examined the need for cross-border cooperation and information sharing, in addition to showcasing best practice case studies demonstra... more details / book

Local Strategies for Local Crime Reduction - 28 Feb 2008

Improving community safety. Held at City Conference Centre, London

The government's new strategic criminal justice plan for 2008-2011, Working Together to Cut Crime and Deliver Justice, sets out the key objectives and priorities for reducing crime over the next four years. This national conference was a must attend event for all those working to prevent crime and making communities safer. Bringing together local authority representatives with police, local criminal justice boards and crime reduction partners... more details / book

Welfare-To-Work 2008 - 28 Feb 2008

3rd Annual Conference held at The Royal Society of Medicine, London

Despite the UK’s relatively high employment levels, there remain 4.5 million working age people not in employment. With an increasing focus on devolved responses, better partnership working and personalised approaches, this conference examined the latest policy developments, strategies for multi-agency working and case studies of successful projects that break down the barriers to sustained employment. Attended by senior representatives from l... more details / book

Personalised Care and Support - 27 Feb 2008

3rd Annual Counsel and Care Conference held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

In one of the biggest welfare reforms in a generation, Alan Johnson has announced that older people will be given money to pay for their own care. Choice and control is becoming a reality for older people as they, or a chosen relative, will have the right to spend cash – worth £8 billion a year – allocated to them as they choose. How can older people, their families and carers be supported to make the most of personal budgets and exercise real ch... more details / book

2nd Annual UK Research Conference - 26 Feb 2008

Maintaining Excellence and Global Competitiveness. Held at Jury's Great Russell Street Hotel, London

Future developments of research in the UK are dominating the debate in higher education. Research excellence is a vital factor for the UK economy and the competitiveness of UK higher education and research on a global scale. This high profile conference for vice-chancellors, senior university directors and managers, research councils, funding bodies, government departments and a range of business representatives gave delegates the opportunity ... more details / book

14-19 Skills for Employability - 25 Feb 2008

4th annual conference held at Jury's Great Russell Street Hotel, London

Brings together senior representatives from across the learning and skills sector, local authorities and regional and sector specific agencies to consider the latest thinking, government policy, and good practice in equipping young people with the work-related and life skills they and the economy need for the future. In light of the Leitch Implementation Plan, the Education and Skills Bill and the proposal to raise the compulsory participatio... more details / book

NHS Direct National Stakeholder Conference - 21 Feb 2008

Help shape the future of NHS Direct event held at Kings Fund, Cavendish Square, London

NHS Direct is the first national organisation to apply for Foundation Trust status. So far, the only Foundation Trusts are hospitals and mental health services. Becoming a Foundation Trust would allow NHS Direct to work more closely with its users. The organisation is actively looking for people to play a vital role in developing its services and to help shape the future of NHS Direct. NHS Direct would like the views of its stakeholders on... more details / book

Making Partnerships Work in Health and Local Government - 14 Feb 2008

A joint Integrated Care Network / NHS Networks event held at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London

Partnerships between health and local authorities remain high profile in government policy to achieve improved commissioning and better service outcomes. This CSIP and NHS Networks event enables people involved in integrating health and social care at all levels to receive a common perspective on key policy issues from a range of high quality speakers. It also provides an excellent opportunity to engage in stimulating discussion, sharing idea... more details / book

Leading Through Teaching and Learning - 12 Feb 2008

National one day conference held at Lords Cricket Ground, London

Brings together decision makers, leaders and senior experts in the field of further education to explore how to lead through teaching and learning. This interactive conference provides a platform for discussion and debate on how to enable effective and efficient development strategies and solutions. There is a focus on teaching and learning, sharing best practice and facilitating opportunities to develop ideas and concrete solutions. Speakers ... more details / book

The Guardian HE Summit 2008 - 11 Feb 2008

The Business of Higher Education. Two day event held at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster

