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The latest half-hour episode of the Regulation Podcast explores how to regulate vets, with speakers from our member the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. It presents a case study of one sector, where the regulator is working within outdated legislation and with the consequences of Covid, where more people bought pets but more vets left the profession. Like other regulators, the RCVS has conflicting stakeholders with different demands, ranging from pet owners and farmers through to scienti...

In this month's podcast, we discuss what it would mean for regulation to become a recognised profession. We hear from Leonie Milliner, CEO at the General Optical Council, Michael Hanton, Deputy Chief Regulator at Ofqual, and Meg Matthews, Head of Development and People at the Office for Students. They discuss what being a professional regulator means, how skills can be improved, and knowledge transferred, and how they describe what they do to people who don't understand regulation!

In this podcast we explore what makes a good regulation strategy – and find out why regulators must ensure their strategies are flexible and agile enough to meet the changing demands of society and modern industry.To discuss this challenge, our guest today is Andrea Sutcliffe CBE, Chief Executive and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the independent regulator for nurses and midwives in the UK, and nursing associates in England.The NMC regulates over 800,000 professionals with a ...

Matthew Gill, Programme Director at the Institute for Government and trustee of the IORIn today’s discussion will try to unpack the complex relationship between regulation and government and in particular explain and explore how improving one can boost outcomes for the other.To help with this meaty challenge, our guest today is Matthew Gill, Programme Director at the Institute for Government and something of an expert in both regulation and in the workings of government. Most recently Matthew...

Guest: Prof. Martin Lodge, professor of political science and public policy at the London School of EconomicsSubject: “The fundamentals of regulation”Our latest podcast guest is Martin Lodge, professor of political science and public policy at the London School of Economics. Alongside his day job at the LSE, Martin runs the Institute of Regulation’s new two-day Fundamentals of Regulation course which is specifically designed as a foundation for regulatory professionals and aimed at those...

In Episode 3, the Civil Aviation Authority's Policy and Strategy Director Tim Johnson discusses the complex world of aviation, focusing on:The issues and current priorities within the CAA,How to learn from international counterparts and,The massive impact Covid has had on the global aviation sector.