http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/ News and Events from the Centre for Public Services from 2004. en Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit 2003-11-03T16:14:40Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Chris Croome news daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/swansea-city-council-ict/ The Centre provided assistance to the ICT Staff Employment Model Team who were assessing three employment options in the outsourcing of ICT services. Despite the staff making a strong case for a secondment/mixed economy model, the City Council decided to opt for full outsourcing. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2005-04-25T10:08:41Z Swansea, wales, employment, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/building-schools-for-the-future-campaign-leafl/ The Centre prepared three leaflets for the Council and Teacher Trade Unions in Tyne and Wear: What Price New Schools, Local Control Threat, Building Schools for the Future Charter. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2005-04-25T09:52:18Z bsf, PFI, education, schools, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/strategic-partnership-in-crisis/ An investigation of the performance of the Strategic Service-Delivery Partnership between HBS Business Services Group and Bedfordshire County Council. This report is available to download as a pdf file. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2005-04-20T16:19:10Z Strategic partnership, outsourcing, information and communications technology. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/bsf/ A new report giving comprehensive advice on how to exclude support services from Building Schools for the Future and PFI projects. The report is free to download. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Alex Nunn 2004-12-08T10:45:26Z BSF, Building Schools for the Future, PFI, Private Finance Initiative, privatisation, school support services,marketisation, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/acecomplete/ CPS has completed a major study for Age Concern England on the case for and against a positive public duty to promote age equality. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Alex Nunn 2004-10-19T12:33:32Z Age, Equality, Public Duty, Equal Opportunities, Age Concern. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/drc/ The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) have appointed the Centre for Public Services to undertake two concurrent research projects. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Alex Nunn 2004-08-11T15:21:16Z Disability, Disability Rights Commission, DRC, Public Duty, Equalities, Equality, Performance management, Involvement, Participation. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/noms/ The Centre has been commissioned by the Crime and Society Foundation, a project of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, School of Law, King's College London to undertake research on the marketisation of the National Offender Management System (NOMS). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Alex Nunn 2004-07-29T13:44:08Z NOMS, National Offender Management System, Prisons, Criminal Juustice, Privatisation, Contestability. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2004/phdstudentship/ CPS, in collaboration with the Centre for Social Inclusion and Sheffield Hallam University are offering a 3 year funded PhD Studentship in mainstreaming equalities within the English regions. (30/06/2004) Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Alex Nunn 2004-06-30T14:53:07Z Equalities, Social Inclusion, Mainsteaming, Studentship, PhD funding, Regions, Regionalism, English Regions. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit