Why London and the wider South East depend on each other With Centre for London’s Claire Harding, SPC Director Simon Eden looks at the relationship between London and the South East and how it’s changing. “A core driver of the relationship has been the policy decision to hold back London’s […]
Public participation
Public participation The SPC organises and runs events for policymakers, businesses, community groups and members of the public. Deliberative polling At a time when more people than ever feel that politics doesn’t involve them, we need new ways to bring citizens into decision-making. Our innovative deliberative polling process helps public […]
Partners
Partners The Southern Policy Centre conducts its work with a wide range of partners from many areas of public life including business, higher education, government agencies, local and national government, as well as the charitable and third sectors: AHA Digital Arup BBC South Business South Cathedral Innovation Centre Citizens’ Assembly […]
Open Data
Open Data Background Open data, put simply, is information that has been made publicly available to everyone to access, use and share. It can be used by individuals, enterprises, and public organisations to enhance what they do by analysing patterns and making data-driven decisions. Open data should be easy to […]
Higher Education
Higher Education Improving education and developing skills for all are vital to a prosperous central South. SPC specialises in improving public policy making in these areas and has worked closely with Higher Education institutions, schools, local authorities, employers and Local Enterprise Partnerships to address key issues: Why are significantly less […]
Culture and the Creative Economy in the central South
Culture and the Creative Economy in the central South The Partnership for South Hampshire commissioned the Southern Policy Centre to facilitate a series of workshops to explore future cultural and creative sector partnership working in the Solent Area. This report briefly summarises the conclusions of two seminars held with a […]
Creativity, Culture and Place
Creativity, Culture and Place: Background paper Download a copy of the briefing paper here. Download a copy of the briefing paper here. The Southern Policy Centre has been commissioned by the Partnership for South Hampshire to explore the role the creative and cultural sector plays in the central South. We’ll […]
Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South
Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South In mid-March, the Southern Policy Centre held a webinar to discuss the Government’s Levelling Up and Devolution White Paper [1]with speakers from local councils, business and national think tanks. Here SPC Director John Denham reflects on some of the challenges […]
Levelling Up White Paper 2022
Levelling Up White Paper 2022 An online seminar to discuss the implications of the levelling up white paper on our region was held on 17th March 2022. We were joined by Akash Paun and Alex Nice from the Institute for Government think tank and over 50 participants from across the […]
Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life
Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life Introduction The University of Winchester and Southern Policy Centre have been working together to encourage what we believe is a timely and important debate about how we can secure a better life for all members of society. On 26th January […]