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Attending to absence: how can we improve outcomes for disadvantaged children?

By Caroline Bond Filed Under: All posts, Education Posted: December 16, 2024

Poverty and disadvantage have considerable effects on children and young people. For many young people multiple aspects of disadvantage affect their lives and increase the risk of negative outcomes. In the UK, austerity, funding cuts and Covid-19 have contributed to increasing levels of poverty and disproportionately affected disadvantaged children. In this article, Professor Caroline Bond […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, government, inequalities, inequality, schools

Razing the neighbourhood: consequences and alternatives to council estate demolition

By Nick Thoburn Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Levelling up Posted: April 17, 2023

Post-war council estates suffer a barrage of stigmatising representations. Central and local governments, think tanks, and property companies call them ‘sink estates’ and ‘concrete monstrosities’. In television dramas and feature films, council estates are invariably grim and crime ridden. These representations have real-world effects. They establish social moods and opinions that encourage and justify the […]

Tagged With: communities, environment, inequality, infrastructure, Levelling Up, local government

Why the success of a green recovery requires engaging with – and learning from – minority communities

By Sherilyn MacGregor and Nafhesa Ali Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted: April 21, 2021

 Although the UK has world-leading net zero targets, simply setting the target is not enough. Achieving it requires the participation of all sectors of society. However, racialized minority communities are underrepresented in mainstream approaches to achieving environmental sustainability. To redress this marginalization, Dr Sherilyn MacGregor and Dr Nafhesa Ali from the Sustainable Consumption Institute explain […]

Tagged With: climate change, communities, energy, immigration, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Levelling Up, SCI, SoSS, sustainability

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LGBTIQ+ experiences of COVID-19 in the UK and the need for more inclusive crisis policies

Dr Billy Haworth By Billy Haworth Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging effects for people across the UK. However, some groups have felt the effects of the pandemic and its associated lockdowns more than others. In this blog, Dr Billy Haworth, from the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, shares their recent research into the experiences of LGBTIQ+ populations during COVID-19. They […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, diversity, equality & human rights, HCRI, Health & Social Care, health and social care, inequalities, inequality, LGBTQ+, mental health, Pandemic, public health

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The Levelling-up Budget?

By Marianne Sensier Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, News Posted: March 4, 2021

The Conservative Government’s 2019 general election manifesto included a promise to ‘listen to the people who have felt left behind’. There was also a commitment in the Budget 2020 to drive economic growth sustainably and improve living standards by boosting productivity and levelling up skills across the UK, along with future commitments to increase investment […]

Tagged With: AMBS, british politics, Business Energy & Industry, communities, economy, employment, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, infrastructure, labour market, Levelling Up, productivity, science & engineering, transport, Treasury, work & pensions

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Area-based vaccination would better protect against COVID-19

By Ruth Watkinson and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2021

The early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the UK have been a remarkable success from many perspectives: we have one of the highest rates of vaccination per capita, high uptake, and the government has met its first vaccination target. However, this rollout has taken place amidst a devastating surge of COVID-19 deaths, and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, communities, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, health and social care, HOPE, inequality, Pandemic, public health

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Filling a youth-shaped gap in the FE White Paper: Reducing inequalities in post-16 progression

Ruth Lupton By Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson, Lorna Unwin and Sanne Velthuis Filed Under: All posts, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: February 8, 2021

The new Further Education (FE) White Paper claims its proposals will transform post-16 education and training in England. It acknowledges that not enough people develop technical skills at Level 3 and above. Yet it has nothing to say about the thousands of young people who do not progress smoothly from GCSEs to Level 3 programmes. […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, employment, inequalities, inequality, MIE, schools, WEI

Inequalities in ageing: health disadvantages amongst ethnic minority groups

By Ruth Watkinson and Alex Turner Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on most ethnic minority groups in England. But this inequality is a crisis within a crisis – the pandemic has laid bare and exacerbated existing deep-rooted health inequalities. Here, Dr Ruth Watkinson and Dr Alex Turner, from the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics group (HOPE) and the […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, communities, COVID-19, disability, Health & Social Care, health and social care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, inequality, NHS, NHS improvement, Pandemic, Racial Inequalities

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Mobility transitions: COVID-19 and building back better post-carbon transport futures

By Cristina Temenos Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment Posted: November 5, 2020

In the days and weeks following the global lockdowns due to COVID-19, reports emerged on plunging carbon emissions and better air quality. The hashtag #BuildBackBetter quickly emerged as communities and governments started thinking about how to reconfigure essential travel infrastructure in a rapidly changing world. But as lockdown restrictions have eased, to varying levels, emissions […]

Tagged With: carbon emissions, carbon reduction, climate change, COVID-19, economy, energy, environment, inequalities, inequality, infrastructure, MUI, net zero, Pandemic, SEED, sustainability, technology, transport

Building back better: rethinking urban futures with children and young people

By Deborah Ralls Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Education, Inclusive Growth Posted: October 27, 2020

The global pandemic of 2020 has had a huge impact on the lives of millions of citizens around the world, with research showing that children and young people (CYP) have been the most severely affected. Here in the UK and beyond, governments and policymakers are expressing their determination to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19, while […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Cohesion and integration, COVID-19, democracy, economy, education, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, local government, MIE, MUI, Pandemic, schools, SEED, students

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