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For our Grown Up? programme, we asked 14–24-year-olds how digital technology shapes their lives.

For many, the line between online and offline life has blurred, particularly since the pandemic. But this isn’t how they want to live. They want a greater balance; to experience the best of both worlds.
Split image with two sections. On the left, a colourful collage of magazine clippings featuring words like “Slow down you’re doing fine”, “Fake news”, “Routine”, and “Celebrate community”. On the right, a hand-drawn illustration of a person in a top hat, with one side showing a normal face and the other a masked face, captioned “Not everyone is who they seem online”. Bottom text reads: “How digital technology is shaping young people’s lives”.
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Digital tech has profoundly shaped today’s 14–24-year-olds and their journeys to adulthood.

Roshni Modhvadia from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social & Grown up? project lead @careyoppenheim.bsky.social dive into what the evidence says — and, importantly, what is missing.

🎥 Watch: bit.ly/digitallives...
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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“Economically inactive” working-age adults cost as much as £85bn a year. The Keep Britain Working Review provides a roadmap for tackling long-standing barriers to work for those with health conditions or disabilities. Our Chief Executive @gavin-kelly.bsky.social welcomes its evidence-led approach.
Image of Gavin Kelly and the quote which says 'the emphasis placed by the Mayfield review on an avidence-led approach is to be applauded - this is an area where a lack of data and rigour has contributed to one of the key social challenges of our times.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Fantastic panel here tonight at our joint @britishacademy.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org event thinking about the role of philosophy in public life chaired by @leaypi.bsky.social
Lea Ypi Dave Archard Bronwen Maddox Tariq Modood Debra Satz
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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How might philosophical thinking shape research, policy, and public debate?

“The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵

Read essays: bit.ly/philosophyesays
Quote on a red block that reads: “It seems to me, then, that this is one of the key contributions of academic philosophy in relation to public life: drawing out, reconstructing and scrutinising existing moral arguments that are already informing significant political work. This requires academic philosophers to relinquish any remaining notion that moral and political philosophy exists solely in the work we produce, and, until very recently, have almost exclusively studied.” Quote on a red block that reads: “…our morality, and thus our moral decision-making, is anchored in a shared history of human plurality and human social relations. It is this condition that makes us not just functional actors, but moral actors." Quote on a red block that reads: "…while everyday political change tends to take place through incremental reforms, mobilising people often requires a radical and emancipatory vision – one committed to the idea that other worlds are possible."
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK, most in working families. In the latest We Society podcast, the Foundation's @amiddletonbeer.bsky.social talks to Will Hutton, host & @acadsocsciences.bsky.social President, about why poverty persists & possible solutions. Listen here: bit.ly/4oe92bq
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🧵 Digital technologies are part of everyday life for today’s 14–24-year-olds, the first generation to be entirely born in the digital age.

Public discourse can focus on the harms of these tools, but the conclusions from our Grown Up? programme’s data commentary paint a more complex picture.
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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For our Grown Up? programme, we asked 14–24-year-olds how digital technology shapes their lives.

For many, the line between online and offline life has blurred, particularly since the pandemic. But this isn’t how they want to live. They want a greater balance; to experience the best of both worlds.
Split image with two sections. On the left, a colourful collage of magazine clippings featuring words like “Slow down you’re doing fine”, “Fake news”, “Routine”, and “Celebrate community”. On the right, a hand-drawn illustration of a person in a top hat, with one side showing a normal face and the other a masked face, captioned “Not everyone is who they seem online”. Bottom text reads: “How digital technology is shaping young people’s lives”.
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Delighted to see NELI, the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme, described as an ‘education silver bullet’ by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social in @schoolsweek.bsky.social. NELI is a programme for reception pupils in England who need extra support with speech & language development. bit.ly/47CEtq3
‘I dream the curriculum every night’: Becky Francis profile
Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise, and finding the balance between ‘firebrand’ and 'technocrat'
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October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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[NEW] How does the quality of local government services vary across the country – and what is driving performance?

The first instalment of our Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 with @nuffieldfoundation.org is out now🚨👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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As the Autumn Budget looms, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces a daunting fiscal balancing act. Today's Green Budget from @theifs.bsky.social adds its own expert contribution to the debate and includes a foreword from our Chief Executive @gavin-kelly.bsky.social.

Read it here: bit.ly/3WEZwSF
October 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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NEW: Rachel Reeves needs a plan for a better tax system, not a half-baked dash for revenue.

📗 Stuart Adam, Isaac Delestre and @helenmiller.bsky.social's new IFS Green Budget chapter examines the Chancellor’s options for tax increases: ifs.org.uk/publications...
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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All Budgets are billed as important but this one is set to be especially challenging.

Pleased @nuffieldfoundation.org supports @theifs.bsky.social Green Budget which illuminates the key choices & trade-offs.

