The Centre’s Executive Director Tom Burke reflects on how the youth sector can respond to the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly data-rich world.

The Centre’s Research and Projects Assistant Zunaira Mahmood and Finlay from our Young Evaluators Panel reflect on the #iwill Youth Voice evaluation so far and the pros and cons of participatory research.

For this month’s ‘Our Thoughts’, the Centre’s team reflect on their highlights of the year and share their hopes for 2022.

The Centre's Jo Hickman-Dunne delves into the latest emerging trends from our research into enterprise activity within the youth sector, as part of the Enterprise Development Programme.

This month's blog takes a look at practitioners' views and responses gathered during November, exploring key themes around climate change and social action.

Members of our Young Evaluators Panel and Project Manager Jo reflect on their first residential together. 

This month, Kelly Bradshaw-Walsh reflects on why celebrating success is an important part of learning.

Inspired by The Centre for Education and Youth's recent evaluation of The Brighton Streets Project, Dr Tania de St Croix takes a look at the role youth-centred evaluation can play in demonstrating the impact of detached youth work and help shed light on the 'everyday and remarkable'.

In this blog co-authored with UK Youth, we reflect on the successes and learning that arose from the pilot project and what's next for #JustOneQuestion.

This month, Steve Hillman reflects on the rise of participatory evaluation and how storytelling can be a tool in learning and understanding.

This month, we’re announcing a major new project. We are so excited to be working with the Centre for Evidence and Implementation and Bryson Purdon Social Research to test an innovative approach to evaluation: multi-site trials of practice. 

This month, in a guest blog from across the pond, Dr Charles Smith from our long-time partners QTurn reflects on the ways compassion can be integrated into evaluation, and what this means for both practitioners and evaluators.