Anthony Tomei and Andrew Dilnot awarded honours

Former Director of the Foundation Anthony Tomei and former Trustee Andrew Dilnot have been awarded honours in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

University fees strengthen rather than challenge the old order

Introducing tuition fees in UK universities has only served to reinforce established admission patterns rather than widen access according to new research funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Between 1996 and 2010 - a period of expansion, organisational change and funding reform - traditional hierarchies among universities remained strong.

More of the poorest single parents receive child maintenance payments from their child’s other parent – but the majority still get nothing

Two thirds (64%) of single parents on out-of-work benefits do not receive any child maintenance from their child’s other parent, although the proportion that do increased from one quarter (24%) to one third (36%) between 2007 and 2012, according to research published today by Gingerbread, NatCen and BPSR and funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Cross-examination of children and young people at court

Could new best practice guidance on the cross-examination of children and young people at court help prevent more young people from the experience of those in the Telford abuse case?

The treatment of young witnesses in criminal proceedings has been in the news following the release of details about a trial held at Stafford Crown Court in 2011 in which seven men were accused of systematic sexual abuse of a group of young girls.

Britain lacks consistency in its approach to the free movement of EU citizens because of tensions between European and UK Law

A new report states that discrepancies between EU free movement law and UK immigration legislation are having an effect on freedom of movement.

Researchers say that in some cases there are significant differences in the way the law has been applied by UK authorities, particularly the UK Borders Agency and the Home Office, when compared to the approach of the European Commission and the Court of Justice.

Public policy towards wealth gap ‘incoherent and contradictory’

Household wealth in Great Britain amounts to £5.5 trillion, even excluding pension rights – four times national income. It is far more unequally distributed than incomes or earnings.

Impact assessment shows public sector pension reform will reduce the average value by more than a third

The Government’s proposed reforms to the four largest public service pension schemes will reduce the average value of the pension benefit for members of these schemes by more than a third, and reduce long-term government expenditure on unfunded public service schemes by around a quarter, says Pensions Policy Institute.

The Conversation goes live in the UK

The Conversation, a new journalism project that brings together academics and journalists to produce news, analysis and commentary for the public, has launched in the UK today.

It has already reshaped the media landscape in its two years in Australia. In the UK seven editors are now working with registered academics to deliver the smartest and most informed take on the events, discoveries and developments shaping our time.

IFS recommends exam scores should be age adjusted to ensure fair comparisons

New research published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, provides fresh evidence on the extent to which the difference in educational outcomes between children born at different times of the year continues to affect them throughout their lives.

Care Inquiry calls for decisions based on need not legal status

Eight leading charities are urging the Government to rethink care and the way in which the most vulnerable children and families who encounter the care system are treated in England. The call to base decisions on need and not legal status comes following an eight-month inquiry into the best way to provide permanent homes for children.