Dr Ian C Elliott

Introduction

Having read many blogs for quite a few years now I have finally decided to start my own. The purpose of this blog is really to provide a site for personal reflections on my research, learning and teaching activities. By making this public I am hoping to stimulate some debate. This will (hopefully) lead to…

April 21, 2012
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.

July 1, 2022
Using Microsoft Word to Automatically Transcribe Audio Files

How to auto-transcribe using Microsoft Word!

March 16, 2021
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 (Augusta…

March 3, 2021
Curriculum Co-Design and Co-Production

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

December 2, 2020
Scottish devolution has been a disaster and Tony Blair’s biggest mistake

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

November 17, 2020
Doctoral Research – the examiners perspective

My thoughts on examining doctoral research.

November 2, 2020
Organisational Learning and Change in a Public Sector Context

Brief summary of my research on organisational learning and change.

October 13, 2020
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.

August 26, 2020
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. This…

March 20, 2020
Interview with Gary Bandy

Short interview with Gary Bandy, author of Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector.

March 17, 2020