PSMW Ascend

Welcome to Ascend


Bernard Galton introduces Ascend One of the greatest challenges we face in public services at this time is continuing to develop our services in what are vastly changing times for the public sector. In order to move forward we need to equip our organisations and their workforces with the ... 22/06/2011

Ascend Communities


Finance Leadership Network This is the new, permanent home for the Finance Leadership Network, where you will be able to view the latest news, interact with other network members through the forum and access a wealth of relevant information and documents. ...

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15/11/2012

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17/10/2012

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09/10/2012

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08/10/2012

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05/10/2012


Online Learning Survey 2012 We would like your help to improve the way we currently offer learning and development opportunities through the Internet. We want to create learning materials that make your learning and development better and can only do that by find ... 15/08/2012
Expert Seminars 2012 - 2013 - sign up for your free place today Bringing world class experts to Wales and their expertise to you! Want to hear up-to-the-minute thinking across a broad range of fascinating subjects? Then our Expert Seminars are for you! This is ... 30/07/2012


Summer School 2011 – Day three – Camila Batmanghelidjh - Part 1 (Running time 16 minutes) Camilia Batmanghelidjh, Founder and Director of Kids Company, gives a passionate account of her experiences with vulnerable children and how she built her company based on their needs. Camila aims to give the audience a framework ... 09/02/2012
Summer School 2011 – Day five – David MacLeod - Part 1 (Running time 16 minutes) David MacLeod, author of The MacLeod Report on Employee Engagement, discusses his experiences of both the private and public sector and the impact of successful engagement. 22/02/2012

An Evaluation of Collaborative Policy making Processes and Practices in the Reform of the Blue Badge Scheme - Suzanne Pomeroy
This project studied the effects of the collaborative policy making procedure from the perspective of the various ‘actors’ involved in formulating processes and practices in the Reform of the Blue Badge Scheme. This study tested two opposing hypotheses in relation to t ...

17/09/2012

To what extent can a local authority housing benefits service be improved in isolation from other related services?- Ian Willcox
This project used the Systems Thinking approach (Seddon, 2004) to review Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’s housing benefits system. It investigated how, and to what degree, the review could deliver an improved service as an isola ...

31/08/2012