Dr Ian C Elliott

What is an MPA?

NB: This was originally posted in 2016. As of September 2018 I no longer work at Queen Margaret University. As such some of the links on the below post may no longer work. For information about my current post please go to the About Me section of this website. By Dr Ian C Elliott, Dr Peter Falconer…

January 18, 2016
Public Services Governance Graduates 2014

On Monday I was in Cardiff for a celebratory lunch, hosted by Academi Wales, to recognise the achievement of graduates from the PgCert Public Services Governance programme. Below is a copy of my talk: Public Services Governance – Graduation Thank you to Academi Wales for inviting me to give this short talk. It’s great…

September 11, 2014
Using Social Media in Learning and Teaching

I was invited to give a presentation at University of the West of Scotland at their Student Experience Learning and Teaching (SELT) event on 2 April 2014. You can see all presentations via the Storify which is linked below. View the story “UWS Moving on in…..Social Networking” on Storify The topic I was given…

April 25, 2014
Using Twitter in Teaching & Learning

Click here to view the story “Using Twitter in Teaching & Learning” on Storify

July 2, 2013
Training and education for public service workers mustn’t be forgotten

Training and education for public service workers mustnt be forgotten.

June 28, 2013
SR2013

Politics vs Economics Less than 24 hours since the Chancellor stood up in Parliament to announce his spending plans for 2015-16 much has already been written about both the style and content of his speech. Needless to say (and despite the Chancellors protestations this morning) this was a highly political speech with the upcoming general…

June 27, 2013
SR2013 and Progression Pay

Osborne’s attack on public servants won’t work By Ian Elliott, Queen Margaret University George Osborne’s populist attack on public sector salaries made for just the headlines he wanted. He promised to end “automatic progression pay” in the civil service by 2015-16, and to work towards ending it in the education system, the NHS, the prison…

June 26, 2013
Why I don’t like email

Please don’t email me Every semester when I start my undergraduate teaching I begin by setting the ground rules. Things like the importance of attendance, the need for extensive reading and so on. All what I would expect is fairly standard stuff. However, one area where I seem to differ from many academics is in…

May 14, 2013
Innovation

Recently I met someone with the word innovation in their job title. This struck me as quite interesting. I wondered, how innovative do they need to be in their job? Do they do all the innovation in their workplace or are others explicitly involved? Now I don’t want to question the work of this particular…

April 30, 2013
Lean Public Services

I was recently asked by a student to provide a brief account of the advantages and disadvantages of applying lean management systems in the delivery of public services. This is my quick attempt at a brief answer! First of all, what is Lean Management? This is actually a rather difficult question as terms such as…

April 25, 2013