Environmental policy making and its implementation has in the main suffered from a lack of credible review and evaluation. This has resulted in a generally poor understanding of policy effectiveness, or success, especially in terms of outcomes achieved and their linkages to the policies that underpin them.

This report assesses the Severe Domestic Squalor Project, which aims to facilitate holistic assessment and support for people who are living in squalor; foster sustainable solutions for clients; and educate service providers. The report concludes that the program provided high quality services to an underserviced and vulnerable group of people, and that a commitment of...

Mid term report (46) The Integrated Services Project for Clients with Challenging Behaviour (ISP) aims to decrease the adverse impact of challenging behaviour on clients, the community, and the service system. The Project does this by developing intervention and support plans that better respond to the individual needs of clients with challenging behaviour, as well...

On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction according to this US report examining the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008. Abstract A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online...

This evaluation found users of the national collections for Elective Surgery Waiting Times regarded the data as highly useful and highly important. It recommends collections continue, and coverage be improved to increase the proportion of public elective surgery episodes included in the collections. The report also recommends work to clarify what constitutes elective surgery and...