UK Evaluation Society

🤖 #AI can greatly empower evaluation practice. But you know the rule: great power, great responsibility. This guide from @UKevaluation outlines 4⃣ principles for using AI tools responsibly & transparently throughout the #evaluation process. 🔎 Explore: bit.ly/4rfrAcA

🥳@Ipsos_in_the_uk announced as headline sponsor—UK Evaluation Society 2026 Conference >> evaluation.org.uk/ipsos-announce… #EvaluationExcellence #UKEval26 #EvaluationToAction

💬 What happens when we look at evaluation not just as a process, but as a relationship? 🎥 Watch the recording of our Relational Evaluation Mini-Conference with @MMUPERU: youtu.be/ALbx4Ez5o9g?si… #Evaluation

Sponsorship opportunities are now open for our 2026 Conference: Bridging the Gap: Evaluation to Action. Curious? Take a peek at the brochure >> mailchi.mp/evaluation/con…

AI is being sold as a silver bullet for public sector productivity — but what does it mean for people’s lives& work? Important challenge from Dr Jeni Tennison at #Evaluation2025 evaluation must keep up with innovation& ensure accountability to the public. #AI @UKevaluation

The biggest UK cross-sector evaluation conference is now under way! 🎉 We’re kicking things off online today—with a packed programme of brilliant speakers, big ideas, and timely conversations. 👉 Use #UKEval2025 to join the conversation

We're thrilled to have @NatCen as sponsor of our 2025 conference, Data in Focus: Driving Evaluation Excellence. In just 83 days, join us to take a deep-dive into what makes evaluations truly insightful: high-quality data >> tinyurl.com/3cfvzhf3 #Evaluation #Data

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⏳ Today's the FINAL day to grab your early bird tickets for the UK's biggest evaluation conference in 2025 - Data in Focus: Driving evaluation excellence. Secure your place now >> yve.eventsair.com/evaluation2025… #DataInFocus #Evaluation2025 #Evaluation

🗝️Announcing Data in Focus keynotes - Dr Ailsa Cook & Dr Sarah Morton 🎤 Read Ailsa and Sarah's full bio here tinyurl.com/mryub83r ⏳ Early bird tickets available until 6 January 2025! 📝 Submit your abstract by 13 January at 1200 GMT #UKES2025 #Evaluation #Conference2025

ICYMI: This webinar, with @UKevaluation & @TheSRAOrg, sees Prof Oliver Hauser (@uniofexeter) discuss how policymakers, researchers & evaluators should think about evaluating the causal effects of AI in policymaking & business. Watch the recording now📹⬇️youtube.com/watch?v=g4gnZR…

📢Calling all evaluators Can you help @UTKnoxville with a research project? They need help with research, Assessing Emerging Evaluators. You can find out more and take the survey here >> tinyurl.com/25h8t4c7 🙏 When asked, please add UKES as your professional affiliation

Thinking of growing your evaluation skills? Take a look at our latest training courses. We've recently added Process Tracing, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis training. >> Learn more, see the full schedule & book you place: lnkd.in/deHss3sk #Evaluation #Training

📢Conference 2025 - Early bird tickets and abstracts portal - now live! Join us to take a deep-dive into what makes evaluations truly insightful: high-quality quantitative and qualitative data. Find out more and buy tickets >> tinyurl.com/2np4h7pu #Evaluation2025

👏We support @instituteforgov calling for stricter standards on #evaluation. "It's time to hear a fresh commitment from the government & build on the progress already made to improve transparency in policy making" @CEO_UKEvalSoc Read the full paper 👉shorturl.at/0HAKe

@the_young_fdn @Al_Mathers @Sian_Whyte @alice_kdb Thank you so much for delivering such an insightful webinar for us! It was fantastic to see such a wide range of words used to describe a good evaluator 💕

Today @Al_Mathers, @Sian_Whyte and @alice_kdb were delighted to discuss 'who is an evaluator' as part of @UKevaluation's 30th anniversary events programme, sharing our experience of participatory practice and EDI. Here is a word cloud co-created during the session 👇

🎊We’re thrilled to share, members who attended our EGM yesterday voted unanimously to pass a resolution for the UK Evaluation Society to become a registered charity! Find out more about our work & join our community >> evaluation.org.uk #charity #evaluation

👀We're looking for a few UK based volunteers to join our Early Career Evaluators' Group. Share your early career insight and help us build a community of early career evaluators. You can find out more >> shorturl.at/qDIwo #Eval4Action #Volunteer

This 8-12 July: Youth in Evaluation week 2024 ✔️Spark dialogue ✔️Exchange ideas ✔️Take action ✔️Share results 50 events in 5 days to uphold the standards for meaningful engagement of youth in #evaluation Agenda: eval4action.org/youthinevalwee… #Eval4Action

We're delighted to be at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data Annual Conference today! Great key note on economic inactivity by @CBeatty_CRESR @SheffieldHallam 👏 @WISERDNews If you're there, say hello to Nick @CEO_UKEvalSoc! #wiserd2024