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Marianne Kell
- Jul 10
The UK’s journey to net zero: what do we mean by a just transition to a greener energy system?
Climate change poses a number of serious threats to our planet, and risks destabilising how societies and economies are organised. From...
Stuart Merali-Younger
- May 11
Local Growth Policy – Are Local and Combined Authorities Ready to Lead?
In recent years a common view has developed on both sides of the House of Commons that UK powers and resources for local growth policy...
Anna Burgess
- May 10
Nature based evaluations; understanding Wavehill’s approach to environmental impact.
Our work spans a range of economic development and social research environment.
Declan Turner
- May 2
How Government can support economic gains from offshore renewable energy
The UK is a global leader in offshore energy, with 11GW of installed capacity from mostly fixed bottom offshore wind farms. The UK...
Hilda Bernhardsson
- Mar 16
A Reflection on Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Neurodiversity Celebration Week was established in 2018 with the aim to shift perceptions and challenge stereotypes encountered by the...
Wavehill
- Mar 8
Embracing Equity – what this means for Wavehill
The theme for this year’s International Women's Day (IWD) is focused on embracing equity. Whilst we will see our social media feeds...
Megan Clark
- Oct 10, 2022
Introduction of a Nine-Day Fortnight at Wavehill; an outcome-based trial
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged businesses to pivot and change, adopt new practices and accelerate digital transformation. This has...
Wavehill
- Sep 29, 2022
Wavehill Away Day in Birmingham 2022
This week we had our annual Away Day in Birmingham. It is an opportunity for us to come together, to share company news and updates,...
Chloe Maughan & Simon Tanner
- Jul 26, 2022
Mental Health Challenge Competition; better coordination for student mental health service
Wavehill have been working with the Office for Students (OfS) since June 2019 to undertake an independent evaluation of their flagship...
Chloe Maughan
- Mar 17, 2022
Exploring barriers to work among unpaid carers
Across the England & Wales it is estimated that 1.2 million employees provide 30 hours or more a week of care to family or friends in...
Simon Tanner & Andy Parkinson
- Mar 10, 2022
Building the evidence base around social prescribing
What is social prescribing? People are facing more pressures and uncertainties in their everyday life. Evidence shows that around 20% of...
Megan Clark
- Mar 1, 2022
Wavehill reflects on LGBTQ+ History Month
February marked LGBTQ+ History Month across the UK, which was a period of reflection and retrospect for Wavehill in particular. The theme...
Stuart Merali-Younger
- Dec 1, 2021
Evaluation in a New Era of Economic Development Funding
Wavehill review of the latest economic development funds including Levelling Up Fund, Community Renewal Fund and Shared Prosperity Fund
Simon Tanner
- Dec 1, 2021
A collaborative approach to monitoring and evaluation: how GOGA is leading the way
Working closely with GOGA to evaluate and demonstrate the social and economic project impacts, we reflect upon this successful collaboration
Stuart Merali-Younger
- Dec 1, 2021
COP 26, Net Zero and the Critical Role of Policy Evaluation
World leaders, climate experts and environmental campaigners descended on Glasgow for COP26 in what felt like a make-or-break summit for...
Endaf Griffiths
- Dec 1, 2021
Reflections on the Welsh Government's drive to tackle the 'brain drain'
The Welsh government are setting out plans to tackle the ‘brain drain’ of young people leaving Wales. This recognises the economic and...
Andy Parkinson
- Dec 1, 2021
Building a Wellbeing Economy: the contribution of events to Scotland’s Wellbeing
Building a Wellbeing Economy - the contribution that events have on wellbeing in Scotland
Oliver Allies
- Dec 1, 2021
Welsh Government release evaluation on Degree Apprenticeship Programme
Welsh Government evaluation report on the Degree Apprenticeship. Wavehill used an evidence-based approach to develop theory of change
Endaf Griffiths
- Dec 1, 2021
Reflections: lessons learnt from evaluating rural programmes in Wales
Being invited to speak at an event prompted me to reflect on 15 years of evaluating rural development projects and programmes in Wales. I...
Endaf Griffiths
- Dec 1, 2021
Report: Utilising opportunities created by improved digital infrastructure in rural Wales
Published in September 2020, this report for BT found that improved digital connectivity has the potential to help address a number of...
Declan Turner & Oliver Allies
- Dec 1, 2021
Report Published: Rural Enterprise Exmoor Research
Exmoor National Park Authority in partnership with Local Authorities and the Heart of the South West LEP through the Rural Enterprise...
Endaf Griffiths
- Dec 1, 2021
Measuring success – outputs and results
Should targets for ‘outputs’ be scrapped? No, but results are more important. As evaluators, we spend a lot of our time analysing...
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