Additional property wealth across Britain is up more than 50% to almost £1 trillion

Over one in 10 people across Britain own second homes, Buy-to-let and overseas properties worth £941bn, according to new research Nuffield-funded research published by the Resolution Foundation.

Game of Homes looks at the growth of additional property wealth over the last 20 years, who owns it, and what it means for wealth gaps across Britain.

Students who undertake a work placement are more likely to go on to study a STEM course at a Russell Group university

Work placements offered to Year 12 students are effective in increasing access to university courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), according to new Nuffield Foundation report.

School reforms have not bridged gaps in pupils’ attainment levels

Despite ‘huge efforts’ to transform the secondary school system, schools have become no more important in accounting for variance in pupils’ academic attainment since the early 2000s, say researchers from UCL and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Ground-breaking report could make a life-saving difference to young people affected by HIV in South Africa and beyond

A new Nuffield-funded report, published today by the Mzantsi Wakho team from the Universities of Oxford and Cape Town, highlights findings which – when adopted by policy-makers – could make a life-saving difference to young people affected by HIV in South Africa and beyond.

Children with special needs far less likely than their peers to be admitted to reception classes in primary schools where they attended pre-school

Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs who attend pre-schools based in primary schools are significantly less likely than their peers to be admitted to the school’s reception class, according to a new Nuffield-funded report from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The research provides the first national quantitative evidence to add to growing anecdotal evidence from parents that some schools are actively discouraging the admission of children with special needs.

Improving mathematical achievement in primary school-aged children

A new Nuffield-funded report from researchers at Ulster University analyses the outcomes of classroom-based mathematical interventions and gives teachers access to a body of evidence that can assist them in helping primary school children with maths.

High rents and fewer employment black spots are making millennials less job mobile

Higher rents are reducing the financial gains from moving to better paying parts of the country, and mean that young people today are less mobile today than they were 20 years ago, according to new Nuffield-funded research published today by the Resolution Foundation.

Why is democratic capitalism failing so many? Sir Angus Deaton's keynote lecture to the Tri-Nuffield Conference

Trends in morbidity and mortality in the US population are also a threat to the UK, although we are better protected against them in the short-term. This was the theme of Sir Angus Deaton’s keynote lecture at our recent Tri-Nuffield Conference, Delivering Public Good, Building Public Trust.