Commentary

commentary 4 September 2024
Shining a light on poverty stigma
Dr Steffan Evans

The devastating impact of the stigma of poverty has been long established. It is known to worsen people’s mental health, leads to people not...

commentary 10 September 2024
Working together to tackle poverty stigma in Wales – five key insights
Amanda Hill-Dixon

Amanda Hill-Dixon sets out five insights gained by the Wales Centre for Public Policy from its exploration of how to prevent and tackle poverty stigma,...

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Commentary 8 April 2025
Four Lessons from What Works Centres on Understanding Impact
Eleanor Mackillop shares four lessons in planning, generating and evaluating impact that could benefit all organisations that broker evidence into policy.
Commentary 16 December 2024
What does it take to lead an evidence intermediary organisation?
Steve Martin sheds some early light on his research into what it takes to lead organisations like ours.
Commentary 12 December 2024
Overcoming the challenges of financing retrofit in the UK: A pathway to net zero
Wales and the UK face a significant challenge in ramping up retrofit delivery to meet net zero, fuel poverty and health goals.
Commentary 6 November 2024
More data and earlier focus key to tackling post-16 tertiary education inequalities
The creation of Medr, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, represents a step change in the organisation of post-16 education and training in Wales....
Commentary 5 November 2024
Widening participation and transforming lives: What works?
The wicked problem of widening participation. Despite years of increasing and widening participation strategies, there is evidence of widening inequality gaps and growing divergences in...
Commentary 4 November 2024
Equity in Tertiary Education in Wales – an adult perspective
Understanding inequity in tertiary education. Here, Joshua Miles, of the Learning and Work Institute, gives his perspective on the data analysis undertaken by ADR Wales...
Commentary 25 October 2024
Tackling inequity in tertiary education
Responding to WCPP’s latest publications on Understanding Inequity in Tertiary Education, in a series of thinkpieces, leading education experts have called for action to...
Commentary 7 October 2024
Understanding impact across the UK’s What Works Network
All What Works Centres (WWCs) aim to have impact by getting evidence into policy and/or practice. However, because every Centre has different aims, practices,...