Real-World Success: How Councils and Communities Are Enhancing Wellbeing Amid Austerity
Alice Munson This is the second of two blogs resulting from this year’s INLOGOV undergraduate summer intern project, which examined how councils can boost wellbeing amid austerity. The first article (last week) summarised some of the key literature. This article explores case studies of community initiatives around the UK that have successfully worked with councils, … Continue reading Real-World Success: How Councils and Communities Are Enhancing Wellbeing Amid Austerity

Empowering Communities: How Councils Can Boost Wellbeing Amid Austerity
Alice Munson This is the first of two blogs resulting from this year’s INLOGOV undergraduate summer intern project, which examined how councils can boost wellbeing amid austerity. This first article summarises some of the key literature, the second article (next week) will explore practice examples. In a period characterised by fiscal austerity, local governments confront … Continue reading Empowering Communities: How Councils Can Boost Wellbeing Amid Austerity

Come and join our team
We are looking for a keen and talented teaching fellow, to teach and support a mix of international students and UK public sector professionals, helping to develop the next generation of senior public sector managers and leaders.  The Department of Public Administration and Policy is a recently formed part of the University of Birmingham, incorporating … Continue reading Come and join our team

We have to talk about OFLOG
Jason Lowther It’s been an exciting month in government, nationally and locally, since the General Election on 4th July.  As the new Labour administration finds its feet, somewhere on Ministers’ “to do” list will be local government performance and (the department formerly known as) DLUHC’s attempts to improve this through the establishment of OFLOG, the … Continue reading We have to talk about OFLOG