ippr's election year

16 February 2010

2010 is a momentous year for politics with the General Election as its centre piece.

Much of the focus will be on the clash between the leaders and the parties, but much more important will be the debate over ideas. 

To help shape new thinking and new politics in 2010 ippr is hosting a series of events and running special projects.

Old fashioned thinking and slow decision making puts UK’s creative industries future global position at risk, ex Channel 4 boss tells Oxford Media Convention

21 January 2010
In his first speech since leaving his job as Chief Executive at Channel Four, Andy Duncan will tell the Oxford Media Convention, organised in partnership by the leading think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) and Media Guardian, that the UK’s creative industries could go backwards, despite economic recovery, unless they work together to face future challenges.

Video: How can museums best inspire and engage young people?

13 November 2009

Pupils from Kenton School created this viral marketing campaign with animator Laura Crow.

Film: ippr at 21

22 July 2009
Veteran documentary-maker Peter Dale and photographer Marc Schlossman embarked on a project to capture ippr's work on the occasion of our 21st birthday.

Learning to Live: Museums, Young People and Education

13 May 2009
The Apollo Command Module, Captain Scott’s diary and Guy Fawkes’s lantern are among more than sixty artefacts and artworks nominated by children and young people from across the country as their favourite museum or gallery exhibits.

One size fits all approach is killing our community pubs

31 March 2009
Community pubs are in danger unless Government takes urgent action to support them, according to a new report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

MP’s and business leaders to challenge Premier League plutocrats to end poverty pay

13 March 2009
On Monday 16th March – 3pm in the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons – MP’s, business leaders, representatives of premier league football clubs and members of the media will attend a seminar dealing with the issue of low pay for off the pitch staff within premier league football clubs. The event is hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Football and Chair Alan Keen MP.

Government must reverse alarming rate of pub closures says ippr

03 March 2009

Government must recognise the invaluable contribution that pubs can make to their local communities. Local pubs enrich civic life by providing a meeting place for people from all walks of life and different backgrounds to get together. They also provide a meeting space for local groups and associations and help to deliver a range of public services, espeically in rural areas.

ippr appoints documentary maker

12 February 2009
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) has appointed Peter Dale, previously Head of More4 and Documentaries for Channel 4 and Managing Director of Rare Day, as its in-house film-maker and documentary adviser.

New report demonstrates the value of overseas experiences in transforming young people’s lives

02 February 2009
New research  from the Institute of Public Policy Research (ippr) has found how overseas youth expeditions make a life-long impact on participants from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Premiership clubs should become ethical employers and pay fair wages to everyone working off the pitch

14 August 2008

The Barclays Premier League is the most lucrative football league in the world. The combined revenues of Premiership clubs stood at approximately £1.9 billion last season and the twenty clubs spent an astonishing £600 million on players. Revenues are set to rise dramatically owing to ticket price hikes and new broadcasting rights. Despite this affluence, every single club - despite fortunes being paid at the top end - is condemning many of its workers off the pitch and away from the spotlight to a life of working poverty.

Food needs to become a greater policy priority says IPPR north

26 June 2008
Britain must take urgent steps to secure a safe and sustainable food supply according to a new report published today (Thursday 26th June) by the Institute for Public Policy Research North (ippr north).

Media Coverage since devolution has accelerated mutual ignorance and indifference between England and Scotland

09 June 2008
Media coverage of Scotland and England since devolution is fuelling cross-border ignorance and indifference according to a paper by Douglas Fraser, Scottish political editor of The Herald, released today by the Institute for Public Policy Research North.

A generation of youth are being ‘raised online’

24 March 2008
Many young people are effectively being ‘raised online’ spending in excess of 20 hours a week using sites such as bebo, Myspace, Facebook and YouTube, according to new research to be published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) next month. This is over three times higher than previous official estimates. This new research comes ahead of the final report of the Byron Review of children and new technology, set up by Gordon Brown in 2007 and headed by Dr Tanya Byron. 

Chancellor urged to decriminalise ipod users

29 October 2006
UK copyright law should be changed to include a ‘private right to copy’ that protects users of ipod and other MP3 players, according to a new report published today (Sunday) by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). The UK’s current copyright laws mean that millions of Brits break the law each year when they copy their CDs onto their computers.

Public needs should drive digital innovation

14 July 2005

Transforming society through technology is in danger of happening too quickly and leaving the public behind, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) which today published a manifesto for a digital Britain. It concludes that government has prepared the UK well for the 21st century but remains seduced by vague notions of a “knowledge economy” and is too often driven by innovation for its own sake.

ippr launches online consultation on future of digital Britain

07 April 2005
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) today (Thursday) launches an online consultation, to uncover ideas on the future of Britain’s digital policy. The consultation is aimed at experts and public alike, with a view to collecting policy proposals from those responsible for using digital technology in the political sphere.

BBC Governors should be independent and licence fee more progressive

11 January 2004
The BBC regulator should be independent from Ofcom and the BBC Governors should be a separate body from the corporation, according to a new book published next week by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). ‘From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Communications’ argues the Board of Governors must be radically reformed if they are to provide effective regulation of the Corporation.