This major strategic conference for higher education leaders, senior directors and managers examines and sets out the vision of where and what UK HE should be in the next 5 - 10 years, and then explores how to make it a reality. Offering the largest discussion and networking event for university leaders and senior managers in the UK, the annual summit is designed to provide insight and solutions to the challenges ahead, map out the current pol... more details / book

Transforming the Youth Workforce - 07 Feb 2008

Aiming High for Young People. Held at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London

A key event for those with an interest in building the skills and capacity of the workforce to deliver the Aiming High for Young People Ten Year Strategy for positive activities. Government has promised to ‘transform facilities and support services for young people in England’. This event provides senior managers in services for young people with a chance to hear current government thinking and explores the most up to date ideas on developing... more details / book

Developing Excellence in Further Education - 29 Jan 2008

2nd Annual National Conference held at Jurys Hotel, London

Of interest to anyone involved in the improvement of further education provision. This conference includes a policy update and reports from the new pilots and projects that are being rolled out across the country, including the Quality Improvement Strategy, the Learning and Skills Council's Framework for Excellence Pilot and the Technology Exemplar Network Programme. The government is committed to continuing improvement and striving for excel... more details / book

5th Annual Positive Activities Conference - 24 Jan 2008

Empowerment Access and Quality - Diverting Young People from Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour through Positive Activities Supported by The National Youth Agency and Crime Concern Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Includes delegates from the police, local authorities, youth offending teams, drug action teams, Children's Trusts, the Connexions Service and other key stakeholders with a remit to help and support young people at risk of offending. This conference shows how the ‘Aiming high for young people: a ten year strategy for positive activities' will be rolled out, and what support is available. Local public services, voluntary groups, community group... more details / book

Future of Nursing Summit: Workforce futures - 24 Jan 2008

2nd Annual Conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

Brings together statutory and professional bodies, directors of nursing, clinical managers, primary care, secondary and acute care nursing managers, healthcare professionals and policy experts to hear from government and major nursing bodies who will provide a snapshot of where nursing stands in 2008. After a difficult 18 months, is nursing at a turning point as service delivery increases the focus on care in the community and quality of car... more details / book

IPSOS Mori Health Conference 2008 - 24 Jan 2008

held at the Kings Fund

Of interest to anyone involved in the NHS and the delivery of Health Care. After a 93% funding increase, why do nearly 40% of people still think the NHS is in decline? What's going wrong and what can the NHS do about it? Ipsos MORI looks at what's going well, what's not, and why in today's NHS. Many trusts are under-investing in communications, so what are the benefits of doing more? Speakers: Anna Walker, Healthcare Commission: The im... more details / book

School Transport 2008 - 24 Jan 2008

6th National Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Of interest to anyone involved in planning and delivering school travel, this annual conference explores the latest government policies, best practice and innovations. The Local Transport Act will charge local authorities with promoting sustainable travel and mobility and tackling congestion. These new duties mirror the underlying principles of the school travel arrangements contained within the Education and Inspections Act – thus strengtheni... more details / book

IPSOS Mori 2007 Review - 11 Dec 2007

Ben Page managing director of Ipsos MORI and writer and columnist Ben Schott give their overview of events in 2007. The event was organised by Ipsos MORI and held at Interbrand on The Strand. more details / book

The Future of Inspection and Regulation of Early Years - 11 Dec 2007

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) becomes statutory in September 2008. Merging the Birth to Three Matters Framework and the original foundation stage, to cover care, learning and development in all early years settings from birth to 5. In addition Education and Inspections Act came into force in November 2006, increasing the duties on local authorities and giving Ofsted new inspection duties for children's social services, having significan... more details / book

Diverse Britain - 10 Dec 2007

Promoting Race Equality

Chaired by Mathew Amroliwala this event heard from Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips OBE and Minister for Equality Harriet Harman QC MP. more details / book

Delivering the future of housing for older people - 06 Dec 2007

for older people and an ageing population

This event explored the importance of planning a coherent housing strategy for the ageing population. more details / book

