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The state of British politics today

What we are seeing today is the consequence of decades of under-investment in public administration education, professional development, and research.

Using Microsoft Word to Automatically Transcribe Audio Files

How to auto-transcribe using Microsoft Word!

Academic podcasts

This blog post was stimulated by a discussion I had recently on Twitter and LinkedIn about academic podcasts. For some time now I’ve been a big fan of the Academics of PA podcast. This is a podcast hosted by Bruce McDonald (North Carolina State University), Josie Schafer (University of Nebraska Omaha) and Will Hatcher (AugustaContinue reading “Academic podcasts”

Curriculum Co-Design and Co-Production

Here I discuss how to integrate curriculum co-design and coproduction into public administration programmes.

Scottish devolution has been a disaster and Tony Blair’s biggest mistake

To what extent can we say that devolution has been a success?

Doctoral Research – the examiners perspective

My thoughts on examining doctoral research.

Organisational Learning and Change in a Public Sector Context

Brief summary of my research on organisational learning and change.

Researching COVID-19

The co-editors of PPA have published a journal article outlining the seven key research themes relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Conducting qualitative research via online platforms

Over the next few weeks I will be developing a number of resources on research methods to support some of my teaching. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic many of these resources will be about online research methods. I am adding them here so they are publicly accessible for anyone else to use. ThisContinue reading “Conducting qualitative research via online platforms”