Insights & Publications

SQW’s report on the Bristol-Bath Innovation Cluster was launched at Future Space (at UWE Bristol). The study investigated the processes through which the innovation cluster has developed and it considered the steps that ought to be taken to nurture it further.
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Northern Ireland’s Proof of Concept Programme aims to stimulate and support the pre-commercialisation of leading-edge technologies emerging from Northern Ireland's research base. SQW undertook a strategic review of the programme for Invest Northern Ireland.
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The latest Annual Evaluation Report for Greater Manchester’s Working Well programme has been published. This year’s Annual Report is the fourth produced by SQW and finds that the programme has supported 17,000 clients to date, 2,800 of whom have moved into work.
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The first Careers and Enterprise Fund was launched in December 2015. It supported activities aimed at delivering employer encounters for young people during the 2016/17 academic year. A total of £5.6m was awarded to separate providers to deliver 35 distinct programmes of activity.
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In August 2016, the Department of Health (DH) commissioned an independent summative evaluation of the Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) Programme. The first interim report, which looks at the progress of the implementation of the IPC programme up to September 2017, has now been published.
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