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Are you ready for the trends that will shape tomorrow?

Posted by: DCDC, Posted on: 19 October 2018 - Categories: Global Strategic Trends

‘Global Strategic Trends – The Future Starts Today’ was published on Monday 15 October by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) thinktank, the Development, Concept and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). The document provides a strategic context for those involved in long-term policy, …

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Data for our future selves

Posted by: Professor Jeremy Myerson, Posted on: 10 February 2017 - Categories: Ageing
2D visualisation of Figure 7.2 from Foresight's Future of an Ageing population project report. The chart shows how horizons shrink for the over 70s with fewer miles travelled, and how commuting falls away the older you get.

How Foresight data has found its way into a national design museum.

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What policy makers, employers and educators need to know about UK skills

Posted by: Professor Mike Campbell, Posted on: 12 December 2016 - Categories: Skills
A birds eye view of a large crowd of graduates.

Professor Mike Campbell's new evidence review for Foresight explores why we need to change the type and level of skills in the UK.

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Design for an ageing population

Posted by: Cat Drew and Stephen Bennett, Posted on: 19 October 2016 - Categories: Ageing
The image shows a Padio, a cuboid, wooden interface for tablet computers.

The UK is in the midst of significant changes to our population. Foresight recently worked with Policy Lab and Central Saint Martins to investigate how design can help an ageing population.

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