19 jobs found

This workstream and the research carried out will explore and provide greater understanding of the way that prosecutors enact the Prosecutor's Code and supporting guidance when determining whether to charge a suspect, and in particular the extent to which this facilitates consistency in decision making. There is a need to explore the way in which prosecutors apply the Code and associated guidance, with a view to ensuring that that CPS has taken all reasonable steps to reduce disproportionality in decision making and is addressing its Public Sector Equality Duty.

Provide support, trainings and technical expertise to the Directorate General International Partnerships (DG INTPA), including staff in EU Delegations, Headquarters, and in partner countries regarding macro-fiscal issues. This would include knowledge sharing, policy analysis and the development of tailored policy recommendations.

The objective of the study is to assess the impact of the EU initiatives (cf. specifications) and policies on cohesion, understood as the extent of regional and social disparities in the EU, during the period 2014-2020.   The study will also analyse funds disbursed under regional State aid, with a particular attention to the amounts of aid channelled to EU regions under this regime to enhance regional development.

ClimateXChange wishes to commission research to provide an overview of the international evidence on the potential for fiscal levers (defined as including taxes, levies and charges) to deliver reductions in emissions.

Partners In Care & Health (PCH) are commissioning a second national analysis of Safeguarding Adults Reviews April 2019-March 2023. The findings can inform sector-led improvement in safeguarding adults in England. The analysis will build on the solid foundation of the previously commissioned report Safeguarding Adult Reviews: April 2017-March 2019. Analyses focused on specific types of abuse and neglect, filling a significant gap in the knowledge base about adult safeguarding across all types of abuse and neglect.

ACE are seeking to appoint a contractor to conduct a research project to understand the levels of public investment in museums since 2015 and the associated impact. We need to understand which approaches are working within the sector, and what are not. We will share this knowledge where we can and make targeted interventions where appropriate. We want to build up a picture of the past and current financial landscapes of museums to inform future model funding scenarios, and gather intelligence about what the current and future risks for museums’ sustainability might be. This work will align with the Arts Council’s broader analysis of local government investment in arts and culture.

To provide evaluation support for our Priority Places agenda. This exploratory project is designed to provide Natural England with: • A better understanding of the methodological complexities of evaluating place-based projects • An understanding of how we may address these complexities • An understanding of the potential application of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation methodologies to our place-based work

Consultancy supporting the full cycle of research implementation: research design, data collection, post-production, media production, media post-production, translation, report design, illustration/drawing for Ukraine.

UWE Bristol wishes to commission a study of the economic contribution of the University to the West of England city-region and the wider South West, including the impacts of its students, staff and the full range of University activities. It is anticipated that the economic impacts of the University would include but not necessarily be limited to: The direct impacts of the University Student-related impacts  Research, business, innovation and enterprise  Skills and labour market impacts                                                        The study should be specific to UWE Bristol.

At the Trussell Trust, we support a UK-wide network of over 1,300 food bank centres. Together we provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK. In Autumn 2020, we launched the Financial Inclusion funding programme, offering food banks across the network up to £45,000 per year to support food bank users with advice on money issues (and other issues). While we currently collect some data on the services through grant reports, we need to build on this, in order to: • provide robust data about the difference the programme is making • understand where improvements could be made • support policy influencing activity in this area We are looking for an experienced researcher or research team to partner with us to undertake an evaluation of the services to help us understand the impact, strengths and limitations of the services provided.

The Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is seeking to procure an Education Consultant who will support the VRU to promote and roll out across London a Young People's Inclusion Charter, and to particularly shape and develop its outputs.   The VRU is looking to work with an education consultant with expertise within the education sector and a comprehensive understanding of what inclusive practices within education, and the challenges and barriers within the current system. They will identify inclusive practice and policy changes and recommendations, engage with key stakeholders, set priority inclusion areas with the VRU to drive forward, map systems and support the VRU to develop a pan London Policy agreement.   London's Violence Reduction Unit pioneers approaches to tackling violence in the capital that is rooted in prevention and early intervention. We know the best time to stop violence is before it starts. The VRU is prioritising inclusive...

