Interview: Ex-perm sec Moira Wallace on tackling youth disadvantage under New Labour – and lessons for driving change today
28 Oct Education

Interview: Ex-perm sec Moira Wallace on tackling youth disadvantage under New Labour – and lessons for driving change today

With the government aiming to break the link between a young person’s start in life and the opportunities they have, Wallace tells CSW about the work she led to tackle entrenched social problems
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Civil Service Pensions Scheme: MyCSP staff to strike until final day of contract
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The Civil Service World Collaboration Conference Leeds
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Horizon, Leeds
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The digital divide: How age is shaping the civil service's AI future Partner Content
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The digital divide: How age is shaping the civil service's AI future
New research from Indeed reveals a stark generational gap in AI adoption that could risk government transformation plans. CSW speaks with Matt Burney, senior strategic advisor at Indeed, to explore ways to bridge the gap
AI in public services: Empowering people to deliver efficiencies Partner Content
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AI in public services: Empowering people to deliver efficiencies
Debra Maxwell, CEO of ArvatoConnect, explores the cultural and practical shifts needed to ensure AI delivers sustainable benefits across government
Upgrading the public sector’s operating system: Making collaboration a core capability Partner Content
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As mission-led reform gathers pace, it’s clear the public sector’s operating system needs an upgrade. PA’s Guy Neale, collaboration design expert, and Elaine Whyte, programme delivery expert, explore how embedding collaboration as a core capability can help build a system fit to deliver on ambitious national missions with pace and purpose
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Beyond policy: Engineering a healthier UK
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