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Empowering students with a ‘truly civic’ experience
New report urges UK universities to equip all students to be lifelong active citizens through formal learning, campus activities, and community engagement.
Nearly three in four professionals experience ‘discriminatory or exclusionary’ behaviour
Research with 12 professional membership and regulatory bodies reveals growing scepticism among professionals that EDI initiatives are ‘box-ticking’ exercises.
Net zero policy risks making the poor poorer
Existing net zero transition policies are likely to make the poor poorer and push struggling communities further into deprivation and exclusion, our new report warns.
Big Challenge Education winners announced
Competition celebrates young people’s innovations in education, with winners addressing climate anxiety, healthy eating, and technology-enabled support for blind and visually impaired people
Heritage organisations win funding to address sector challenges
The Heritage Fund is supporting 17 organisations to make the sector more sustainable, inclusive, and fit for the future.
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‘Tougher policing won’t reduce knife crime’
If politicians are serious about addressing youth violence, they urgently need to work with young people, says Chelsea McDonagh
A five-point plan for a green and fair future
Net zero transition must leave no one behind, says Emily Morrison – and our research shows how national policy can make it so
‘A community space, a pub, and better lighting in public spaces’
What do communities need? Leonie Taylor reflects on the realities of engaging local people in planning strategies and highlights the importance of peer research as a driver for change.
‘From incarceration to transformation’: creating homes for former prisoners
Darryn Frost QGM says the Community Knowledge Fund grant awarded to his organisation was a catalyst for positive change, ensuring prison-leavers are seen, heard and housed.