{"id":1595,"date":"2025-06-24T09:21:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/scan\/?page_id=1595"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:29:53","slug":"blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/scan\/blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1595\" class=\"elementor elementor-1595\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f4584 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8f4584\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff48cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff48cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blogs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4884c14 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4884c14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16aef7f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16aef7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fe6d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sina_blogpost\" data-id=\"10fe6d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sina_blogpost.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-blogpost sina-bp-10fe6d3\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-uid=\"10fe6d3\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-offset=\"10\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-posts-data='{\"post_type\":\"post\",\"posts_num\":10,\"offset\":10,\"total_posts\":1,\"layout\":\"grid\",\"columns\":\"3\",\"layout_type\":\"default\",\"custom_columns\":null,\"categories\":[\"15\"],\"tags\":\"\",\"order_by\":\"date\",\"sort\":\"DESC\",\"posts_text\":\"yes\",\"excerpt\":\"\",\"content_length\":50,\"posts_meta\":\"\",\"thumb_right\":null,\"is_thumb\":\"yes\",\"read_more_effect\":\"\",\"read_more_text\":\"\",\"read_more_icon\":\"\",\"read_more_icon_align\":null,\"effects\":\"\",\"cats_position\":null,\"cats_icon\":null,\"posts_avatar\":null,\"avatar_size\":null,\"read_btn_bg_layer_effects\":null,\"bg_layer_effects\":\"\"}'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp-grid\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp-grid-sizer\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp-col sina-bp-item-3 \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sina-bp-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/scan\/fraud-prevention-is-insufficiently-embedded-into-public-sector-thinking-and-decision-making-can-the-public-feel-assured-of-better-guardianship-of-public-funds-following-the-covid-19\/\">\u201cFraud prevention is insufficiently embedded into public sector thinking and decision-making\u201d: Can the public feel assured of better guardianship of public funds following the Covid-19 Fraud report?<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-bp-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAuthors: Dr Anu Watson and Dr Cerian Griffiths Context The Covid-19 pandemic placed the public sector under unprecedented pressure. 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