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Dusting off Foresight’s obesity report

Posted by: Professor Susan Jebb OBE, Posted on: 4 October 2017 - Categories: Obesity

Professor Susan Jebb on what’s changed since Foresight published their report on Obesity 10 years ago, and what we can still learn from it.

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Working collaboratively across government departments

Posted by: Fiona Thom, Posted on: 10 July 2017 - Categories: Ageing
The charts show the proportion of males and females in the population at a single age from 50 to 70 who are either employed, unemployed or inactive. The proportion of males and females that are inactive increases with age.

How the Government Office for Science helped my team to develop the government’s approach to fuller working lives.

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Materials to help you plan for population ageing

Posted by: Rebecca Jones, Posted on: 21 June 2017 - Categories: Ageing

Download and use our workshop materials to understand how population ageing will impact your area of interest.

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Better workplaces mean better learning

Posted by: Professor Alan Felstead and Professor Lorna Unwin, Posted on: 13 June 2017 - Categories: Skills

Learning occurs in all workplaces as part of everyday activity. So why do some workplaces create more learning opportunities than others?

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If lifelong learning is so good, why don’t more adults join in?

Posted by: Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, Posted on: 21 March 2017 - Categories: Skills
Woman sat at computer in a modern looking office.

Learning is good for your health, your wealth, your civic engagement, and for your family’s future prospects. 

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