Nexus Conference – Mapping out the Third Way

From Principles to Policies
Mapping Out the Third Way

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This Nexus conference took place on July 3rd 1988 at King's College, London. Delegates assembled to listen to Alan Milburn, MP, Dr Sue Goss and Professor David Marquand debate the role of the State in the political process today, chaired by Peter Wilby, editor of the New Statesman. debate

Conference papers will be posted to this area of the Nexus website (marked with a ) to provide a record of the debate and the conclusions reached. We will also be discussing the issues on the uk-policy mailing list, as well as the specific debate on Third Way economic policy taking place on the 3way list.

The keynote speech was given by the Home Secretary, Jack Straw MP. Read our live report.


9.30	Registration & coffee	Delegates registering at King's College.
10.00	Opening plenary – the role of the State	Introduced and chaired by Peter Wilby, Editor, New Statesman Professor David Marquand, Principal Mansfield College Oxford Dr. Sue Goss, Director of Public Services Development, Office of Public Management. Alan Milburn MP, Minister of State for Health
	Discussion
11.00	Seminars (1)
	Education
	The standards revolution, expanding opportunities, life long learning - how can we achieve these goals?	Speakers: Professor Pring, Director, Dept. Educational Studies, Univ. of Oxford Prof. Sally Tomlinson, Goldsmith College, University of London Chair: Prof. David Halpin, Dept. of Educational Studies, Goldsmith College, University of London

	Crime
	Reducing crime – how can it be done?	Speakers: Professor Jock Young, Head of Centre for Criminology, Middlesex University Chris Lewis, Head of Offenders & Correction Unit, Home Office
	Health
	Do Labour’s reforms constitute a Third Way for the health service?	Speakers: Claire Perry, Chief Executive, Bromley Health Authority Prof. David Hunter, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds
	Economic Policy
	What are the main economic goals of the Third Way, and how can they be achieved?	Speaker: Yvette Cooper MP Chair: Dr Stewart Wood, Oxford University & Nexus
12:30	Keynote address – social intervention and the state	Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary. Read our live report
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Seminars (2)
	Political trust
	A critical look at the Government’s programme and new ideas on how better government can be delivered	Chair: Pat Gray, Dept of Politics and Public Policy, University of Luton & author of ‘Policy disasters in Western Europe Speakers: Dr. Sue Maddock, Organisational Behaviour Group, Manchester Business School Professor Alan Doig, Director, Centre for the Study of White Collar Crime, Liverpool Moore’s University & author of the book ‘Corruption and misconduct’
	Nurturing the next generation (emotional intelligence)	Chair: Professor Anne Showstack Sassoon, School of Social Science, Kingston University Speakers: Dr David Moseley, researcher in social and emotional development, Newcastle University James Park, Director, Antidote
	Flexibility and security: Are they compatible?	Speakers: Carey Oppenheim, Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy, IPPR (on secondment from South Bank University) Gavin Kelly, Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield Chair: Mike Jacobs, Director, Fabian Society
	Democracy online
	New opportunities for progressive models of governance in the information age	Speakers: Andrew Graham, Master of Balliol College, Oxford University Wendy Hall, Research Fellow IPPR Chair: Bill Thompson, Nexus technical adviser
	Social Capital
	A radical new approach linking economic performance to education, health and community	Speakers: Dr Simon Szreter, lecturer in history & fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge Dr. Richard Wilkinson, Senior research fellow, University of Sussex Chair: Dr Stuart White, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

15:15	Closing Plenary: Building Third Way institutions	Chair: Professor Sue Richards Will Hutton, editor The Observer Peter Kellner, columnist Dr Anne Power, head of social housing, LSE
16:20	Closing remarks	Professor Sue Richards

Please send any comments (especially notes from conference attendees) to bill@netnexus.org for inclusion in the Website.

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