Past events
Our events have shaped views and made news, and have allowed our audience – both in the room and online – to engage with hundreds of speakers.
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Leadership and reform in Whitehall
Sir Simon Fraser will reflect on his experience and the lessons he has learned in leading BIS and the FCO as Permanent Secretary.
Leadership and reform in Whitehall
Sir Simon Fraser reflects on his experience and the lessons he has learned in leading BIS and the FCO as Permanent Secretary over the last six years.
Women Leaders series: The view from Ottawa – Janice Charette in conversation with Melanie Dawes
The Institute for Government is delighted to invite you to breakfast with Janice Charette one of the world’s most senior women civil servants.
Non-executives – the next phase
Sir Ian Cheshire reflected on the impact which non-executives have had to date in departments and across Whitehall.
The toughest job in government?
The Health Foundation and the Institute for Government invite you to hear frank reflections from three former health secretaries.
Women and Whitehall: how did Whitehall change after 1979 – and what does that mean for its future?
This event explored what it has been like to be a woman working in Whitehall over the last thirty-five years.
Learning from Police Now, Teach First, Frontline and Think Ahead
The police service is the latest sector to launch an innovative initiative to tempt the best and brightest graduates into its ranks.
Blueprint 2020: Matthew Hancock’s vision for the Civil Service
The minister will make the case that public sector reform is never an end in itself, but merely a means to achieve a good life for working people.
Governing with a small majority - making policies and politics work after the general election
At this event, our panel discussed how a government can maintain momentum on reforms, deliver its policies and maintain services.
The 2015 Budget and Spending Review: An IFS and IfG background briefing
The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Institute for Government teamed up for a briefing on the Budget and Spending Review.