'Your Call' youth event
This Youth Café Politique Involved schools from around the region and invited students to give their take on employment, the economy and aspirations. Watch a short film shot on the day.
North East Commission launches inquiry to address persistent inequalities
Public services across the North East are still delivering outcomes well below the English average, according to a new ippr north report. The Commission is issuing a call for evidence into public services in the area.
Encouragement for apprentices is sure to pay skills dividends
As the Government strives to improve the harmony between the supply and demand in the market for skills, successful work-based schemes like apprenticeships offer a great way of integrating employers into the process of shaping skills priorities.
Manchester United?
Manchester City Council and the Labour Party have been at pains to emphasise what they believe to be a mutual benefit of the conference coming to the city. But a poll in the Manchester Evening News suggests that Mancunians don't share the same view. This in itself demonstrates that there is a disconnect between politicians and the public.
North or South?
So we're told that London is the future. Are established cities with thriving economies destined to be subsumed as satellite or dormitory towns as London's economic dominance continues unabated? Not likely.
Bin the Barnett formula
New research by ippr north on the Barnett formula reveals the true extent of the funding disparities between the constituent nations of the UK.
Important six months for farming
We have just entered what may be one of the most important six months for some time to come. Yesterday, France took over the Presidency of the European Union, and will lead discussions until the end of 2008.
Food needs to become a greater policy priority
Food is a major determinant of the UK’s social, economic and environmental wellbeing and that greater priority and coordination is needed on food rather than applying a static food policy.
Fortress Britain: Is Immigration Working?
Professor Andrew Geddes from Sheffield University will argue that immigration frenzies in the media and politics are largely missing the point. December 1.
independent, radical, progressive
ippr launches new research programmes
At a time of economic and political crisis, it is clear we now need more radical thinking to take the progressive agenda forward.
The North South Divide
Is the Gap Growing?
Daniel Dorling, geographer at the University of Sheffield who was awarded the Leverhulme Prize for his work, will discuss his mapping of changing social, medical and political geographies of Britain.
Learning by Doing
How can museums inspire young people?
This conference will explore the importance of linking up education, youth services and museums to help meet and raise young people’s aspirations and opportunities to learn.
Communications / Membership
Just Desserts?
Securing global food futures
This report presents principles to the the international community and UK government to guide responses to the priorities surrounding food security within a changing global environment.
Prospects for More Local, More Personalised Public Services
A North East perspective
This discussion paper sets out of some of the key questions that ippr north’s Commission on Public Sector Reform in the North East will be considering over the coming months.
Structural Economic Change and the European Union
Winners, losers and public policy options
This report is about the economic effects of ‘globalisation’ in the European Union, and how the European Commission and countries in the EU should respond to it.