This study compares the economic, social and health impacts of four policy options drafted by the European Commission with the aim of increasing the availability of organs and improving the quality and safety of organ donation and transplantation.
Describes a survey tool developed for the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) that enables arc to map its entire research portfolio, analyse the returns from individual grants and compare different types of grants.
The National Audit Office of the United Kingdom commissioned RAND Europe to examine the structure and effectiveness of healthcare interventions aimed at preventing and reducing alcohol harm in a selected number of countries. The countries selected were Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States.
Examines the effectiveness of mathematics teaching reform in British primary schools.
Presents the results of a study intended to help the Forum Standaardisatie develop a Dutch interoperability framework (IF), which is seen as a key step in promoting eGovernment in The Netherlands, as well as Dutch participation in emerging pan-European government Services.
Hallsworth and Ling present an overview of the achievements of the European Union Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health in 2006. The Platform brings together stakeholders from across Europe, all of whom are undertaking actions to improve the health of European citizens. The report presents the Platform’s achievements by summarising information contained in 121 monitoring forms that were provided by members of the Platform.
This report analyzes the findings of an intermediate evaluation of the three non-food scientific committees at the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO). These committees provide the commission with scientific advice to prepare policy and proposals in the areas of consumer safety, public health and the environment.
This study, commissioned by the UK National Audit Office, analyses the implementation of the new European Single Payment Scheme of farm payments in Germany and Finland. This scheme was introduced by the European Union 2003 as a new way of supporting its farmers. This research details the specifics of the national payment systems and implementation processes in Germany and Finland and compares the performance of these two countries.
This brief provides insight into the issues involved in research measurement and evaluation, and offers ways to approach the objective of assessing benefit. It also provides a 'toolkit' for use in the evaluation process.
Wooding et al. examine how the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Future of Work (FoW) programme influenced policy and professional practice. They also consider whether the Payback Framework, a conceptual model for research evaluation, is appropriate for social science and look at the challenge of evaluating the impact of research on the social sciences.
The National Audit Office (NAO) asked RAND Europe to conduct a qualitative study into general practitioners’ (GPs) prescribing behaviors. This study aims to understand what shapes GPs’ prescribing decisions, and how the cost efficiency of prescribing might be improved. This qualitative study contributes to the NAO’s larger investigation into primary care prescribing in England, and more specifically how financial savings can be delivered.
In a world where information and communication technologies (ICT) are fast becoming ubiquitous and indispensable, the ICT industry has a crucial enabling role in social, economic and human development. The report, which was prepared for British Telecommunication’s annual Hot Topic Series, assesses the ICT sector’s responsibilities, and identifies the kind of actions that can be taken through a ‘multi-stakeholder governance’ approach.
Research charities are under increasing pressure to improve the translation of new scientific knowledge into benefit for patients. This research brief outlines a novel evaluation of paybacks of research grants by the Arthritis Research Campaign.
This study compares and contrasts retention and participation rates in international Higher Education systems. The aim of the study is to put the performance of United Kingdom higher education institutions in comparative perspective and uncover interesting practice in the countries studied to improve retention rates.
Provides a brief review of the use of lottery/ballot systems for admissions to schools under the UK's proposed School Admissions Code.
Deutschland gilt als besonders stark burokratisierter Staat. Diese verbreitete Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung stutzt sich unter anderem auf eine Reihe internationaler Vergleichsstudien (z.B. OECD, Weltbank), die offenbar das subjektive Gefuhl einer ubermassigen Burokratisierung Deutschlands durch objektive wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen und Daten untermauern. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studien werden allerdings oft nur sehr selektiv und haufig unkritisch wahrgenommen -- und sie werden vor allem dann wahrgenommen, wenn sie verbreitete Stereotypen uber Deutschland als uberburokratisierten Staat bestatigen.
This report presents the results of a study investigating the deployment and management of personal advisers in three employment education companies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
RAND Europe has created an evaluation framework for the Papworth Trust’s new independent living project, “Foundations for Living” (FfL), and from this developed performance measures to support learning and accountability.
This study, commissioned by the UK National Audit Office, gives an overview of the introduction of single farm payments in Germany. This research details the specifics of the German payment system and the process of implementation.
This report presents the current understanding of the advancement of the Information Society (IS) within the EU and countries up for accession in 2004, based on the SIBIS surveys. It is intended to inform policy-makers and citizens on IS advancement, further debate and research, and improve statistical competence. In addition to focusing on basic access and usage, it benchmarks on-line applications and recommends next policy and research steps.
The Dutch Directorate-General for Freight commissioned a process analysis to support implementation of a new budgetary process, which shows that any time during a calendar year there are three different processes interacting and competing for the attention of policymakers: the budgetary, data collection, and policy making processes. These three processes braid together into a complex score of data streams and queries.
This report, funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), examines two options for reviewing Units: scientific track record, reviewed via site visits over variable time scales. Overall Unit synergy is assessed, with award of funding envelope allocated to research groups by Director, and future scientific strategy, assessed using Strategic Audits, metrics and Directors’ science strategy.
There is a wide diversity of research payback. Short focused project grants seem to provide value for money.
This working report recommends gaining insights from abroad to learn from factors of success and failure of policy evaluation that can contribute to reach the goal of an evaluation culture in the Netherlands.
Examines the progress being made by central government bodies towards delivering services to meet the needs of diverse customers in the six recognised areas of diversity: disability; gender; race; religion and belief; age; and sexual orientation.
