Hannah Corbett
@hannahcthinks.bsky.social
Research-led storytelling, charities, social enterprise, civil society, wellbeing economy, leadership, AI, inequality, social justice. Head of Communications at the Nuffield Foundation.
If you are interested in the future of think-tanks and the policy research ecosystem, this piece is well worth your time. open.substack.com/pub/chaitany...
What are think tanks for anyway?
How AI is set to disrupt this niche sector and what does the future hold for it? Four experiments and their results.
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New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.
🚨 We've launched new funding for programmes supporting young people into work. Our Essential Employment Skills Fund is offering grants of up to £500,000 for projects that will build evidence on supporting young people who face significant barriers to employment. Find out more 👉 ow.ly/AWbq50ZKuwS
NEW: UK must make training the ‘go-to’ response to skills needs, or risk holding back growth. 📣 Our new report for @nuffieldfoundation.org shows the Government’s plans to grow the economy risk falling short unless it reverses sharp falls in employee training. Read @financialtimes.com coverage. ⬇️
Concerns raised over ‘tick-box’ staff training as UK employers choose short online courses
Analysis shows businesses have reduced spending on staff development
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Always great to see Nuffield Foundation-funded research informing policy & decision-making. Dr Paula Holland at Lancaster University has given evidence to an inquiry being held by the Women and Equalities Committee into flexible working & disability. Listen here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Women and Equalities Committee
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This guest blog from David Richards, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social & Martin Smith sets out recommendations from the report. With thanks to @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk Read the blog: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/opinion...
The myth of Treasury control: What’s wrong with the UK’s public spending system and how to fix it - Nuffield Foundation
The long-standing model of centralised Treasury control over public spending has inadequately adapted to the realities of public service delivery.
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🔔 NEW RAPID-RESPONSE FUNDING: Research on UK impacts of US-Iran conflict. Up to £300,000 in total is available for researchers, academics, think tanks and policy institutes to examine how the 2026 conflict and disruption to vital shipping routes are affecting people and businesses in the UK.
Higgledy piggledy – that's how young people describe the complex mental health support system that's failing them. Young people are turning to AI, family, friends, schools and everywhere but a system that clearly isn't meeting their needs.
🛑 Decades of civil justice reform have struggled to deliver lasting change in England & Wales, a new report finds. Authored by Dr John Sorabji & commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation, the research provides the first system-wide analysis of civil justice reform over the past 40 years. A thread 🧵
The interim findings from the Milburn Review make it clear that there isn't a coherent system to support young people from education into work. And the consequences are becoming more serious. Our funded research support many of the findings. Read here 👉 https://linktr.ee/nuffieldfoundation
Good FT editorial capturing the moral, economic & political urgency of acting on the Milburn Review. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Britain’s expanding ‘lost generation’
Milburn report on youth joblessness should be a priority for whoever leads Labour
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Read the Milburn Review interim report here - I’m pleased to have been part of the expert panel for this. Final report in September. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Young people and work: interim report
The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
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Britain ‘sleepwalking into a food crisis’ without urgent action, experts say: Industry figures warn of national security risk and call for ministers to address impact of extreme weather, inflation and Iran war Britain is “sleepwalking into a food crisis” caused by extreme weather, inflati...
Britain ‘sleepwalking into a food crisis’ without urgent action, experts say
Britain ‘sleepwalking into a food crisis’ without urgent action, experts say: Industry figures warn of national security risk and call for ministers to address impact of extreme weather, inflation and Iran war Britain is “sleepwalking into a food crisis” caused by extreme weather, inflati...
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📣 Today we have published new research on school-based nurseries with @smfthinktank.bsky.social and funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org. The research shows that progress on opening new school-based nurseries is far behind the government’s original plans 🧵⬇️
🔔 New funding for researchers, charities & organisations working on racial diversity, inequality & inclusion. We're offering grants of up to £500,000, with a deadline of October. Interested? Find out more: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/grants-available-reopens-racial-diversity-uk-fund
Today sees the launch of the @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social's landmark report into what it means to grow up in the digital age. This important research captures the views and experiences of the first generation of young people who have grown up online. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...
‘I love it, but I hate it’ - Young people's experiences and expectations of growing up digital - Nuffield Foundation
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Today's Pensions Commission Report is an (all too rare) example of serious analysis of a vital long-term social/economic challenge. The outline of the policy agenda that will feature in its final (2027) report is starting to take shape. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a073f...
Primary pupil numbers in England are falling fast with knock on effects for school funding, staffing, and inequalities, warns a recent @nao.org.uk report. Read a new blog from our Education Programme Head Ruth Maisey on the education implications of England’s declining birth rate. bit.ly/4ui92Kf
Why falling birth rates mean big changes for England’s schools - Nuffield Foundation
Primary pupil numbers in England are falling fast. A recent NAO report warns that without strategic planning, growing demographic decline risks destabilising schools, undermining educational quality, ...
