Latest Publications
Work, Skills & Education
We research all aspects of education and work, but we focus particularly on aspects that political debate often neglects: further education; vocational and technical education; apprenticeships and lifelong learning; in-work poverty.
Latest Publications:
Publication
Supporting disabled people into work – A view from London
This Social Market Foundation (SMF) report provides new evidence on the labour market outcomes of Londoners with a work limiting condition or disability.
| Published: | 01 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Matthew Oakley |
Publication
Productivity takes Leave? Maternity benefits and career opportunities of women in academia
In this paper, Vera Troeger, Research Theme Leader at the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) looks at the effect of maternity benefits on the career opportunities of women in academia.
| Published: | 17 April 2018 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Vera Troeger |
Publication
Vocation, Vocation, Vocation
This report examines the current role vocational education plays in preparing young people for higher education, and how students can be helped to pursue the most appropriate learning and career path.
| Published: | 29 January 2018 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Nicole Gicheva, Kathryn Petrie |
Publication
On course for success? Student retention at university
This report, kindly supported by UPP Foundation, analyses the factors that affect student drop-out rates from universities across England.
| Published: | 19 July 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Kathryn Petrie, Nigel Keohane |
Publication
Commission on Inequality in Education
This report reviews the evidence on inequality in education across time and observes how little it has changed, and in some cases how the situation has actually worsened over time.
| Published: | 13 July 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Rt Hon Nick Clegg, Rebecca Allen, Suella Braverman MP, Sam Freedman, Stephen Kinnock MP |
Publication
Rules of Engagement
This report envisages a future where no matter how the work is performed there is greater evenness in tax treatment and in associated rights
| Published: | 20 June 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Nigel Keohane |
Publication
Social Market Foundation: Immigration briefing
For many politicians, the British electorate’s hostility to immigration at its current level and in its current form is taken as a given, a simple unchangeable fact. The assumption that...
| Published: | 05 June 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author: | James Kirkup |
Publication
Rising to the Challenge: the Further Education and skills sector over the next decade
The report argues that maximising FE and skills’ ability to boost the technical skills of British workers, young and old, should be an urgent priority for politicians
| Published: | 26 April 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Nigel Keohane |
Publication
Show and tell: Sharing the benefits of skilled immigration
In this paper the SMF calls for the government’s new Immigration Skills Charge to be used to fund an expanded Controlling Migration Fund.
| Published: | 06 April 2017 |
|---|---|
| Author: | James Kirkup |