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New research to look at how family living arrangements have changed recently and what this means for household finances

Study will bring new evidence for policies on supporting complex families and households through benefits

Helping inform Government’s new breakfast schemes in schools

New study will examine how existing schemes improve health, behaviour, attendance and attainment

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Our policy evidence in new House of Lords plan to fix obesity and diet-related disease

Our research, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that free school meals reduce children's obesity rates

The green skills gap – recommendations for the future of hydropower sector in the UK

New report from our MiSoC Policy Fellow, working alongside academics to investigate the evidence of a skills gap in the hydropower sector

Housing insecurity in English rental sector – our evidence on impacts and policy implications

The UK Parliament publish two briefings citing our recent studies on housing and health

New project to examine stereotypes in schools secures €1.5m EU funding

“Stereotypes can lead to minority students being treated differently, with the knock-on effect of self-fulfilling prophecies that hinder their academic success”

Male students less ‘macho’ after mixed gender flat-sharing

"Competitiveness is not a fixed trait – there’s not an innate, permanent difference between the sexes. It actually responds quite quickly to the environment.”

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