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The Futures Toolkit provides a set of tools and techniques to help government officials use long-term strategic thinking in policy making.
How to use systems thinking to drive improved outcomes in complex situations.
Foresight projects give evidence to policymakers to help them create policies that are more resilient to the future.
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Five steps that we can all take to improve our mental wellbeing.
Visual representations of the different factors that influence levels of obesity.
The Civil Service is taking a new, joined-up approach to horizon scanning to help inform current policy making.
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We advise the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet, to ensure that government policies and decisions are informed by the best scientific evidence and strategic long-term thinking.
STEM Futures is a partnership of organisations across industry, academia and the public sector to facilitate knowledge exchange in STEM.
Evidence base of long-term trends for UK policy makers, Spring 2021.
A series of rapid evidence reviews exploring current research and technology applicable to learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs).
The skills you need to be a scientist or engineer in government.
Foresight project looking at how we can respond to rising levels of obesity in the UK.
Foresight report looking at how we can respond to rising levels of obesity in the UK.
This report is designed to help policy makers test the UK’s net zero strategy against scenarios for how society could look in future.
Foresight report looking at the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
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