
Reflections
Bringing together co-design and evaluation: Creating monitoring frameworks that won’t sit on the shelf
Lessons learned from developing a monitoring and learning framework.
When "parachuting in" isn’t an option
Exploring value with integrity across languages, continents and time zones.
Should I set up shop?
Adrian Field and Julian King offer reflections on their pathways into consultancy, to support those contemplating this shift in the midst of government sector cutbacks.
When surveys get used as a blunt instrument
A feedback survey developed by a local business association about road safety changes around a primary school highlights the dangers of poor survey design - affecting both the quality of the research results and their potential input into decision-making.
Survey fatigue: Are we plundering people’s finite resources of patience and trust?
I wonder if sheer volume of requests for feedback surveys that we receive may actually be undermining my practice as a researcher – as someone who regularly employs online surveys in my own work.