Mobilise Podcast by PEDAL Centre

Jul 02 2024 7 ep. 31 mins 4

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Mobilise podcast from the Centre for Research on Play and Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL) at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Mobilise is a mini -series in which Sally Hogg, Senior Policy Fellow at University of Cambridge, talks to leading policymakers and politicians from across the UK about how research can be used in policy to improve children's lives. We'll be finding out about the things our guests have achieved for children and about the challenges that arise when trying to use research -based evidence in complex political environments.

If you've got any interest in research, child development and children's policy, then this is a podcast for you.

For more information about PEDAL and to access our wider resources, please visit our website, pedalhub.net

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Mobilise - EP6 - Tim Loughton

Jul 02 2024 41 mins

Tim Loughton, former Children's Minister, talks to Sally about the importance of listening directly to children when making policy. Tim also reflects on what makes research relevant, and of the value of Ministers getting out on the "front line" to see things for themselves. We talk about why children are not enough of a priority, the frustration of issues falling down governments'

Mobilise - EP5 - Harry Burns

Jun 25 2024 29 mins

Professor Sir Harry Burns, Former Chief Medical Officer in Scotland, talks to Sally about how he gave up surgery to work in Public Health because he saw that his patients needed better wellbeing, not more surgery. Harry reflects on the science that led him to advocate for investment in early childhood, the importance of collecting data, and the value of improvement science approach

Mobilise - EP4 - Peter Wanless

Jun 18 2024 37 mins

Sir Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, talks to Sally about the role that charities can play in supporting research, development and innovation in public services. Peter also reflects on his time in the civil service, and the role of evidence, data and insight in driving up the quality of schools and children's services. We discuss the importance of local services and systems underst

Mobilise - EP3 - Beverley Hughes

Jun 11 2024 34 mins

Baroness Beverley Hughes, Former Children's Minister talks to Sally about the "what works" culture in the last Labour Government. We hear Beverley's memories on the role of evidence in policies including Sure Start; tackling teenage pregnancy and the smoking ban; reflections on how evidence can help politicians make the case for change, and the challenges of balancing academic evid

Mobilise - EP2 - Carey Oppenheim

Jun 05 2024 37 mins

Carey Oppenheim, Early Years and Child Poverty expert, talks to Sally about her time in Government, establishing the Early Intervention Foundation and the lessons she has learned through her career. We discuss the early development and expansion of Sure Start; what we've learned about using evidence-based programmes, and the need to combine local community insight with research exp

Mobilise - EP1 - David Bell

May 29 2024 35 mins

Sir David Bell, Former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, talks to Sally about research, politics and the critical role that civil servants play in helping Ministers to navigate evidence. This is a journey through more than twenty years of children's policy from Every Child Matters, through raising the school leaving age, the Academies act to Labour's current thin

Mobilise - Trailer - Sally Hogg

May 29 2024 3 mins

Welcome to the Mobilise Podcast, a new mini -series from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. This podcast was developed to help people who are trying to harness the power of research to improve children's lives and life chances. Through six episodes, we'll delve into the relationship between research, evidence and children's policy through conversations with le