This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at the pros and cons of using first-in-family as a key measure of disadvantage. First-in-family students make up a majority of young first- degree students yet face a number of challenges. So they are now the focus of many specific interventions in the UK and the USA....

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at whether the impartiality of the police service is threatened by a doctrine of identity politics. When we encounter the police, can we rely on them to apply the law impartially? To act without fear or favour has been seen as the essence of policing since the first...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how extremists utilise platforms’ algorithms to radicalise vulnerable people. This report looks at how extremists utilise platforms’ algorithms to radicalise vulnerable people. It finds that algorithms in use on social media platforms aid extremists and lead more people to self-radicalisation, it is the...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at hyperglobalization and the heterogeneity of protest movements. Populist challengers to the political establishment have emerged across Europe in recent years, with both right-wing and left-wing movements and parties gaining traction. Many theories have been put forward to explain the phenomenon, given the significant impact of...

This report from UK think tank Civitas examines the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard and calls for it to be "wound up". The NHS seeks to monitor and control diversity and equality through a programme known as the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) – it is based on a series of statistical indicators pertaining to...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. This provocation paper explores the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. It demonstrates that specialist retirement housing brings with it a range of benefits to government, retirees and...

This report from UK think tank from the Education Policy Institute looks at school attainment of asylum-seeking and refugee pupils in England. New research from the Education Policy Institute, supported by Unbound Philanthropy, finds that asylum-seeking children who enter the UK separated from their parents are on average over three years behind non-migrant children at...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust is a landmark study looking at the role of higher education in social mobility. The research is a landmark piece of work for the study of social mobility in this country, utilising data on socio-economic background and education pathways linked to adult labour market outcomes for...

This report from UK think tank the Legatum Institute is the 15th Prosperity Index looking at the performance of 167 nations.  The Legatum Prosperity Index™ analyses the performance of 167 nations across 67 policy-focused elements, measured by 300 country-level indicators. The Index enables us to construct a thoroughly comprehensive picture of prosperity, across its institutional,...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at what we can learn from movements that have made change for our efforts to create change today. Movements change the world. Throughout history, loosely organised networks of individuals and organisations have sought changes to societies – and won. From the abolitionist struggle and campaigns for voting...