Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Deputy Chief of Staff, 10 Downing Street
Council of Economic Advisors, HMT ..
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Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Deputy Chief of Staff, 10 Downing Street
Council of Economic Advisors, HMT
The Resolution Foundation is an independent British think tank established in 2005. Its stated aim is to improve the standard of living of low- to middle-income families.
Reposted by Christian Odendahl
is packed full of interesting findings for all those interested in education, social mobility, inequalities and cohort studies.
johnjerrim.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
It shows that - even for students getting the same grades & going to the same uni - the odds are almost twice as high that those from disadvantaged backgrounds will continue living with their parents.
Reposted by Stephen Evans
The class gap in entry to the Russel Group is very large, mostly (not exclusively) explained by attainment & seems to have narrowed
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Reposted by Will Jennings
- HE fallen all the way back to where it was in c.2005
- secondary schools & FE still below 2010
- early years has doubled since 2010
- primary up 12% since 2010
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
So striking that they look the same!
Average mental ill health (based on a general screening instrument) is no better now than during the lockdown years, at any age. @alexbryson.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
Reposted by Gavin Kelly
So striking that they look the same!
Average mental ill health (based on a general screening instrument) is no better now than during the lockdown years, at any age. @alexbryson.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
Reposted by Will Jennings
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
Reposted by Gavin Kelly
Find out more about PRTJ: bit.ly/49L7csU
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/01...
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
'..for men under 25, despair more than doubled between 2009 and 2021. The percentage of young women in despair rose even more sharply, with most of the increase coming after 2016.'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Reposted by Mary Bosworth, Will Jennings, Dave O’Brien , and 25 more Mary Bosworth, Will Jennings, Dave O’Brien, Caroline Krafft, Leigh Sparks, Stuart Elden, Charlie Beckett, Lesley A. Hall, Fabián Muniesa, Rebecca Sear, Lucy Munro, Elaine Treharne, Gillian Douglas, Holger Nehring, Margot C. Finn, Bessma Momani, Flávio Comim, Laleh Khalili, Steven Fielding, Paul Nightingale, Mary Margaret McCabe, Catherine J. Frieman, Gavin Kelly, Anthony Burke, Catriona Seth, Judith Jesch, Constance Bantman, Lorna Hughes
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
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Reposted by Gavin Kelly
@nuffieldfjo.bsky.social, joins Impetus today as a trustee.
With extensive experience in research, policy, journalism, campaigning and service delivery, Lisa will provide crucial guidance for our work.
More here: impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...
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