Estimating the impact of #Traineeships - our report with Stefan Speckesser @R_Dorsett and Helen Gray is now out: niesr.ac.uk/publications/e…

Great presentations at today's #FACTAGE conference on age, health and wellbeing CEPS ThinkTank  ceps.eu/ceps-events/ag…

Great blog by my colleagues Francesca Foliano and Heather Rolfe on the evaluation of #GrowthMindset

We're delighted National Institute of Economic and Social Research to be evaluating the impact of Bolton Council and @whatworksCSC new project providing support to Designated Safeguarding Leads in primary schools

The Wage & Employment Dynamics project, funded by ADR UK , will be using linked admin data to better understand trends in wages and wage inequality - so pleased to be part of this team – Alex Bryson and Arusha McKenzie give a great overview in this blog

Great to see our National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Institute for Employment Studies report evaluating the pilot of Early Years Toolbox published today - see more in our joint blog - can an app help spot the gap? niesr.ac.uk/blog/can-app-h…

A very touching tribute to Geoff Mason, an outstanding researcher, formidable mentor and sincere friend John Forth Rebecca Riley @ARIAzna_NIESR @C_Robinson501 Lea Samek Lucy Stokes Michela Vecchi National Institute of Economic and Social Research LLAKES Centre Dave Wilkinson Mary O'Mahony llakes.ac.uk/news-item/395/…

Delighted to be part of today’s special session led by @felix_ritchie and Sarah Giest on co-production of value from data by users and producers at the #dataforpolicy2020 conference dataforpolicy.org/data-for-polic…

How might coronavirus affect older workers? Our briefing for Economics Observatory is out today: coronavirusandtheeconomy.com/question/how-m…

Safeguarding the safeguards – A case for more support in #schools Our latest report by Lucy Stokes, Chiara Manzoni, Johnny Runge, Lei Xu and @R_Dorsett for @whatworksCSC is out now - Read the #blog here 👇🏫 niesr.ac.uk/blog/safeguard…

Our new National Institute of Economic and Social Research Demos research for Ageing Better shows ageism in recruitment is widespread and has profound effects on older people, affecting their confidence, wellbeing and finances, as well as how they approached the job searching process.

Two great new opportunities to join National Institute of Economic and Social Research - we’re recruiting two Senior Social Researchers with qualitative research skills to join the team: niesr.ac.uk/job-vacancies

A lovely day this week with the supervising social workers and @whatworksCSC team - fascinating to hear reflections and experiences so far - delighted to be evaluating this project providing supervision to designated safeguarding leads in schools and watching it grow!

Can texting parents help improve children’s development? And what can we learn from an evaluation through the pandemic?! Some thoughts in this blog with Anneka Dawson and Ceri Williams at Institute for Employment Studies following our report for the EEF: niesr.ac.uk/blog/can-texti…

Do you use the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)? If so you might be interested in the Wage Dynamics team’s webinar tomorrow (14 June) on new weights developed for working with the ASHE. Find out more and sign up here: wagedynamics.com/training-infor…

Wage Dynamics members, John Forth and Lucy Stokes, discussed longitudinal and cross sectional weights in the ASHE yesterday afternoon. The recording is now live on our website : wagedynamics.com/training-infor…

What’s been happening to workplace pensions? In this blog with Chiara Manzoni we summarise key findings from the 2019 Employers’ Pension Provision Survey, mapping the landscape of pension provision among private sector employers prior to the pandemic: niesr.ac.uk/blog/whats-hap…

Are some types of employers under-represented in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings? And what are the implications? Some findings from the Wage Dynamics project, summarised in today’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research #MondayInterview

Really interesting new research by my National Institute of Economic and Social Research colleagues on experiences of women over 50 in Scottish workplaces, key points also nicely summarised in this blog by @katstockland: niesr.ac.uk/blog/how-can-w…

Is supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools effective? In this National Institute of Economic and Social Research interview Johnny Runge and I give an overview of our evaluations for @whatworksCSC: niesr.ac.uk/blog/safeguard…