University and business collaboration - 06 Dec 2007

With the Lambert Review the seeds for universities collaboration with the private sector were sown and the Leitch Review is pushing the agenda further. Skills for the economy, knowledge transfer, research collaboration, employer engagement: these are just some of the major themes that need to be addressed by HEIs and private business together in the future. Formal research collaboration is a valued income stream for UK universities at almost £600... more details / book

Tackling Extremism Together - 04 Dec 2007

Preventing extremism is the biggest challenge facing Britain 's security and cohesion within our communities. Whilst the majority of society celebrates the cultural diversity in Britain , extremism and intolerance remain a very real and significant threat to national security and community safety. This event for national and local government, the police, schools, colleges, universities, youth services and communities explored effective approaches... more details / book

The New Local Government Landscape - 04 Dec 2007

This conference heard from a variety of senior figures involved in the current change process in local government. Delegates heard that authorities need the support of their politicians to drive through change and that reorganisation is all about outcomes – it will and must deliver better and more efficient services for citizens. Speakers also explored how local government must retain talent in the transition and that shared services don’t hav... more details / book

Domestic violence - 29 Nov 2007

This conference heard from speakers including Rt. Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women and Sandra Horley OBE, Chief Executive of Refuge. Every week 2 women die because of domestic violence, and every day millions more are affected. Statistics show that 1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence, and a recent survey showing that 42% of young people aged 16-20 know girls who have been hit by the... more details / book

Extending low cost home ownership support - 29 Nov 2007

held at Jurys Hotel London

This event will be of interest to anyone involved in housing across government, the public and private sector. The Housing Green Paper is discussed and the future of low cost home ownership - how new low cost home ownership schemes are being developed, the relationship between affordability and supply, how assistance can be better managed and information on the effectiveness of schemes is improved and – ultimately – ensuring schemes help is focus... more details / book

Enhancing the Student Experience - 28 Nov 2007

The podcasted keynote address from Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills Rt. Hon. John Denham MP covers the importance of the student experience in deciding the future prosperity of the nation and the pressing need for universities and employers to listen to each other better. He also gives more details about the new national student forum and criticises David Willetts's comments about the QAA. more details / book

NHS Centre for Involvement - 28 Nov 2007

Over the last decade, patients and the public have been integral to health decision making in one form or another. With the introduction of key legislation such as the NHS Act 2006 and the Health and Social Care Act 2001, NHS organisations are now finding themselves placing patient, carers and users at the heart of service change. Further change is expected as the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill gathers momentum and new str... more details / book

Admissions to Higher Education - 27 Nov 2007

The key challenge, as identified by the Schwartz and Wilson Reviews, remains the development of fair, transparent and professional admissions policies and procedures that not only enable students to make well-informed, effective HE applications but also enable universities to select candidates who will be able to finish the course whilst simultaneously minimising barriers to admissions and widening access. As the first cohort of students make... more details / book

MKSM - The Growth Agenda: Sub-regional solutions - 22 Nov 2007

Milton Keynes and South Midlands Partnership The Growth Agenda: Sub-regional solutions

This event includes video, podcasts and PowerPoint presentations from all the main stakeholders in the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Partnership. The keynote speech is from Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government Iain Wright MP. more details / book

New Look Local Area Agreements - 20 Nov 2007

Speakers at this conference included Local Government Minister John Healey MP, Cllr Sir Simon Milton Chair of the Local Government Association, Michael O’Higgins Chair of the Audit Commission and Lucy de Groot Executive Director at the Improvement and Development Agency. more details / book

Promoting Responsible Drinking - 20 Nov 2007

This event heard from Vernon Coaker MP who is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction as well as leaders in the health and community safety fields. It was chaired by Srabani Sen Chief Executive of Alcohol Concern and other speakers included Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Ben Baumberg from the Institute of Alcohol Studies. more details / book

