In moving toward the meritocratic ideal, we have imagined that we have retired the old encrustations of inherited hierarchies. As the sociologist Michael Young knew, that’s not the real story.
- writes Kwame Anthony Appiah in 'The Red Baron' for The New York Review of Books.
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Here in Bethnal Green, generations of researchers and innovators have been reflecting on the idea of community since Michael Young moved here to undertake the research that would become the foundations of Family and Kinship in East London.
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We’re pleased to welcome eight new initiatives to the Young Academy’s accelerator programme for early-stage social ventures tackling educational inequalities. Through the Accelerator, participants will attend intensive workshops and receive one-to-one support from social impact experts, volunteer advisors and education sector leaders. Our goal is to create a space for ideas and projects to be... Find out more
Our new report maps patterns of philanthropic and charitable spending across England against deprivation, public spending and the EU Referendum result.
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Bright Futures aims to better understand industrial towns, looking at the hidden characteristics and dynamics of towns beyond the economic base.
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The UK’s only innovation programme focussed on tackling issues of affordability, quality and security for vulnerable renters and those on low incomes within the private rented sector.
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The finale of Social Innovation Community (SIC) is themed “Beyond Imagination: A socially innovative Europe" and will be held in Seville, Spain, 12-13th November 2018.
Find out moreRT @AmplifyNI: We may not have won the @socentni 'Stakeholder of the Year' Award but we did win the #SocEntNIAwards18 table 35 centre piec…
