The Social Market Foundation is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank, standing proudly in the centre-ground of politics since 1989. We bring together people of all parties and none, to develop evidence-based policies that support a fair society and a strong economy.
Elusive quality: how should we evaluate higher education?
| Published: | 19 November 2020 |
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| Author: | Aveek Bhattacharya |
London coronavirus economy tracker – November 2020
| Published: | 18 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Amy Norman, Scott Corfe |
Job switching and wage growth for low-income workers
| Published: | 12 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | James Kirkup, Kathryn Petrie |
Is green prescribing the answer to improving wellbeing post-COVID-19?
Join the Social Market Foundation, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), for a virtual Ask the Expert event exploring the impact of the pandemic on people’s wellbeing and engagement with the natural environment.
14:00 - 15:15
Crackdown on “low-quality degrees” worthless without proper assessments
Politicians who criticise “low-quality” degree courses should develop a clearer way of assessing university courses, a new report says today.
| Published: | 19 November 2020 |
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Covid unemployed need big new training package
Workers losing jobs in the pandemic desperately need a major overhaul of adult skills and training services to help them find new work and avoid falling into poverty, a report says today.
| Published: | 12 November 2020 |
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“Boiler backlash could derail Net Zero agenda” – think-tank
Ministers should urgently launch a major campaign of public education about the need to reduce carbon emissions from British homes by replacing conventional gas boilers, a think-tank says today.
| Published: | 02 November 2020 |
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SR2020 lacked a punch on skills provision and jobs creation
The Chancellor was right to declare an “economic emergency” at the House of Commons dispatch box yesterday. If he believes this is an emergency driven by an escalating employment crisis, it is one which can be remedied through Government-created jobs and much more ambitious skills provision.
Ask the Expert – The COVID-19 gender gap
In the latest instalment of the SMF’s Ask the Expert series, we were joined by Oxford University’s Professor Barbara Petrongolo who gave an insight into new data on gender and the labour market during the Coronavirus crisis drawn from Understanding Society’s COVID-19 supplement.
Boris Johnson’s Net Zero announcement hides some difficult truths
Vote blue for green jobs in the red wall. That’s the message we’re supposed to take from Boris Johnson’s ten-point plan for Net Zero today.