Realising the Global University - 15 Nov 2007

Chaired by former BBC Education Correspondent Mike Baker this conference examined internationalisation strategies and the challenge of restructuring higher education; outlined the needs for transformational change; re-envisioned roles of universities in the 21st Century; and determined what institutional leaders need to do in order to compete effectively. more details / book

Economic Prosperity: The Sub-National Contribution - 14 Nov 2007

The sub-national review of economic development reported in July this year. The purpose of this review is to strengthen economic performance in regions, cities and localities across England. The review proposed reforms in four key areas: Empowering local authorities to promote economic development; Support for local authorities to work together at the sub-regional level; Strengthening the regional level and central government’s relations with reg... more details / book

Youth Justice Convention 07 - 14 Nov 2007

David Hanson, Minister of State at the Department of Justice announced changes in the governance of the Youth Justice Board. Ed Balls Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families expanded on the changes in his address on day two of the convention. This event includes podcast interviews with Ed Balls MP, David Hanson MP, Polly Toynbee, Simon Weston and Graham Robb interim chair of the Youth Justice Board. more details / book

Knowledge-driven healthcare solutions - 06 Nov 2007

improving patient outcomes and service delivery

Chaired by independent health expert Roy Lilley this event heard from IT specialists, medics and a patient on their experiences on and with high tech computing projects within the NHS. more details / book

Environmental Futures 07 - 05 Nov 2007

Environment Agency Annual Conference

This conference was held on Monday 5th - Tuesday 6th November 2007 at the QEII Conference Centre in London. Speeches and presentations include: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP - Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Malcolm Wicks MP - Minister of State for Energy, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Ken Livingstone - Mayor of London, Greater London Authority John Ashton - Special Representa... more details / book

Effective Marketing in Higher Education - 01 Nov 2007

As marketing and communications play an ever more important role within Higher Education institutions are increasingly putting marketing at the heart of their strategic planning, and considering marketing and communications a key part of all senior management team members’ roles. Chaired by former BBC education man Mike Baker the podcasts from this event include addresses by: Caroline Gipps, Vice Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton;... more details / book

Vulnerable and Intimidated Victims and Witnesses - 31 Oct 2007

Podcasts from this event include the keynote address from Jonathan Sedgwick who is Acting Chief Executive at the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. more details / book

Reducing Minority Ethnic Unemployment - 30 Oct 2007

- highlighting the muslim experience

This conference was chaired by journalist and broadcaster Nasreen Suleaman. A wide range of topics are covered in the podcasts available as part of this event. Speakers include Dr Mohammed Ali OBE Chief Executive, QED UK, Minister of State Caroline Flint MP, Kay Carberry from the Commission for Human Rights and Equality and the Work Foundation's Will Hutton. more details / book

Regional Skills and Employment - 25 Oct 2007

David Lammy MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was the keynote speaker at this one-day conference which explored best practice and examined policies to meet the regional skills and training needs of both employers and employees. more details / book

Youth Justice Scotland - 25 Oct 2007

Prevention and Early Intervention

Bringing together representatives from across youth justice, this year's annual conference marked the beginning of the new administration, and provided a platform for new ideas to discuss the future direction for preventing and tackling youth offending in Scotland more details / book

Global Safe Abortion - 23 Oct 2007

The Marie Stopes Global Safe Abortion Conference 2007, in association with Ipas and Abortion Rights, built consensus and momentum around international efforts to reduce the unacceptable toll on women’s health and lives caused by unsafe abortion, through increasing access to safe services, recognising women’s right to self determination and encouraging legal reform. The conference was a seminal event and a call to action to move the domestic and g... more details / book

Part-Time Study in Higher Education - 23 Oct 2007

This event examined how to effectively enable part-time students to access and succeed in Higher Education. Attendees included vice-chancellors, principals, chief executives, senior education staff and organisations concerned with part-time study, widening participation and student finance and support. The podcasts available include the keynote address by Lord Triesman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Qual... more details / book

