Author: Annette Aiken
Training and Development Checklist
Step-by-step guide to putting together a scrutiny training and development programme.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion By Annette Aiken & Natalie Rotherham Recent worldwide events and campaigns have shone a light onto the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and intersectionality arenas. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are three separate, but interlinked issues. They are frequently considered together, and commonly referred to as ‘EDI’. EDI is becoming increasingly important to […]
How to write effective survey and research questions
The use of surveys to gather and triangulate evidence for scrutiny reviews is easier, now that we can be more confident that a majority of local people have access to the tools to fill them in online – making the use of hard-copy questionnaires unnecessary other than in situations where scrutiny is keen to gather […]
Calling all Scrutiny Officers! This year’s annual scrutiny survey is now open
We want to know what you think! Do you work as a senior scrutiny officer in an English or Welsh Council? Do you have time to make a real difference to improving scrutiny across councils in England and Wales? Then we need your help and expertise. Each year, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny invites […]