Laura Anderson’s Post

🏫 School is more than just a place for learning—it’s a source of routine, safety, and social connection. Yet, for many children and young people impacted by gender based violence, attending school can be a challenge. 🟣 Recent data shows school attendance rates in Scotland have declined to 90.2% in 2022/23, down from 93.7% in 2014/15. In our latest Delivering Equally Safe Impact report 📑, we explored innovative approaches by organisations like Dundee Women's Aid, who adapted their services to support children struggling with attendance. By working with families and schools, they implemented flexible measures, such as marking group attendance as school presence, and arranging alternative contact methods for non-attenders. These efforts don’t just address attendance; they rebuild trust, provide stability, and create opportunities for young people to thrive. 🙌 Collaboration between schools, families, and support organisations is critical to overcoming barriers to school attendance. 👉 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eJfZSJD9 #ImagineAScotlandWithoutVAWG

Domestic abuse isn’t confined to adult relationships—it also affects children and young people in significant and harmful ways. In the latest DES Impact Report, organisations highlighted as much as a 167% increase in young women aged 16–20 being referred for support. 📈 Abuse in young relationships can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse, as well as coercive control. The impact is profound, often resulting in poor mental health, low self-esteem, risky behaviours, and difficulty forming healthy relationships in the future. Through the work of funded organisations like Glasgow Women's Aid, we’ve seen how early intervention and education can make a real difference. Initiatives such as workshops on healthy relationships, consent, and recognising abusive behaviours empower young people to understand their rights and build resilience. 📑 Read the latest DES Impact report here: https://lnkd.in/eJfZSJD9 👉 Share your thoughts or experiences on how we can better support young people facing abuse in their relationships. #ImagineAScotlandWithoutVAWG

Delighted to share with our latest #FutureofGov research today. Over the past few months, we've been talking to people from different parts of government and the public sector, as well as wider policy and think tank organisations. We wanted to hear their views on how we can rethink the architecture of government to drive the better delivery of public services. Our report sets out four key considerations the government may wish to address if it is to achieve better outcomes for people and places across the UK. Find out more here… #DigitalTransformation #LocalGovernment

In the early, dark days of the pandemic, there were plenty of opinions flying around. But not many people with the power to make decisions had a real pulse on how community members felt on critical issues. Project Ready dedicated themselves to providing policymakers with the answers to key questions, and P.A.C.E worked with Project Ready to guide this entire process. Read the case study here: https://lnkd.in/eq3bnG4S

The abstract of a new NBER working paper by Espinosa et al. reports: "Participants randomly assigned to intensive, holistic, wrap-around services have 10 percentage points higher employment rates after one year compared with a control group offered only help with an immediate need." (https://lnkd.in/eHr_Db2Q, ungated: https://lnkd.in/ej2B3tAc) Sounds great, but what really matters is those benefits compared to costs, and how that ratio fares against other opportunities. This program costs about $10,000 per participant, and those employment gains fall to a statistically insignificant 8pp after three years. The authors explore scenarios where effects persist or disappear, applying the concept Marginal Value of Public Funds (MVPF), which exceeds 1 where benefits exceed costs. I explored another scenario: linear decay based on their data points: 10pp in year 1, 9pp in year 2, and so on. Using their 3% discount rate, the MVPF equals 0.93. Using a 8% discount rate (mimicking the private market opportunity cost, relevant to President Biden's proposed sovereign wealth fund), the MVPF falls to 0.78. That is, this program's benefits do not exceed its costs under these assumptions. Thankfully, many interventions produce benefits outweighing the costs--sometimes several times over. MIT's Policy Impacts project has cataloged hundreds of MVPF studies, such as providing Supplemental Security Income to teens, which authors estimate produces benefits 5.6 times its costs. https://lnkd.in/e5n9TA3F While I appreciated the authors including MVPF in the study, highlighting benefit-cost analysis more upfront can help policymakers direct resources to their highest use. P.S. I calculated the MVPF of this program with Claude AI after uploading the paper to it. Here's my conversation: https://lnkd.in/es_mzBPM

Public sector organisations are facing critical capacity and capability challenges. This article from @PwC explores insights on four areas for action to empower government organisations to provide people and places with better outcomes. Read it here https://pwc.to/47ny0w7  

Volume 48, Issue 2, of MIS Quarterly is available now! 📕 Read the Editor’s Comments, "Community Building through Virtuous Reviewing," and access the issue here: https://lnkd.in/gAhA9taJ . #MISQuarterly #misq #mis #ManagementInformationSystems #openaccess #newissue #research #Informationsystems #academicpublishing #academia #editorial #researchinsights #MISresearch

How can the public sector organise itself so that it's on the front foot - an agile network that's able to deliver sustainable outcomes and build public trust? Our #FutureofGov team has spoken to those at the heart of the architecture of government to find out what it will take to drive the better deliver of public services. You can find out more here https://pwc.to/3VnV5w3 - #DigitalTransformation #LocalGovernment #FutureOfGov Quentin Cole Rachel Taylor Ben Pykett

Advisory Kulture continues the conversation on #talentmobility, shedding light on a topic where data remains sparse. Here's what we have so far: #CountryEVP #TalentMigration #OrganizationalAppeal #AfricanTalent #WorkAbroad #GlobalOpportunities #CareerGrowth #EmployerBranding #TalentRetention #HumanResources. Contact Us if you would like to discuss the #countryEVP concept further

Complete a survey to help researchers better understand self-management behaviours in people living with and without #Type1Diabetes! If you live with #T1D or you don’t and are between 18-60 years, find out more information and complete the survey: https://bit.ly/3Rx8jEb #GBDoc #Research