Communicating Effectively with the Hard to Reach - 18 Oct 2007

Truly effective communication is difficult but essential in reaching and engaging with individuals and communities, particularly the hardest to reach, minority groups and young people. This important one-day conference heard from speakers including Gillian Merron MP Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for the East Midlands from the Cabinet Office and the Government's Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Kate Billingham. Chaired by broadcaster Na... more details / book

Re-designing Services in Primary Care - 18 Oct 2007

Leadership and Innovation in Health and Social Care

This two day, podcast and document only conference heard from distinguised speakers including Health Minister Ben Bradshaw MP, Mark Britnall, the NHS Director General for Commisioning and System Management and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Fiona Adshead. The selection of Podcasts also incudes a debate entitled 'Who can be trusted with the service re-design necessary to truly modernise the NHS?'. more details / book

Association of Healthcare Communicators - 17 Oct 2007

Their Annual Conference was held in Sheffield.

The Association of Healthcare Communicators (AHC) is the primary independent network for healthcare communications professionals working in, or mainly with, the NHS. Ben Page of IPSOS Mori addresses the conference with a presentation entitled 'How good is our reputation and what should we be doing to improve it? more details / book

Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour - 17 Oct 2007

This is a document and Podcast only event. Hear speeches from distinguished practitioners in the field including: Aileen Murphie Director, Home Affairs and Criminal Justice VFM, National Audit Office, Naomi Eisenstadt Director, Social Exclusion Taskforce, Bill Pitt MBE, Expert Practitioner and Director, ASB Action and Chief Superintendent Stephen Bloomfield Head of Safer Neighbourhoods for the Metropolitan Police Service. more details / book

FE Colleges and the International Market - 15 Oct 2007

Main speakers - RT. HON. CHARLES CLARKE MP and Dr Swati Kulkarni First Secretary (Political & Education), High Commission of India

This important conference examined how colleges can develop and implement the long-term strategies required to compete in the international market. more details / book

Restorative Justice: When, Where and How it Works - 11 Oct 2007

The conference was held over two days at the Guildhall Winchester, Hampshire.

THIS IS A PODCAST AND DOCUMENT ONLY EVENT There are interference issues on some of the podcast presentations. PLEASE NOTE: More material is being edited for this conference and will be uploaded shortly. For more details about availability please e-mail us by clicking on the contact tab at the top of the page. more details / book

Healthy Eating in Schools - 10 Oct 2007

Britain's children have an eating disorder – and it's getting worse; 1 in 4 children in England are obese – double the figure 10 years ago. If future trends continue 1/5 boys and 1/3 girls will be obese by 2020. To tackle this, the government set a PSA to halt the year-on-year increase in obesity among children under 11 by 2010. Public sector watchdogs have warned however that the government will miss this target if it fails to show more leadersh... more details / book

Delivering Choice-Based Lettings - 10 Oct 2007

The 3rd national Choice-Based Lettings conference brings together over 200 chief executives and directors from local authorities and housing associations to find out first the latest policy developments and initiatives in Choice-Based Lettings. This year’s event comes in the wake of the Hills and Cave Inquiries which highlight ‘the remarkable success of CBL in the context of an ever tighter social housing market’. But as the effectiveness of C... more details / book

Delivering Vocational Skills - 10 Oct 2007

The Engineering and Technology Board - 2nd Annual Skills Conference

The provision of economically valuable skills is one of the greatest challenges facing education providers and industry stakeholders in the science, engineering and technology (SET) sector. If the key Leitch recommendation of world-class skills by 2020 are to be acheived, employers and the skills sector must work closely in partnership to equip the workforce with the Level 3-5 SET skills UK plc needs. The recent budget announcement that scie... more details / book

Social Enterprise is the Business - 09 Oct 2007

Social Enterprise London Conference 2007

This is a podcast only event. Speakers include Third Sector Minister Phil Hope MP, Ken Livingston and Sir Ronald Cohen. more details / book

