My last blog post for @bitglobal.bsky.social on my last day(!) is about fairness - and how regulators/policymakers can work with the public to design better regulation www.bi.team/blogs/the-po...

The power of public participation: using deliberative forums to design policy | BIT

Surveys can tell you how many people have certain opinions, perceptions or attitudes. Interviews and focus groups can help you delve into why they hold these views, or why they act in certain ways. Bo...

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Supporting worker financial wellbeing is good for business and the UK economy. At our first #NestInsight2025 panel Nida Broughton, Vivien Burrows, Jo Legg (FCA) and Rob Lovesey (Serve and Protect Credit Union) explored how investing it benefits everyone. www.nestinsight.org.uk/research-pro...

A lovely parcel in the post this week - a trophy from the Exeter Novel Prize 😍... and a short thread for non-authors on why competitions like this are sooo important for writers... #writing #writingcommunity #authors #booksky

A big thank you to the team at Raglan Castle for the brilliant displays about Edward Somerset when I visited a couple of years ago, which inspired me to write this book cadw.gov.wales/visit/places...

Nida Broughton@nidabroughton.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely delighted to win this year's Exeter Novel Prize for Last Castle Standing, a (mostly) true comic historical novel set during the English Civil War. www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk/2024-exeter-...

Absolutely delighted to win this year's Exeter Novel Prize for Last Castle Standing, a (mostly) true comic historical novel set during the English Civil War. www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk/2024-exeter-...

2024 Exeter Novel Prize

We accept the first ten thousand words including synopsis of a novel that has not been accepted for publication by a traditional publishing house. It is open to all authors who are without...

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Action from employers is crucial to keeping people with health conditions in work, but do we really know what works? @nidabroughton.bsky.social from our Commission for Healthier Working Lives argues that building healthier workplaces needs better evidence ⬇ https://bit.ly/43RHFNf

My time moonlighting on Commission for Healthier Working Lives (chaired by the stellar Sacha Romanovitch) is coming to an end - and one thing that struck me throughout is the level of consensus across government, employers and citizens that something needs to be done. *But what?* (1/n)

The Health Foundation@healthfoundation.bsky.social · last yr.

Action from employers is crucial to keeping people with health conditions in work, but do we really know what works? @nidabroughton.bsky.social from our Commission for Healthier Working Lives argues that building healthier workplaces needs better evidence ⬇ https://bit.ly/43RHFNf

Thrilled to make it to the final six for my tragicomic historical novel set during the English Civil War, Last Castle Standing. Tagline: "All Margaret wants is to be safe from war. All Margaret's husband wants is to invent a flying machine." 📖 😀 #exeternovelprize

Cathie Hartigan@cathiehartigan.bsky.social · 2y ago

The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize Short List

I chaired / facilitated some of our deliberative forum sessions with members of the public and it was fascinating to see how the discussion progressed over the weeks, as they took each others' ideas on board and came to a consensus on what fairness means and what the regulator should do about it.

BIT@bitglobal.bsky.social · 2y ago

What does fair and transparent gambling mean to consumers? Our Gambling Policy and Research Unit asked consumers what fairness should look like - their insights that could shape future regulation. Read the report: bit.ly/4byvGpJ