This is the second piece in our theme this week on how academic researchers can influence policy. The first piece, by Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, is available here. This piece, by James Lloyd, Director of the Strategic Society Centre, originally appeared on the LSE Impact Blog and is reposted under … Continue reading
This week UKAJI focuses on research impact and in particular how academic researchers can influence policy. This issue has been highlighted in a recent inquiry by Sir Stephen Sedley, who considered the scale and significance of non-publication of government-commissioned research. His report, Missing Evidence, found that only 4 out of 24 government departments maintain a database of … Continue reading
If you could change just one thing about the judicial control of administration, what would it be? Abstracts considering this question are invited for a conference to be held at the University of Sussex on 20 September 2016. Note: The deadline for abstracts is Friday 24 June 2016. Public Law Reform Now forms part of the … Continue reading
By Dr Nick O’Brien, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Liverpool Some reflections on an international conference in Belfast, 26-27 May 2016, on Human Rights: A 21st Century Approach to the Work of Ombudsmen The ombuds institution in the UK, ever since its reception in 1967, has been associated chiefly, in its public-sector form at least, … Continue reading
Mandatory reconsideration is something of a hybrid feature of administrative justice. In terms of design, this is obvious. It is a form of redress in one sense, but it is also a form of primary decision-making in another. By Robert Thomas and Joseph Tomlinson, School of Law, University of Manchester We recently held a joint UKAJI/University … Continue reading