Sports Provision for Children and Young People - 04 Oct 2007

In July, the Prime Minister announced that all school children will do up to five hours a week of sport. He pledged an additional £100 million to ensure that the original four-hour ambition for 2010 rises to five. The funding package will provide for a network of competition managers across the country to increase competition, more coaches both in schools and the community and a new national school sport week. In the first national conference ... more details / book

Reputation Management in Further Education - 27 Sep 2007

Since the 2006 FE White Paper - building on the Foster Review, and the FE and Training Bill - the Leitch Review has picked up the baton and endorsed the development towards a demand-led FE sector. Learner choice and access to high quality learning options, employer engagement and achieving excellence are the core aims set out by the National Improvement Strategy. The sector is set to drive it's own improvement and with the recently announced succ... more details / book

Successful Employment and Resettlement of Ex-Offenders - 27 Sep 2007

THIS IS A PODCAST ONLY EVENT

A recent report from the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, ‘Building on Progress: Security, Crime and Justice’ has reinforced the argument that rehabilitation, resettlement, education and employment schemes for the offender, both during and after prison sentences, are vital to reducing re-offending.” Reducing Re-offending: Creating the Right Framework, NLGN, June 2007 The need to establish effective programmes to reduce re-offending has never ... more details / book

2nd Annual 14-19 Diplomas Conference - 20 Sep 2007

Planning and delivering the universal entitlement: next steps for 2008 and beyond

THIS IS A PODCAST AND DOCUMENT ONLY EVENT The 2nd Annual 14-19 Diplomas conference brought together an audience of over 400 consortia members, including senior managers from FE colleges, schools, Local Authorities, central government, awarding bodies, universities, and private and voluntary providers. With just one year to go before a predicted 40,000 young people embark on the first five lines of learning, this important conference provide... more details / book

5th Annual Sure Start Conference - 20 Sep 2007

Rolling Out Children's Centres

THIS IS A PODCAST AND DOCUMENT ONLY EVENT The 5th Annual Sure Start Conference, Rolling Out Children’s Centres, brought together over 150 stakeholders, including senior managers from children’s centres, local authorities, central government, and voluntary organisations. Sure Start has been the cornerstone of Labour’s drive to tackle child poverty and social exclusion. Its successes have been clear – it has helped to lift 1 million children ... more details / book

Shaping Places and Communities - 20 Sep 2007

This annual conference looked at how cultural and leisure services can respond to and deliver new policy developments, and explored how the service can raise its profile by creating maximum impacts on local outcomes and performance. Speakers included Rt Hon James Purnell MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The event brought together leaders from the culture and leisure sector from local, regional and national government, along ... more details / book

Policy Review TV launch event - 17 Jul 2007

The event was chaired by Elinor Goodman, former Political Editor of Channel 4 News. In the debate entitled "Will the Brown years ahead be a good time to be a top manager in public services and business?" Panel members Nicholas Timmins, Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times, Professor Jon Silverman, former BBC home affairs correspondent and now Professor of Criminal Justice and Media at the University of Bedfordshire and Neil Stewart, Ch... more details / book

The Youth Summit - 26 Jun 2007

The Youth Summit heralded a new era of service provision for young people with emerging priorities from the Government’s ten-year strategy for children and young people and the Comprehensive Spending Review. The event explored the Government’s ‘youth offer’ and mapped out the policy landscape for outcome-driven services for young people and their communities. It heard directly from a wide range of young people as experts by experience. This t... more details / book

Future Services Network Preparing for Change - 25 Jun 2007

Consumer and Citizen Driven Services

The next wave of public sector reform will have consumer driven services at its centre. Presumptions of consumer driven services lie behind the choices that will be made in CSR07 this summer. To promote diversity, public, private and voluntary organisations must combine in joint ventures to provide alternative ways of delivering public services and through different models. It will be a period of huge change, significant opportunities and some... more details / book

