Last week, the Institute spent a day out at the Built Environment Networking Airports Development and Future of Aviation conference at Manchester Airport’s Concorde Centre. There, under the wings of…

Tuesday this week saw that State Opening of Parliament, the ceremonial occasion in which the Monarch (or in this case, her heir) formally opens the new parliamentary session by reading…

Listening effectively to the public, through professionally-organised consultations is a challenge. If decision-makers are to do better than just respond through knee-jerk reactions to opinion-poll data, care is needed to…

Congratulations on your election to your new seat of [Insert Seat Here], and welcome to the wonderful world of local government! We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay- however long that’ll…

Last week, the Queen gave Royal Assent to the much-debated Health and Care Bill, completing its parliamentary process and making it into the Health and Care Act 2022. We wrote…

Over my many years of helping organisations to improve their surveys/questionnaires, one problem area has always stood out. When I teach this in my courses, I use my own name…

Consultation Responses: Quality vs Quantity The Perfect Blend | Session 8 Date: Tuesday 10th May Time: 10am Obtaining meaningful consultation responses and listening effectively to the public through consultation is a challenge. If…

Just as I was beginning to worry that there was little to write about this week, imagine my joy when I stumbled upon this– a recently published technical consultation about…