“If at first you don’t succeed, you don’t succeed”
It is easy to assume that youth unemployment is merely another sign of recession Britain. Yet at yesterday’s launch of the Missing Million research programme with David Miliband at The Work Foundation, each of the four speakers pointed to a very different premise.

Rhian Johns, Private Equity Foundation
11 May 2012

Connecting the creative industries for the collective good
Together the creative industries represent 5.6% of UK GVA, is the UK’s third largest export sector and generates £59bn. But, as I set out in my inaugural speech as IPA President, if we are to maintain our strong position and pioneering spirit in this rapidly evolving and converging marketplace, we must build better skills and connections - as well as re-energise the industry with fresh talent.

Nicola Mendelsohn, IPA President and Executive Chairman and Partner, Karmarama
09 March 2012

‘Job snob’ rhetoric is muddying the debate about work experience
There has been a huge amount of debate (and confusion) about the Work Experience placements offered to unemployed 16-24 year olds through the government’s Get Britain Working initiative

Lizzie Crowley and Dr Paul Sissons
24 February 2012

Innovation and the importance of place
Earlier this week (20th July), The Work Foundation hosted a roundtable looking at Innovation in Cities: the importance of place. As part of the Cities 2020 research programme, this event precedes the publication of a report on the issue, due for release in the autumn, which seeks to explore how innovation ecosystems can be better supported in UK cities and consequences for policy makers and business.

Katherine Reading
22 July 2011

Being diagnosed with MS doesn’t mean you need to leave work
The Work Foundation’s report, launched this week ( 21 June 2011) and supported by the MS Society, highlights several problems faced by people of working age in the UK who have MS....

Laura Weir, Head of Policy & Campaigns, MS Society
22 June 2011

Is happiness a meaningful measure?
This year’s annual debate at The Work Foundation focussed on the question of happiness and its relationship with work, as the Government prepares to unveil its first National Wellbeing Index next year.

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind
13 June 2011