Liz Emerson has the Baby Boomer generation in her cross-hairs
How can we transform education to deliver more growth?
David Kingman argues that the UK will need a growing army of highly-skilled workers in order to generate growth in the future – so how does our education system need to change to help make this a reality?
New evidence shows young adults have suffered most from the recession
David Kingman examines new findings from the IFS
Calling ‘Generation Rent’! Take part in a new online study exploring the housing wealth gap
Researchers from the University of St Andrews are carrying out an innovative online study to explore the housing wealth gap facing the under-35s. IF asked them to supply more details, and explain how you can get involved
Is the Help to Buy scheme leaving young homeowners in “indentured servitude”?
A prominent City economist used this phrase last week to describe the impacts of Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing policy. David Kingman asks whether this is a fair assessment.
New report argues that postgraduate study has become an “exclusive golf club”
David Kingman examines the criticisms of the UK system for postgraduate study made in a recent report by the Sutton Trust
WHAT-IF: taking it to Europe
The think tank WHAT-IF International is campaigning to ensure that intergenerational justice becomes an integral part of the discourse in EU policy-making, as Antony Mason reports
New research suggests young Britons are more liberal than any previous generation
David Kingman examines the evidence that young Britons have become exceptionally liberal
Should unpaid internships be banned?
Unpaid internships have become part of the working landscape for young people at the start of their careers. They are exploitative and should be outlawed – were it not for a troubling dilemma, as Antony Mason explains
Can the EU help solve youth unemployment in the Eurozone?
David Kingman asks whether the EU’s “Youth Opportunities Initiative” can do much to combat the very high levels of youth unemployment amongst member states