Here's the chapter on options for tax increases.

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Options for tax increases | Institute for Fiscal Studies
If the Chancellor hopes to raise large sums from tax increases at the Budget, she should consider reforms that would make any increases less damaging.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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NEW: The share of children receiving disability support and the share on high-level special educational support have both doubled since 2016.

THREAD on @eduinlatimer.bsky.social, @lukesibieta.bsky.social and Darcey Snape's IFS Green Budget chapter, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org:
Chart shows share of under 16s on disability benefits and share of pupils with high-level special educational support. Title states: "The share of children receiving high-level special educational support and the share on disability benefits have both doubled in the past decade."
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Given policy interest in communities we have published a joint @britishacademy.bsky.social / @nuffieldfoundation.org report on the lessons from a series of funded projects on building resilience through place, trust, connection, & community capacity
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/buildin...
Building resilience in UK communities – final report from the British Academy and Nuffield Foundation
The British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation have today published the final report from their joint Understanding Communities programme, launched in 2022 to inform policy and practice on how commun...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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The economics of the justice system is the theme of the 2025 @resmedia.bsky.social Summit, which is sponsored by the Foundation & taking place at our office on 2 December. We hope the event provides an opportunity for academic economists to gain an understanding of the work we fund.
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Strategic Fund | Apply for Funding | Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation £15m Strategic Fund is now open for ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects. Check your eligibility and apply for funding.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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A new report exploring the influence of local communities on social well-being, is published today by the Nuffield Foundation and @britishacademy.bsky.social, drawing on findings from our joint Understanding Communities programme. Find out more: bit.ly/476EguY
The contribution of communities to social well-being in the UK - Nuffield Foundation
Final report from the Nuffield Foundation and British Academy on the Understanding Communities programme
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October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We're delighted that Season 9 of The We Society has landed. Listen to the Foundation's @amiddletonbeer.bsky.social on 29 Oct discussing how innovative research can help lift children out of hardship, & @eleanorire.bsky.social on 12 Nov talking about the best ways to support families.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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STEM research placements had a positive long-term impact on young people’s opportunities, according to the final independent evaluation by Frontier Economics & CFE Research of Nuffield Research Placements. It highlights education & career benefits for students who took part.
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STEM research placements had positive long-term impacts on young people’s opportunities - Nuffield Foundation
Final independent evaluation of Nuffield Research Placements is released
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September 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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EVENT: Why is demand for support for children with health needs rising?

Friday 3 Oct | 10 – 11am | Online

📅 Sign up for our IFS Green Budget event, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, on the increases in SEN support and children's disability living allowance: ifs.org.uk/events/why-d...
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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What are the main challenges facing the justice system in England & Wales? Experts @drannat.bsky.social at @sriucl.bsky.social, Dr John Sorabji, and World Justice Project are exploring key issues in the first three evidence reviews for our Public Right to Justice programme. bit.ly/3IofJZ7
Public right to justice - Nuffield Foundation
Examining how the justice system serves the public and how it can better meet people's legal needs.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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It’s time to think about the connection between the social & economic, not as unilateral, but as a two-way relationship.
 
This was the theme of our recent event, where we asked a room of experts, ’How can the strength of our social foundations make, or break, our economic fortunes?’
 
Link below👇
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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The Education Committee’s report on Further Education and Skills is out today. Key points backed by evidence we have funded includes recommendations on:

➡️ The Youth Guarantee
➡️Mixed qualifications
➡️Student Premium
➡️College funding

Read more about our submission: ow.ly/gzkB50X0WG7
Supporting policy on pathways into work and training for young people - Nuffield Foundation
Nuffield Foundation contributes research and evidence addressing barriers to education, training and employment. With...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New article: Children’s Perception of the World of Technology: Through the Lens of Heidegger

Children found technology distracted them from connecting with nature, relating to others and themselves

@drjessicahamer.bsky.social
supported by @nuffieldfoundation.org
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Children’s Perception of the World of Technology: Through the Lens of Heidegger - Philosophy & Technology
Analysis of student engagement with technology has mainly focused on physical and mental health, predominantly overlooking deeper philosophical issues. Through the analysis of four focus groups (child...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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NEW: The government is banking on big rises in public sector productivity to deliver its plans for public services.

@maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s new IFS Green Budget chapter, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, examines the outlook for public sector productivity:

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Chart shows historical and planned productivity improvements, between 1997 and 2029. Title states: "The government’s spending plans rely on public sector productivity increasing at more than four times its historic average."
September 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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In a recent speech, Attorney General Lord Hermer KC highlighted how trust in the UK’s institutions, courts, & rule of law provides stability & certainty for businesses, echoing @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social in an essay for our Public Right to Justice programme. Read it here: bit.ly/3IvImDB
The law’s singular role in trust, trade and investment - Nuffield Foundation
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September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM