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This is the fourth of a series of five webinars run by the Social Research Unit to support the use of evidence, and growth of the evidence base, in the youth justice system. The webinar series is commissioned by the Youth Justice Board.

This is the third of a series of five webinars run by the Social Research Unit to support the use of evidence, and growth of the evidence base, in the youth justice system. The webinar series is commissioned by the Youth Justice Board.

This is the second of a series of five webinars run by the Social Research Unit to support the use of evidence, and growth of the evidence base, in the youth justice system. The webinar series is commissioned by the Youth Justice Board.

  This is the first of a series of five webinars run by the Social Research Unit to support the use of evidence, and growth of the evidence base, in the youth justice system. The webinar series is commissioned by the Youth Justice Board. This webinar covers the idea of evidence-based practice and related concepts, [...]

Tim Hobbs spoke recently at a seminar convened by BIG Lottery on ‘Getting to grips with replication’. Here he reflects upon the key themes emerging from the discussion.

The third in a series of six webinars hosted by the Social Research Unit to support charities delivering youth services as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Realising Ambition project. The webinar covers the reasons why logic models or theories of change are important, and suggestions for how to go about developing one for your intervention.

RCTs offer the best way of telling if a social policy intervention does or doesn’t work, because they compare the outcomes for people who received that intervention with those of people who did not. This is a crucial but tough and sometimes costly test to meet – so it needs to be seen as part of a longer-term evaluation strategy to move an intervention from innovation to proven impact.

The issue of class sizes is an interesting case of evidence v politics in Washington State. Research from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy suggests there is an economic case for reducing class sizes in schools, but only for young pupils.

Michael Little argues we shouldn’t confuse the Troubled Families Programme – which is good old fashioned social work – with early intervention.

The second of a series of six webinars being run by the Social Research Unit to support charities delivering youth services as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Realising Ambition project. The webinar covers why serving the right people is important; how to select and screen to ensure your intervention serves the right people; the difference between need and demand and how to measure them; and factors influencing recruitment and retention.