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John Craig

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John Craig is currently Managing Partner of Innovation Unit, a not-for-profit social enterprise that supports innovation in public services.

John joined Demos in 2002 and left in 2006 on secondment in the Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office. In 2007 he joined the CO on a permanent basis, before becoming the first Director of the Innovation Exchange - an organisation which seeks to support innovation from the third sector. He is experienced in policy related to both communities and public services. He is the author of Schools Out, which examines emerging practice within extended schools and Start with People, which looks at the role of community organisations in enabling civic participation and Production Values: Futures for professionalism

John has an MA in Education Policy from the Institute of Education, University of London. He has previously worked as a researcher for both the Strategic Policy Team in the Home Office and the Policy and Innovation Unit in DfEE. John is a former trustee of Toynbee Hall in East London and a former vice-president of Oxford University Student Union.

Switched On

Authors: John Craig, Susan Tipping
Publication Date: 2004-11-03
Publication Type: Pamphlet

The UK government has embarked on a unique experiment that will use digital television to enhance the continuing professional development of school teachers.

Broadband Britain

Authors: James Wilsdon, John Craig, Perri 6
Publication Date: 2004-12-15
Publication Type: Pamphlet

As the number of connections grows by 50,000 every week, broadband internet is increasingly a social phenomenon and a political issue.

Beyond digital divides? The future for ICT in rural areas

Authors: Briony Greenhill, John Craig, Perri 6
Publication Date: 2005-04-06
Publication Type: Pamphlet

This report traces the rise of broadband and explores the issues it raises today for rural areas. It then goes on to explore three possible scenarios for rural broadband in 2020, with the twin aims of dramatising a variety of future directions and helping rural stakeholders to think creatively about the more immediate responses these futures may require.

Start with People

Authors: John Craig, Paul Skidmore
Publication Date: 2005-07-01
Publication Type: Pamphlet

This report argues that people will not be satisfied by what the public realm has to offer until they themselves become more active in shaping it. To this end, while services are increasingly focused on the problems they must solve, community organizations start with people. They are able to create ‘communities of participation’ which bring the public realm to life, helping people to play a greater role within it.

Schools Out

Authors: John Craig, Perri 6
Publication Date: 2004-09-06
Publication Type: Pamphlet

This report argues that to succeed extended schools must not only forge new structures but also new cultures. They must root their work in the needs of their pupils and their community, and learn to exist within open systems of children's services.

Widening the safety net

Authors: Hannah Green, John Craig, Perri 6
Publication Date: 2005-12-20
Publication Type: Pamphlet

Lack of access to insurance is a major disadvantage for socially excluded groups, yet the issue has not been given the profile it deserves. This report makes a call to action to local intermediaries, insurers and the Government, urging all to invest in extending the coverage of insurance.

Production Values

Authors: John Craig
Publication Date: 2006-06-22
Publication Type: Pamphlet

The essays in this collection draw on examples from across the public sector and beyond to explore the challenges professionals and citizens face and where their conversations might lead. They provide practical examples of how their encounters might help citizen autonomy and professional autonomy to grow together.

DIY Professionalism

Authors: John Craig, Catherine Fieschi
Publication Date: 2007-05-22
Publication Type: Report

Today, we expect teachers to ensure child safety, regenerate whole communities and to search young adults for weapons. The public’s and policy makers’ sense that teachers can save society, the pupils’ trust in them and teachers’ own shared norms and ethics all shape and define teacher professionalism.

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