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Research On Learning Labs

Research on UK Learning Labs

The Prisoners' Passport Project : Final report March 2000   
Word '97 (335 KB)  or  HTML/Web 
by John Harrison, University of Teesside
The Prisoners' Passport Project : Phase 2 - April 2000 to February 2001 - Final Report   Word '97 (1.15MB)
by Neil Tranter & Tracey Doherty
The Impact of Learning Labs on Organisational Development in Suffolk Social Care Services, Suffolk County Council Word '97 (564 KB)
by Debra Lawrence DMS

Research Papers

Reproduced by kind permission of the author

Devising Administration  
by James R Thompson, University of Illinois-Chicago
Strategies for Inventing  
by James R Thompson, University of Illinois-Chicago
The Reinvention Game  
by James R Thompson, University of Illinois-Chicago
Reinvention Laboratories  
by James R Thompson, University of Illinois-Chicago

Related Articles

Exit Pass - Guardian 23rd February 2000
Prisons. Learning Labs offer a passport to a fresh start
Involving and Liberating Front-Line Staff
An article for the Public Management and Policy Association

Links to other sites

Reinvention Laboratory and Waiver Clearinghouse
The American Experience
Case Studies on Partnership Development & Skills
Learning Labs in Suffolk

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