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Saturday, 4th July 2009
 

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Honest Brokers: brokering innovation in public services
 

Honest Brokers: brokering innovation in public services

Highly innovative sectors of the economy benefit from an infrastructure of science and innovation parks, business incubators, R&D labs and the like. What would the equivalent infrastructure look like to support public services?

 
 
 

Features

Welcome to The Innovation Unit
 

Welcome to The Innovation Unit

We are an innovation intermediary for public services, with a strong track record supporting innovation in schools and children's services, the third sector and local government.

 
 
Innovation Exchange - Call for Ideas
 

Innovation Exchange - Call for Ideas

Innovation Exchange is looking for high-potential third sector innovations in mental health support. The best will receive invitations to its Festival of Ideas in Manchester.

 
 
AERA 2009
 

AERA 2009

The Innovation Unit presented a Symposium at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) held in San Diego, USA, in April 2009.

 
 
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Next Practice

Next Practice Methodology
 

Next Practice Methodology

Find out more about the methodology

 
 
 
Podcasts
 

Podcasts

The audience has taken to the stage - get Charlie Leadbeater's podcast.

 
 
 
Learning Futures
 

Learning Futures

...looks at Next Practices in curricular or cross-curricular models of learning and pedagogy

 
 
 
Next Practice Acceleration Space
 

Next Practice Acceleration Space

Join our community of practice around Next Practice

 
 
 
Next Practice Report
 

Next Practice Report

Progress of field trial sites and policy recommendations

 
 
 
Resources and Toolkits
 

Resources and Toolkits

Developed as part of The Next Practice in Education Programme

 
 
 
 

Extras

FREE hard copy publications
 

FREE hard copy publications

Looking for thought provoking materials for a conference or event...

 
 
Health Innovation Roundtable
 

Health Innovation Roundtable

Adopting innovation to improve services in healthcare.

 
 
What's Next? 21 ideas for 21st century learning
 

What's Next? 21 ideas for 21st century learning

Charles Leadbeater shows how can we build on radical innovation in schools.

 
 
Changing Context of Parenting
 

Changing Context of Parenting

... looks at the factors that determine parental engagement.