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Passports to Progress (Part 2): How do vocational qualifications help young people in building their careers?
This second report seeks to understand how taking a vocational qualification affects young people’s career prospects and progression into higher education.
| Published: | 18 August 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Emran Mian, Ben Richards, Nida Broughton |
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Here to stay? Residency and EU migrants after the referendum
This briefing examines which EU citizens are currently residing in the UK, when they arrived, their characteristics, and the implications for a future deal between the UK and EU on immigration policy.
| Published: | 31 July 2016 |
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| Author: | Ben Richards |
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After Brexit: Net migration, unemployment and job vacancies
This new report examines what increasing unemployment and falling job vacancies could mean for net migration in 2020. It suggests UK net migration could fall by 58% in wake of UK's decision to leave the European Union.
| Published: | 18 July 2016 |
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| Author: | Ben Richards |
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Passports to Progress: How do vocational qualifications help young people in building their careers?
This research examines how take up of vocational courses has changed in recent years; how parents view vocational qualifications; and the issues school leaders contend with when deciding what courses to offer.
| Published: | 07 July 2016 |
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| Author: | Ben Richards |
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The long term economic consequences of having a bad day: How high-stakes exams mismeasure potential
This new report from the University of Warwick’s Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), draws on unique new research looking at the long-term consequences of poor performance in high stakes exams due to random factors not linked to ability.
| Published: | 29 June 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Victor Lavy, Avraham Ebenstein, Sefi Roth |
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The value of apprenticeships: Beyond wages
The SMF has undertaken research to look at what types of apprenticeships create the most value, in terms of both wages and firm performance.
| Published: | 14 June 2016 |
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| Author: | Nida Broughton |
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Devolution and poverty: Can we tackle poverty at a local level?
Greater devolution in England has been largely framed around growth, with much less debate about the effect on poverty. This paper is intended to provide a summary of the key questions and considerations facing policymakers, informed by two roundtable events held in Birmingham and London, with politicians and policymakers from local and central Government, local charities, and experts on city growth and poverty.
| Published: | 08 June 2016 |
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| Author: | Nida Broughton |
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Working Together? The impact of the EU referendum on UK employers
This report looks at which job roles EU workers currently fulfil in the UK and what effect would Brexit have on UK employers and their ability to recruit the skills they need.
| Published: | 27 May 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Nigel Keohane, Nida Broughton, Tuomas Ketola |
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The Missing Rung: London’s housing squeeze
The analysis presented here shows that housing affordability is a pervasive issue, affecting at least one in three Londoners, including those in professions we would usually think of as high-paid.
| Published: | 10 May 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Katie Evans, Ben Richards |