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We upload regular event recordings to keep you informed of the latest developments in our research and events programmes. 

The Future of Further Education

9 March 2010

Speakers at this seminar, used to launch the book Colleges 2020, included:

• Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Former Secretary of State for Education
• Martin Doel, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges
• Dr Terry Warburton, former Director of The Centre for Enterprise Education in the Institute of Education
• Dame Ruth Silver, former Principal of Lewisham College (invited)
• Alan Thomson (Chair), Editor of ‘FE Focus’, Times Education Supplement

Download the audio of the seminar - part 1 (.mp3)

Download the audio of the seminar - part 2 (.mp3)

'The New Politics' with Gordon Brown
02 February 2010

As we approach the next election, the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), the UK's leading progressive think tank, is hosting a series of speeches by senior politicians and leading thinkers to set out their vision of a progressive future for Britain.

At this event, the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP discussed plans to make parliament more accountable, calling for constitutional reform to change the way parliament works.

Download a transcript of the speech (.pdf)
Download the audio of the speech (.mp3)
Download the q&a session (.mp3)

Oxford Media Convention 2010
21 January 2010

In the public interest? Plotting the future of Britain’s creative industries.

OMC is over for another year. Many thanks to all our speakers and delegates and to our sponsors and partners at MediaGuardian. See you at #omc11.

Keynote recordings

Andy Duncan Part 1 (.mp3)
Andy Duncan Q&A (.mp3)

Stephen Timms MP (.mp3)
Stephen Timms MP text

Jeremy Hunt MP (.mp3)
Jeremy Hunt text

How should banks contribute to the UK economy?
20 January 2010

This was the second in a series of seminars to discuss banking in the UK following the economic crisis. The issues included:

• Can a bank be too big to fail?
• Should retail and investment banking operations be split?
• What should happen, ultimately, to the taxpayers’ stakes in banks?
• Is the idea of ‘living wills’ for banks a good one?

Part 1 (.mp3)
Part 2  (.mp3)

Immigration: Open Debate, Constructive Policies
09 December 2009

ippr hosted a high profile cross party debate on immigration with:

• The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
• Chris Grayling MP
• Chris Huhne MP

ippr has played a leading role in recent years in research and policy formation on migration issues. A particular concern of ours is that this sensitive, and sometimes incendiary, subject is debated in a constructive and rational fashion. It is important above all, that the mainstream parties do feel able to speak up on this issue in an honest and open way as the most effective way to counter extremist voices and to command public confidence.

Migration Debate Part 1 (.mp3)
Migration Debate Part 2  (.mp3)

Obama's First Year
04 November 2009

ippr and Left Foot Forward held a a roundtable discussion on Barack Obama's first year as US President. We were joined by Tom McMahon, ex-Democratic National Committee Exec. Director & architect of the "50 state strategy", and Jen Palmieri, Senior VP of the Center for American Progress & ex-press adviser to President Clinton.

Downloads

Part 1 (.mp3)
Part 2 (.mp3)

Personal Budgets in Employment and Skills
21 October 2009

ippr invited key industry professionals and thinkers to a roundtable on personal budgets in employment and skills as part of ippr’s project Now It’s Personal: achieving citizen centre welfare. Participants discussed the extent to which the welfare system is a suitable candidate for the introduction of personal budgets and which bodies should lead to build steps for momentum. Speakers included Lord Freud, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, Simon Duffy, Director, Centre for Welfare Reform, Fiona Walshe, Office for Disability, Dan Finn, Professor of Social Policy, Portsmouth University and Keith Faulkner, Chairman, Working Links.

Personal Budgets part 1  (.mp3)
Personal Budgets part 2  (.mp3)

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