In this installment of our Ask the Expert event series, SMF was pleased to host Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh on the topic of public engagement on climate change.

In our latest Ask the Expert event, kindly sponsored by the ESRC, a part of UK Research and Innovation, Professor Sue Yeandle, Director of CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities) and Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, shared her research on the numbers and demographics of older (unpaid) carers and the lives they lead. Sue was joined on the panel by Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy at Carers UK and Sarah Gravenstede, Deputy Director of Social Care Strategy & Projects, Department of Health & Social Care.

The debate surrounding Britain’s low pay problem continues to be primarily focused on the wage floor.

In our latest Ask the Expert event, kindly sponsored by the ESRC, a part of UK Research and Innovation, Professor Michael Donnelly, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, shared his research findings looking at university admissions through a geographic lens, and what they reveal about social mobility.

This week’s Labour Party Conferences voted for a promise to ban private schools, committing the party to "integrate" independent schools into the state sector. Whilst the policy may be popular with Labour members attending conference, it has come under fierce criticism from commentators.

The importance of innovation

Let’s reform alcohol tax to save lives