Improvement Service

An online resource centre for managers, providing easy access to management theory and research. The site contains over 3000 full text articles and reviews from the worlds top 400 management journals. Access by subscription.

This website is intended to encourage and support knowledge exchange between universities, local authorities, and community partners that support better outcomes for people and their environments. Its current areas of focus are safer communities, child poverty, carbon emissions, dementia care and social work.

epractice.eu was created by the European Commission as a platform for sharing good practice in e-government, e-inclusion and e-health. It contains country factsheets, a library, practitioner profiles, events calendar, public presentations and monthly workshops as well as a range of online communities of practice.

This site provides authoritative information and analysis of the Scottish labour market. The Research Online tool aims to provide a single gateway to the most recent and relevant labour market intelligence.

Responsible for the Registration of events such as births, deaths, marriage, civil partnership and adoptions and for the laws relating to the formalities of marriage.

Analyses and present information to support inspections and reviews of early education centres, schools, colleges, education authorities and community learning and development services.

Reports on Scottish and UK Government, the Scottish Parliament and Scotland's Local Authorities. The site contains an abridged version and full electronic version of Holyrood magazine, Parliamentary business bulletin, Scottish political news and events and a political media watch.

Online bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The site includes articles from over 2,800 journals in core social science subjects: anthropology, economics, politics and sociology.

Online library of literature on public policy areas e.g. Regeneration, Planning, Social Work, Economic Development, Housing , Education, Public Sector Management. The site provides abstracts of articles from 500+ journals, full text access, literature searches and recent publication bulletins. Access via annual subscription.

Developed and supported by four national organisations, the Improvement Network builds capacity for public sector managers and practitioners. Its website provides practical problem-solving tools and real-life examples of services that have been improved.