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:
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Working it out: responses and recommendations to the rise in self-employment
The pamphlet looks at the rising trend in self-employment from a variety of perspectives, including tax, regulation and red tape, pensions and mortgages, trade unions and the self-employed, enterprise education,...
| Published: | 21 February 2017 |
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| Author: | Rachel Reeves MP |
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The Employment Divide: Is it possible to simplify the distinction between self-employment and employment?
This paper looks at way to close the divide between employment and self-employment.
| Published: | 17 November 2016 |
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| Author: | Emran Mian |
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Family Matters: The role of parents in children’s educational attainment
This is the fourth research paper produced by the SMF’s cross-party Commission on Inequality in Education.
| Published: | 10 November 2016 |
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| Author: | Emran Mian |
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Striving for better: Welfare and a labour market that work for disabled people
This is the second in a series of reports by the Social Market Foundation that consider the Government’s ambition of halving the disability employment gap.
| Published: | 20 October 2016 |
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| Author: | Matthew Oakley |
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Tough Gig: Tackling low paid self employment in London & the UK
This report looks at the growing problem of low paid self employment in the UK and offers recommendations on what the government can do to address this important issue.
| Published: | 18 October 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Nida Broughton, Ben Richards |
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Moving Up: Higher wages for social housing tenants
This research looks at the employment challenges among a group in society for whom the economy has too often not worked: namely social housing tenants. In particular it looks at the challenges of low pay and ‘in-work poverty’.
| Published: | 07 October 2016 |
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| Author: | Nigel Keohane |
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Staying the course: Student retention at English universities
This new research examines student retention rates among higher education institutions in England and looks at whether a focus on student success can help increase course continuation levels.
| Published: | 06 September 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Emran Mian, Ben Richards |
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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 |