The European Commission calls for a qualitative ex-post evaluation of the impact of the environmental provisions of representative EU trade agreements on key environmental and climate aspects. The findings of the study will be used for internal Commission purposes to support the drafting of a Commission Staff Working paper. The later will evaluate the nexus between EU trade agreements and key environmental aspects, including the climate, analysing the effects of EU trade agreements and reflecting the dedicated effort made to contribute to environmental protection through a mix of joint disciplines and cooperation commitments.

The behaviour hubs programme supports schools that want and need to turn around their behaviour culture. The programme pairs schools and multi-academy trusts (MATs) with exemplary behaviour practices, known as lead schools/MATs, with partner schools or MATs that have self- referred onto the programme. The programme is open to primary, secondary, alternative provision and special schools.   The aim is for the evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the behaviour hubs programme in achieving its strategic aim to improve and sustain behaviour culture and practice in schools, achieving benefits for schools, workforce, and pupils.   The evaluator will complete a formative and summative evaluation to: - Assess whether the programme is effective in meeting strategic aims, objectives and expected outcomes and impacts. - Assess, test and refine the programme logic model to understand why the intervention has worked (or not). - Assess and collect evidence to...

We are seeking a specialist evaluation organisation to develop and implement an evaluative Social and Economic Return on Investment of the free bikes programme across the three LDP areas and to report on the findings. The evaluation aims to explore the social, environmental, health and economic value free bikes are having for individuals, their families, the local community and wider economy. This should include any changes to physical and mental health of individuals, wider family and community effects including community cohesion and connectedness, and wider system impact

BEIS is considering a supplier to undertake a comprehensive update of the 2019 published Energy Innovation Needs Assessments (EINAs). The project will be delivered in consultation with government technical and analytical experts and will allow BEIS to build a robust knowledge base to guide UK decisions for the support of innovation in net zero related technologies, systems and processes. Project deliverables will provide insights into the potential of technologies, systems and processes to:   - lead to a reduction in energy and/or decarbonisation costs;   - improve UK energy security;   - generate economic benefits to the UK;   - help meet UK climate change targets;   and help contextualise UK challenges and capabilities in meeting such opportunities by identifying, exploring, and quantifying key UK net zero innovation barriers and enablers.

ORE Catapult is supported by the UK Government’s Catapult programme, and as such is required periodically to provide evidence of its impact and value for money. From April 2023, corresponding to a new 5-year funding period, ORE Catapult will implement a new Impact Evaluation Framework   To deliver this Impact Evaluation Framework (including VfM Assessment), ORE Catapult now seeks to commission external expertise which shall:   • Provide overall guidance and quality control for the implementation of the Impact Evaluation Framework including VfM Assessment   • Deliver specific elements of the Impact Evaluation and VfM Assessment, as described in the Impact Evaluation Framework, including: econometrics, surveying, case studies and VfM calculations.   • Produce overall analysis and write up of Evaluation and VfM reports.

In Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, there are large numbers of adults and children who are living in poor health due to, in part, modifiable risk factors. This has been exacerbated over the COVID-19 pandemic and covers a wide range of factors such as poor diet/obesity, smoking, harmful alcohol consumption, and vaccination/immunisation uptake for preventable diseases. These factors tend to be more prevalent in less affluent areas leading to a further widening of health inequalities. It is systemic variations in wider determinants of health, such as environmental factors (e.g., living without easy access to fresh food, few green spaces for physical activity, and high volume of junk food advertising) that supports inequalities and leaves an individual’s health outcomes out of their control (1–3). Almost half of the burden of disease in developed countries is attributable to modifiable risk factors such as smoking, harmful alcohol consumption, poor diet, and physical...

The purpose of the framework contract is to provide timely analytical support to DG Agriculture and Rural Development in implementing the Commission’s better regulation agenda, for evaluations and impact assessments, and in addressing wide-ranging analytical needs through thematic analysis (studies).