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The price is right

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation explores minimum unit pricing for alcohol and the case for a windfall tax. Evidence shows...

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No workaround

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation assesses the impact of the Spring 2025 disability and incapacity benefit reforms on employment. In March,...

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Disinformation on campus: the rise of antisemitism and the failure to respond

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society offers urgent policy recommendations to combat disinformation and restore academic integrity. A new Henry Jackson...

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Asylum management centres – a new approach to reduce small boat crossings

This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum calls on government to set up new asylum management centres in France to divert asylum...

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Upcoming training

People management training

22 May 2025
9.30am – 4.30pm

This training is a very practical session that takes you through what makes a good manager, the peculiarities of managing in a think tank, how to transition to manager as well as how to successfully delegate, give effective feedback and have difficult conversations.

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Writing for impact

25 June 2025
9.30am – 4.30pm

Do you want to make your writing more compelling? Do you want to understand what makes good writing? This practical training takes you through how to better write for impact with a specific focus on writing in the think tank sector.

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Latest membership news

Latest think tank CEO lunch

Smart Thinking kicked off April with our biannual Think Tank CEO - 18 CEOs in a room chatting through all that was affecting them as...

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Launch of our think tank mentoring programme

By popular demand, in National Mentoring Month, Smart Thinking launched its very own mentoring programme! We realised that a mentoring programme would be particularly valuable...

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Bespoke media training for the team at Historic Houses

At the end of April we were brought in by the policy and communications team at Historic Houses to provide bespoke media training to their...

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