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AI is increasingly shaping young people’s transitions from education to work, according to a new review. ‘Navigating the future: a landscape review of AI in career guidance for young people’ is the first exploration of AI in UK career guidance. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/navig...
Navigating the future
A landscape review of AI in career guidance for young people
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Sufina Ahmad MBE, Director of John Ellerman Foundation writes about wellbeing as a framework for sharing the depth and breadth of ideas and beliefs around people, society and the natural world in a way that is recognised in collective decision making. #Wellbeing #TrustsandFoundations
Wellbeing for people, society and the natural world | PBE
Sufina Ahmad, Director of John Ellerman Foundation When I joined John Ellerman Foundation in 2020, one of my reasons for doing so related to its overarching organisational aim to advance wellbeing for...
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New report from @resfoundation.bsky.social will make you rethink unintended consequences of a wealth tax on hard working people. "It's now almost impossible to work your way to riches, says report into growing wealth gap | Money News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/its-no...
It's now almost impossible to work your way to riches, says report into growing wealth gap
The Resolution Foundation's analysis of the country's wealth gap comes seven weeks before the chancellor delivers what's expected to be a tax-raising budget, though the government seems reluctant to p...
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Can organisations over-invest in wellbeing, with diminishing returns? Done right, wellbeing investment boosts retention, innovation and customer growth. Done poorly, it risks confusion and wasted resources. Read the article by CBI's Asha Musoni for our 'Economics to improve lives' series👇
Wellbeing - the business imperative to invest | PBE
Asha Musoni – Chief People Officer, CBI Wellbeing is often described as employees “feeling good and functioning well”. During Covid the business case for investment was clear: organisations that supp...
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@pbe.co.uk's business case for a Civil Society Evidence Organisation has govt support. Get in touch with report co-author @mattwhittaker.bsky.social if you're interested in funding or getting involved in making it happen www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/dcms-ba...
DCMS backs creation of civil society evidence organisation
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The evidence is overwhelming: prioritising wellbeing drives measurable benefits for employees, shareholders, customers, and wider society. In her latest article for our ‘Economics to improve lives’ series, Hannah Pearsall, Head of Wellbeing at Hays UK&I says wellbeing is a business imperative.
Prioritising wellbeing: A strategic imperative for balanced business outcomes | PBE
By Hannah Pearsall, Head of Wellbeing, Hays UK&I In today’s rapidly evolving work landscape, the question isn’t whether wellbeing should be part of corporate strategy – it’s why any forward-thinking b...
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New case study! Charity @pbe.co.uk used our data to show that the £28 billion annual bill for disability benefits creates £42bn in positive effects
Wellbeing boost from disability benefits outweighs cost - Understanding Society
Wellbeing boost from disability benefits worth £12,300 per person New case study shows wellbeing boost from disability benefits worth £12,300 per person
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Typically thoughtful - and thought provoking - stuff from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social on the urgent need to understand how AI disruption is playing out across society (for better and worse) and then respond accordingly. Another great contribution to the @pbe.co.uk 'Economics to improve lives' series
PBE@pbe.co.uk · last yr."Without suitable measures of organisations’ adoption of AI, policymakers will be unable to shape this powerful technology in ways that benefit society as a whole." - @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social's in her new article for #EconToImproveLives pbe.co.uk/insights/eco...
Civil society has reached a milestone: we estimate that for the first time, paid hours now exceed volunteer hours. Do we need to slow the tide and re-emphasise volunteering, or do we accept the sector is becoming more professional? Explore these questions in our new blog: pbe.co.uk/insights/the...
The rise of paid work: Are we really still the “Voluntary Sector”? | PBE
We recently published a new paper on the true economic contribution of civil society to the UK economy. (Spoiler alert: it’s big! At least £40 billion.) Among the many new stats in that report, there’...
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‘Let us not risk getting trapped in the last war.’ My piece for @pbe.co.uk on why the wellbeing v GDP framing has run out of road pbe.co.uk/insights/bey...
Beyond ‘beyond GDP’ | PBE
By Hetan Shah I was involved in some of the calls for improved measurement of wellbeing in the early 2000s. Two decades on, sometimes the debate feels like it has not moved on sufficiently from those ...
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Next up in @pbe.co.uk's economics to improve lives series @hetanshah.bsky.social "PBE | Beyond ‘beyond GDP’ | PBE" pbe.co.uk/insights/bey...
Beyond ‘beyond GDP’ | PBE
By Hetan Shah I was involved in some of the calls for improved measurement of wellbeing in the early 2000s. Two decades on, sometimes the debate feels like it has not moved on sufficiently from those ...
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