From implicit to intentional: advancing equity in Human Learning Systems
Human Learning Systems (HLS) like a number of other public service reform big ideas, places relationships at the heart of public service. Inherent in this,…
The Local Area Retrofit Accelerator: testing a collaborative approach to creating a system change strategy
What if more strategies were developed collaboratively and through participatory approaches? What if they drew on the widest possible range of insight and data to…
What does a place-based approach to Human Learning Systems look like?
Practical insights from pioneering places The need for reform in public services has never been stronger or more urgent. Since taking office the Government has…
Rethinking research infrastructure one year on: from energy to embedded practice
Since early 2021, Collaborate and the British Science Association (BSA) have been working with communities through Ideas Fund, an equitable, relational programme that foregrounds partnerships…
The bigger you go, the less you know: seizing the local government reorganisation opportunity
With the appointment of a new minister, MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus local government reorganisation and make sure it achieves the impact the effort deserves.
Start as you mean to go on – Best Start in Life Strategies
With the appointment of a new minister, MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus local government reorganisation and make sure it achieves the impact the effort deserves.
Leadership in Human Learning Systems
This blog was co-authored by Leigh Brown and Naomi Diamond.We’ve been exploring what kind of leadership is needed for Human Learning Systems (HLS) – and…
From the work, through the work: our equitable evaluation approach for the Making it Happen programme
Evaluators are objective experts and final arbiters, working retrospectively with data that matters because it can be counted. Sound familiar? At Collaborate, we take a…
Reimagining research collaboration: how can universities help their local places thrive?
What if research collaboration was less about exchanging evidence and insight across organisations, and more about learning together? Our new report invites universities and their…
Transformational Best Start in Life Strategies
Across the UK, local authorities, health and community partnerships are working hard to give every child the best start in life. But they’re operating within…