People-Centred Policy Design

Offered byFutureLearn

People-Centred Policy Design
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FutureLearn
Overview

Learn how to implement innovative methods that put diverse people and their lived experience at the heart of public policy.

Duration	5 weeks
Total fee	₹2,763
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Credential	Certificate

People-Centred Policy Design
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FutureLearn
Highlights

Earn a certificate from Government Campus

People-Centred Policy Design
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FutureLearn
Course details

More about this course

To help better understand your users and design policies that deliver greater value, it is essential you are able to listen to and apply user voices to your work.
On this five-week course, developed by the and, you'll learn how to use innovative techniques to ensure users are at the centre of your new policies. With this knowledge, you can maximise the impact of your work.
Each method is laid out alongside real-life case studies to help you gain practical skills to apply to your context. By the end, you'll know how to design policies from the viewpoints of those affected by them.
An ethnographic film, similar to a documentary, aims to highlight people's lived experience in their own environment.
On this course, you'll explore the importance of film ethnography in telling the stories of diverse people and how you can use it to improve your work.
Next, you'll unpack co-design to ensure your policies follow a collaborative approach. With this knowledge, you'll be able to minimise risks during policy implementation, develop trust, and build community engagement.
Speculative design allows you to take into account new perspectives. On the course, you'll learn how to use speculative design to help better understand your users.
You'll also discover how game elements can be combined with learning strategies to teach skills and attitudes. This understanding will help you use serious games to improve your policymaking.
With guidance and support from policymakers, you'll finish the course with the knowledge to help you understand people better, design policies creatively, and deliver greater public value.