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A new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper by @jacknewman.bsky.social, @sarahayres.bsky.social and the IPR's @geoffbates.bsky.social looks at the opportunities to prioritise public health in industrial strategy.
🔗 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Childhood disadvantage can limit social mobility even for high-ability children.
In our latest blog, Chris Dawson shows cognitive skills alone aren’t enough; social environments matter. This points to a need for more holistic policy approaches.
📄 blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2026...
One-third of people now think a degree isn’t worth the time or money – but IPR research by @mattdickson.bsky.social shows that a degree does increase earnings on average, although there’s variation depending on where you go and what you study, and how hard you work. Find out more: buff.ly/qokXpZL
New research by José Antonio Muñiz, Charles Larkin (IPR's Director of Research) and Shaen Corbet shows that implementing employee-focused health and safety policies can significantly enhance organisation value, with a pronounced effect observed in US organisations.
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🧭 How can we improve opportunities for young people across the UK and close regional gaps?
This conversation with Rt Hon Justine Greening explores place-based approaches, Opportunity Areas and locally driven solutions for social mobility.
🔗 Read it here: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2026...
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🌱 We’re delighted to feature in the latest University of Bath Sustainability Report, highlighting our ActNow film partnership at COP30 and Net Zero Policy Fellowship programme for climate action.
🔗 stories.bath.ac.uk/sustainabili...
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Join Prof. Michael Goldman, author of Hidden Empire of Finance: How Wall Street Profits from Our Cities and Fuels Global Inequality, for a discussion on the financial systems driving urban change and inequality across the world.
📍 3 June | 4:30pm | On campus
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-go...
15m people in the UK are under-saving for retirement, rising to 19m without action.
Read the Pensions Commission's policy note: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Interim report:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social Director of the IPR serves as one of the Commission’s 3 members.
Are the most intuitive sustainability solutions always the most effective?
In our latest blog, Peter Harper and Stuart Reynolds argue policymakers should focus on interventions that deliver impact at scale, even when they challenge established narratives.
📝 blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2026...
We’re delighted to welcome Miguel Díaz-Martínez, Senior Advisor at Colombia’s National Planning Department, as an IPR Visiting Policy Fellow.
His work on transport governance and mass transit offers valuable lessons for policymakers.
Read more and meet Miguel 👉 www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
This study investigates the impact of Health and Safety policies on the valuation of over 2,000 U.S. organisations.
Discover how the University of Bath is driving sustainability forward in our latest annual report, detailing key actions and progress from the past year.
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Michael Goldman explains how cities around the world have been shaped by global finance.
The Pensions Commission has today (19 May) published its interim report on the state of retirement saving in the UK, setting out the key challenges facing the current system and where it will focus it...
Dr Matt Dickson is Reader in Public Policy at the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR), leading the Widening Participation in Higher Education research stream, and a co-author of …
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Shrinking graduate premium sours views on value of a university education, UK poll shows
Worries over AI and loan debt mean 34% of people think degrees are usually not worth the time and money
There was a time when going to university seemed a no-brainer. Better qualifications opened doors to better jobs with greater earning potential.
But with the graduate premium shrinking, mounting anger about spiralling student debt and growing fears about AI eating into the graduate jobs market, it is not surprising that attitudes are shifting. Continue reading...
