Courses
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Social Return on Investment (SROI) is an internationally recognised framework for understanding, measuring and valuing social, economic and environmental outcomes. This two-day SROI practitioner training course is accredited by Social Value International and...
This series of capsule courses allows you to take control of your professional development, providing you with some simple tips and tools to build your strategic, critical and design thinking skills at work in the public sector.
This series of workshops will help you:...
Communicate for impact and influence will help participants develop confidence and skills to tell a compelling evidence-based narrative with the power to influence change in all aspects of working life.
This interactive two-day workshop is being led by communications expert Dr Zina O’Leary and...
Dr Argyrous and Professor Rogers will help you understand the conceptual and practical issues involved in evaluating public sector policies and programs, and evaluation’s role as a key tool for decision-makers.
“Governments now require greater scrutiny and assessment of public sector programs to determine...
In this workshop, Dr Nick Fleming draws on his 20-plus years of international experience to bring a fresh, insightful and empowering approach to solving problems in government. “Designing and delivering a government policy or project is typically a complex problem,” Dr Fleming says. “I want...
BehaviourWorks Australia team will give participants the opportunity to apply new knowledge, skills and tools to their current projects and programs.
“So much government activity is about behaviour change,” according to Dr Liam Smith. “We increase the odds of success by opening up new...
Effective policy and implementation comes from strategic thinking and knowing how to analyse the broader policy environment.
The two-day Policy and program skills workshop provides the opportunity for participants to develop their analytical skills and understanding, and to step back and reflect on how...
Spending decisions can be made for political reasons, but rigorous cost-benefit analysis ensures that ministers make decisions with their eyes wide open.
ANU Crawford School’s Dr Leo Dobes will help participants understand theory and practice.
“Many agencies lack the expertise to carry out...
Professor Malcolm Sparrow, from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, will guide participants through contemporary developments in risk-based regulation and examine what ‘risk-based’ practice entails in enforcement, regulation and compliance management.
“Citizens expect government to be vigilant in spotting threats, nimble in organising around them...
Professor Malcolm Sparrow, from the Kennedy School of Government and a former senior British Police Officer, will explain the complexity of social regulation, managing compliance, enforcing the law and security in a world that emphasises harm reduction and risk-control.
“People in regulatory, compliance and...
Dr Christine Nixon – Monash University Deputy Chancellor and former Victoria Police Chief Commissioner – and Professor Amanda Sinclair – Melbourne Business School Fellow and author on leadership – will encourage participants to share experiences and learn how to lead change while looking after themselves...
Public sector agencies have implemented a range of corruption prevention and risk management strategies with varying degrees of success. This course uncovers some of the reasons why corrupt conduct continues to occur despite considerable efforts to prevent it.
Corruption usually occurs in situations where...
This course focuses specifically on working with evidence at the policy design stage to improve the chances that a policy will work once it goes ‘live’.
Description
Among the most important indicators of policy success is that the policy ‘works’, or achieves...
Who should attend?
The course is designed for practitioners, researchers and policy actors who do not have an existing specialism in the advocacy field but may have a responsibility or interest in the integration of advocacy into planning, projects and policy.
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The UTS Centre for Local Government (CLG), part of the UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance (IPPG), is the only university unit in Australia, and one of a few worldwide, that designs and presents courses that are tailor-made to the needs of local government....
The UTS Master of Applied Policy has been designed by leading thinkers and practitioners with the aim of supporting the next generation of policymakers. The course achieves academic rigour while enabling participants to learn about what policy demands in its practical application.
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NZSSN assists in the development of quantitative social science research in the academic, government, and private sectors. NZSSN's intent and activities are based on those of Australia's ACSPRI. Our core business is the running of short courses in social science research methods....