The Guardian Further Education and Skills Summit 2007 - 21 Jun 2007

The learning and skills landscape is experiencing a period of intense and rapid change. The Leitch Review of Skills, the Further Education and Training Bill, and recent DfES green paper ‘Raising Expectations’, set out new challenges for the sector, signalling a major move towards a demand-led system and setting out the aim that all young people will remain in some form of education or training until they're 18. The development of 14-19 diplomas, ... more details / book

Barker Review of Housing Supply: three years on - 24 May 2007

Campaign for More & Better Homes

PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE * Review the progress made since the original Barker Review of Housing Supply in March 2004 and the challenges that lay ahead in meeting future housing demand * Hear government plans to address housing need including recommendations from the Cross-cutting Review into Supporting Housing Growth, as well as priorities for CSR07 * Discuss plans for achieving Zero Carbon Homes by 2016 and identify the incentives for ... more details / book

Financing the Future of Local Government - 23 May 2007

In the context of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, which will set central government's spending objectives until 2011, this NLGN event provided the first opportunity following the local elections to discuss the implications of the CSR on local government funding. The government is committed to respond to the recent Lyons Inquiry at the CSR and this event was an opportunity to hear first hand debates over potential reform. Delegates con... more details / book

SKILLS ACTIVE - staying ahead of the game - 01 May 2007

Energising the Industry 1 May 2007. Wembley Stadium.

Sport, fitness, playwork, the outdoor and caravan sectors have not only contributed well over £8 billion a year to the UK economy, but are key to the social fabric of the nation. With this level of growth, the development opportunities available for your business and key stakeholders are endless. In this light, the convention examined the vital importance of upskilling the workforce for continued success and the ability to increase participation ... more details / book

The Lyons Inquiry: Final Report & Recommendations - 27 Apr 2007

This major national conference led by the Lyons Inquiry gave delegates the opportunity to hear final recommendations direct from Sir Michael. The conference provided attendees with the opportunity to debate the impact of the report with senior figures in the field and consider the opportunities that lie ahead for ‘place-shaping’ at a local level. Delegates had an opportunity to consider in detail key themes of: economic prosperity and infr... more details / book

The Guardian Higher Education Summit 2007 - 02 Feb 2007

The first annual Guardian Higher Education Summit for leaders and senior managers in UK higher education examined the global, financial, research, educational and civic challenges facing higher education in the UK.

The summit provided an integrated and comprehensive update on the latest policy and insight into future developments, and set out how the leading higher education institutions in the world are tackling the changes in higher education and research. It also examined the solutions they are developing, the consequences for public policy, and the future shape and sustainability of higher education institutions in the UK. Speakers included: Bill Ra... more details / book

CBI Productivity in Public Services Summit - 24 Jan 2007

Keynote Speaker: Rt. Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister

A strong competitive economy is built on the foundation of first-class public services. Developing such services requires investment and innovative reforms to make sure that users receive the services they want and need. Better partnership working between the public, private and voluntary sectors is releasing greater productivity and encouraging different ways of working to deliver more responsive, better quality services. more details / book

The Future of Nursing - 23 Jan 2007

Re-empowering the Nursing Workforce

Both the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of HM Official Opposition and Lord Philip Hunt of King’s Heath, the newly appointed Minister of State for Quality, Department of Health addressed leaders and key practitioners within the nursing and health environs at the Future of Nursing Conference. Britain’s nursing organisations including the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Royal College of Nursing, and the Council of Deans alongside the National Audit... more details / book

Race Convention 2006 - 28 Nov 2006

A catalyst for change

This year the Commission for Racial Equality - established by the 1976 Race Relations Act to lead the fight against discrimination and to promote good race relations - celebrates its 30th anniversary.To mark the occasion, the CRE is convening a race convention, the first its kind in the UK. It will be a landmark event with up-to-the minute debate to set the agenda for race relations and social equality in 21st century Britain. Speakers includ... more details / book