UK Evaluation Society

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The UK Evaluation Society (UKES) was founded in 1994 and is the principle professional organisation for evaluation, e.g., of social policy and programmes, in the UK. [1] [2] [3] It is a member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. [4] Its president is Dr Kirstine Szifris (December 2023 until November 2026) [5] [6] and Executive Director is Nick Posford. [7]

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Activities

Membership

The most recent membership figures (up to June 2022) are presented in the table below. [17]

UKES membership figures
26 May 202026 May 202122 June 2022
Individual members117183206
Student members11413
Institutional members (org)223340
Total number of members247642930

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  12. UK Evaluation Society (2023). Quality of Evidence Rubrics for Single Cases.
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  15. Department for Business and Trade (2023). Driving our performance: DBT’s monitoring and evaluation strategy 2023 to 2026 (web version).
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  17. "UKES Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2024.