âGolden threadâ of equality throughout procurement process is key to success, hears Scottish workshop
A third workshop organised by the Buying Social Justice project took place in Edinburgh, where the project team presented findings from the research conducted across England, Scotland and Wales. The well-attended event at Edinburgh’s COSLA conference centre on 22 June brought together procurement and equality experts from across the Scottish public sector to hear the […]
Findings of research welcomed at workshop in England
The Buying Social Justice project team presented early findings from the research to an audience of procurement, equality and trade union experts at a workshop in Birmingham’s Quaker Meeting House on 5 June. The research highlighted good practice in the inclusion of equality considerations in procurement, particularly in the pre-qualification stages, although equality requirements in […]
Strong legislative framework for social procurement in Wales welcomed, but further resources neededÂ
The Buying Social Justice project discussed its research findings with public sector procurement experts in Wales at a well-attended workshop on 25 May. More than 20 practitioners from across the Welsh public sector attended the workshop, held at the University of South Wales, on the day after the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act […]
Booking now open for Buying Social Justice project collaborative workshops in Cardiff, Birmingham and Edinburgh
The project is holding three collaborative workshops for practitioners in Wales, England and Scotland to present the initial findings of the research and to develop the recommendations. The workshops are aimed at: The aims of each half-day workshop are to: Each workshop will provide a unique opportunity for practitioners to meet with and learn from […]
Survey closing on 31st January
Last chance to participate in the Buying Social Justice survey of procurement specialists If you work in procurement for a local authority, a housing association or a university and haven’t completed our short survey – you still have a couple of days to participate. The survey will only take 10 to 15 minutes of your […]
Where are gender and race equality in the Fair Work agenda?
Project researcher Dr Joyce Mamode presented a paper exploring the place of gender and race equality in the ‘Fair Work’ agendas in Scotland and Wales, at the University of Manchester’s fifth Fairness at Work conference, that took place on 23-24 January 2023. The paper presented some early findings from the Buying Social Justice project research, […]
Buying Social Justice project launches blog
The Buying Social Justice project has published its first blog piece on the project website. In A three-nations perspective on creating ‘social value’, Professor Hazel Conley argues that seeking social value through public procurement is even more important in times of public sector spending cuts, in order to minimise the impact of austerity policies that […]
Procurement officersâ survey â still time to respond!
The Buying Social Justice survey of how procurement officers are including social and equality criteria in their work remains open to responses. If you work in procurement in local government, higher education or in a housing association and haven’t yet completed the survey, we would really appreciate if you can take just 10-15 minutes to complete […]
Deadline extended for procurement survey Â
The deadline for completion of the Buying Social Justice survey of how procurement officers are including social and equality criteria in their work has been extended to Sunday 16 October 2022. The survey has been distributed to procurement officers in local government, housing associations and universities throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and we are very […]
Paper on social value and equality presented at conference in Finland
The Buying Social Justice project team presented its first international conference paper at the biennial meeting of the Research Network on Gender relations in the labour market and the welfare state at Tampere University, Finland in September 2022. The Network is part of the European Sociological Association, bringing together researchers interested in gender issues in […]