Policy Hub
The July/August 2002 of Local Government News included an article by Sue Duncan, Director - Policy Studies, Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office and Alan Hedges, independent research consultant and a spokesperson for the Association for Qualitative Research. This examined the social policy role of qualitative research, based mainly on group discussion techniques which is becoming a valuable tool to help local authorities and public bodies undertake public consultation and develop their policies.
We are grateful to the publishers of LGN for their permission to publish the article on Policy Hub. Follow this link to access the article.
Assessing Standards of Qualitative Evaluation
Cabinet Office has commissioned a research study that is looking
at quality standards in qualitative evaluation. The project will
review existing quality frameworks and recommend a set of standards
against which the quality of qualitative studies can be assessed.
[After note - report published 10 July
2003]