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The Policy Tests: transforming policy in the Department for Education

“What’s the point? What’s it got to do with us? Who made me the expert? Is my advice predictable? Will it actually work?” These are questions that policy makers should constantly ask themselves. Last summer the Department for Education (DfE) …

International disaster risk reduction

Disaster risks will change over the coming decades. Some level of risk must be accepted, but we can do much more to manage that risk and to build resilience.  Natural hazards have always been with us. A devastating earthquake in …