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We want to improve people’s life chances and identify ways to address disadvantage and inequality in our digitally driven society. Nuffield Foundation research provides independent evidence on topics that affect people’s daily lives and their well-being.

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Side view of two female high school students in classroom working on laptops social distancing. Student in foreground is in focus and student in background is blurred
Reported

Education | 2021 – 2022 Reported

COVID-19 and disadvantage gaps in England 2020 and 2021

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Education Policy Institute
Emily Hunt
COVID-19Education…Educational assessmentHigher educationInequality and social mobilityPost-16 education and skills
Grandparents having fun outdoors with their granddaughter, who is eating an apple and laughing: Understanding family and community vulnerabilities in transition to net zero
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Welfare | 2021 – 2023 Reported

Understanding family and community vulnerabilities in transition to net zero

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Young Foundation
Emily Morrison
Communities and social cohesionFamilies and family dynamics…Inequality and social mobilityPoverty and living standardsWelfare
A group of primary school children wearing school uniform playing happily on the playground
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2025 In progress

The impact of COVID-19 on educational, language & socioemotional outcomes in KS1

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National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Professor Claudine Bowyer-Crane
Cognitive and non-cognitive skillsCOVID-19…EducationLanguage and literacyPrimary education
COVID-19 and the impact of school closure: a father walking his daughters home from primary school, wearing masks
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2025 In progress

COVID-19 and the impact of school closure

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London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Steve Gibbons
EducationInequality and social mobility…Primary educationSecondary education
Saving, spending and financial resilience in the wake of the pandemic: a crowded street
In progress

Welfare | 2021 – 2023 In progress

Saving, spending and financial resilience in the wake of the pandemic

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Institute for Fiscal Studies
Peter Levell
Economy, public spending and servicesIncome and wealth…Inequality and social mobilityPoverty and living standardsWelfare
The future of work and wellbeing. A man working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, having a video meeting with colleagues
Reported

Welfare | 2021 – 2024 Reported

The Future of Work and Well-being: The Pissarides Review

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IFOW and LSE
Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides
Digital skillsDigital society…Labour marketWelfare
Two children walk ahead of two adults, one pushing a pram
In progress

Welfare | 2021 – 2022 In progress

Fertility impacts of the two-child limit

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Kings College London
Professor Jonathan Portes
Families and family dynamicsIncome and wealth…Welfare
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2025 In progress

The skills imperative 2035: Essential skills for tomorrow’s workforce

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NFER
Jude Hillary
EducationInequality and social mobility…Labour marketPost-16 education and skills
Teenager female students talking and looking through a text book during a lesson.
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2023 In progress

Reading for meaning: Reciprocal Reading Secondary for struggling readers in KS3

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Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Maria Cockerill
EducationLanguage and literacy…Secondary education
Little boy playing mathematics wooden toy at nursery
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2023 In progress

Fostering resilience by injecting executive challenge into early maths

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University of Oxford
Professor Gaia Scerif
Cognitive and non-cognitive skillsEarly years…EducationNumeracy
Baby in highchair plays with strawberries, kiwi and melon
In progress

Education | 2021 – 2025 In progress

Evaluating the short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start

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Institute for Fiscal Studies
Sarah Cattan
Early yearsEconomy, public spending and services…EducationLabour marketLooked after children and children in needYouth justice
Long-term outcomes for care-experienced parents and children: a father comes into the kitchen carrying a cup of tea. Two children are standing in the kitchen with their mother, who is holding and feeding the baby
In progress

Justice | 2021 – 2025 In progress

Long-term outcomes for care-experienced parents and children

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UCL Institute of Education
Samantha Parsons
Families and family dynamicsFamily justice…Intergenerational issuesJusticeLooked after children and children in need

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