We’re in graduation season at Nottingham Trent University. I’ve been thinking “how do we know this worked?”. It seems like a simple question doesn’t it.

Last Saturday, I put on my new running shoes and ran my Parkrun PB #Humblebrag

The question is, was this down to the new shoes? Was it my ‘intervention’ that caused the success?

It’s your classic evaluation question.

Budgets for evaluation are being slashed. I’ve seen this first hand in Higher Education Institutions, and I’m betting it’s happening elsewhere too.

But the need for measuring impact and evaluative work remains. So what is the solution?

Elfrida is a Swedish tax inspector. Her job is to locate people who were not paying taxes for dog ownership.

What does she do to track the dogs down?