Director of Evaluation @policyatkings. Making my way off Twitter atm; find me on BlueSky.
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Pleased to see this paper out in the wild - it provides important evidence about the impact that training police to reduce their use of force can have - which is, fortunately, to reduce their use of force...!
A new scenario-based, evidence-informed, officer-safety training course for UK police led to a 10% reduction in use of force and no increase in injuries to officers.
Paper: doi.org/10.1080/24751979.202…
ALT We aim to test the impact of a new national curriculum for public and personal safety training (PPST) developed by the College of Policing, which aims to reduce the use of force by police. We conduct a large-scale Stepped Wedge Pragmatic Controlled Trial with a single police force and 1843 participating police officers. Officers were assigned to be trained during a particular week of the year. We find statistically significant reductions in the use of force by police officers as a result of the training. These effects are a reduction of between 8.0% and 10.9% in the propensity to use force in a given week compared to the counterfactual. The effect is accompanied by a significant reduction in the likelihood of injury to civilians, and no rise in the risk of harm to officers. We conclude that the PPST curriculum appears effective at reducing use of force by police in a large scale, robust trial.
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We're recruiting for a Research Assistant - 3-year full-time contract to work with us on exciting projects across education, youth and homelessness. my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecruit… Closes 7 November 2024!
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We're recruiting for a short-term RA to come and help us with a project looking at Londoners' experiences of housing security kingstalentbank.com/jobs/sho…. Closing 9/10/24 and starting ASAP after that with flex to work between 20 and 35hrs/week as suits the applicant (total 140hrs).
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So pleased and proud that @policyatkings had two projects funded through this round, with wonderful partners @BrilliantClub and @SimonCommScot .
We are investing £9.7m to tackle regional disparities across the UK.
The funding will go to 17 projects aimed at ensuring everyone in the UK has a path to economic success and personal wellbeing, regardless of where they live.
See more: orlo.uk/jsrBf
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We're looking for a Research Assistant to help @domenicaavilal and I with a survey experiment looking at young men's support of women's rights. Interested? directtemping.com/jobs/show/… Closes 24 May, start 3 June - 31 July!
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An absolutely amazing achievement from the college I am beyond proud to be a Governor of. For context: there are only 15 'Outstanding' colleges in England.
BREAKING NEWS: Waltham Forest College rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted!
Read the full report here: waltham.ac.uk/our-college/of…
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I got 18 weeks; my partner got 26 (charity sector). If our positions had been reversed he would have got 2 weeks.
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After 10.5 years, three visas and a lot of £££, I have finally got around to getting my British citizenship. Please enjoy this heavily cropped photo to avoid showing (a) the King, (b) my personal data, and (c) my kid. Blessed to now be "an Australian with a British passport".
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As the new parent of a small human, this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night (when it's not the small human themself). Thinking about ways to increase young men's supportiveness of gender equality - difficult when there is so much unfairness in the world generally.
What prevents & what drives gendered ideological polarisation?
ggd.world/p/what-prevents-an…
featuring fantastic research by @DrNathanNunn @S_Stantcheva @jburnmurdoch @GefjonOff @BShrayana @rodriguez_pose @ndrlee
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I wrote a blog about nudging conservation behaviour - notoriously difficult; people's habits in this area are sticky. But I have a good reason for writing - which is that I think I was subject to one of the most effective behaviour change campaigns ever. kcl.ac.uk/news/i-grew-up-dur…
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Also I would be mad at them if they dumped it. (As always a great read from James.)
It would be mad for Labour to dump the £28bn climate plan (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/i…
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I wouldn't say it's rude but I still wouldn't usually do it. You never know if that person is sensitive about their accent or wishes that they could pass as a native speaker. And usually if the person wants to/is happy to talk about where they're from they'll bring it up.
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"As Oxbridge leans towards state schools, thousands of pupils from independent schools are crossing the Atlantic." thetimes.co.uk/article/we-ch…
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"Stop the boats" was the political background noise of my early adulthood in Australia. For nine years in the UK I never had to hear or think of this atrocious, cynical and inhumane three word slogan. To be hearing it again is heartbreaking.
🗣️ “Enough is enough. We must stop the boats.”
@SuellaBraverman, The Home Secretary.
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Very sorry to have missed this, looks fascinating. But I can confirm that my quadruple vaxxed status has probably helped me ride out the bout of COVID that kept me away...!
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Immensely excited to say we're hiring a Senior Research Fellow (£58k-£67k pa) to join our fun, motivated evaluation team. Great opportunity for researchers wanting to do interesting work and have impact. Closes 09/03/23. Please circulate! jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/062…
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If anyone is wondering how my week is going, the eleven Microsoft authentication codes in my SMS inbox provide a fairly good summary. 😑
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