🪙 'This is the first “gold standard” RCT of financial education in UK primary schools' @johnnyrunge.bsky.social sets out what policymakers can learn from it

"Thanks to our latest evidence, we know financial education can be effective, even in primary schools. What’s needed now is leadership and a clear national framework" @johnnyrunge.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social on findings from our major trial of financial education in primary schools

Published today: our new evaluation with @johnnyrunge.bsky.social ‪ and @domenicaavilaluna.bsky.social. We studied the UK Democracy Fund's efforts to register 750,000 voters in the UK between 2019 and 2024 which saw nearly £2m being awarded to 33 grantees. www.jrrt.org.uk/powering-par...

In the latest issue of Significance magazine, our @johnnyrunge.bsky.social explores how the general public are using statistics from a variety of (not necessarily reliable) online sources when making big life decisions from baby names to house moves. ➡️ academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...

@policyatkings.bsky.social's @johnnyrunge.bsky.social in Significance Magazine on trusting stats - from baby names to house moves - and how official stats should respond: doi.org/10.1093/jrss... ESCoE work: tinyurl.com/a4zr89un

We published our @policyatkings.bsky.social research on Access to Work (AtW) Plus, a DWP pilot for those needing more support than standard AtW. Overall, we found positive experiences & impact, but also challenges with eligibility, timelines, and implementation. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/eva...

Great to see the launch of this new @policyatkings.bsky.social report. This links with ESCoE work on communicating and valuing economic statistics, in partnership with @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @niesrorg.bsky.social, @bankofengland.bsky.social and many others: tinyurl.com/43a5w8vw

This is genuinely really interesting, at least for a data nerd. The proportion of people who use government statistics to make major decisions, while <50%, is still higher than I would have thought.

"The power of statistics lies not only in shaping policy decisions that may feel distant, but also right on our doorstep, by enriching our everyday lives." Sofi Nickson, Head of Research at the Office for Statistics Regulation, writes about our new study on how the public make use of official stats

NEW: Our @policyatkings.bsky.social research, commissioned by Office for Statistics Regulation is out today! I am particularly proud to contribute to OSR's efforts to ensure official statistics are, and can be, used directly by the wider UK public, and not just policymakers & stats geeks like us!

Last publication of last year, with Pavel Kuchar (#9 together) in Oeconomia: The Knowledge Gap in Economics: What Does the Public Know about the Economy and What Do Economists Know about the Public? In it we respond to the widespread belief that the public is economically ignorant: "They aren't!"

🎓 We've made a starter pack of university policy institutes like us, and people who work for/are connected to them – do give it a follow! We'll add to it as more institutes join, and let us know if there's anyone we should add! ⬇️

“The public don’t quite understand the subtle ways that automation affects their attention [but] it’s like giving people a sedative” - why expecting human drivers to vigilantly monitor partially-automated cars isn't a great idea www.ft.com/content/6734...

You still have time to abandon plans with friends for this evening and join our @policyatkings.bsky.social event on the future of financial education & our research findings on the (spoiler: positive) impact of financial education in primary schools... Join us ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1028009142...

Our event tomorrow on financial education, hosted with RedSTART Educate, is featured in this morning's Wonk Week email from the Social Market Foundation. We've got a great panel lined up to discuss how to convert political interest into real change Join us ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1028009142...

When I interview people about their understanding of the economy & finances, they always say: "I wish I had learned about it in school" or "I wish my kids were taught it properly". See below our @policyatkings.bsky.social reflections on the first year of our exciting financial education evaluation.

Very excited for our financial education @policyatkings.bsky.social event on 12 November. Come & listen to former Chair of Ofsted, former Perm Sec at DfE, a current Head Teacher and others! Very topical given the ongoing curriculum review by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social.

Welcome to the Policy Institute's Bluesky account! 👋 Follow us to stay up to date with our latest news, events and research – like our timely survey, out last week, on attitudes to assisted dying www.kcl.ac.uk/news/assiste...

I have migrated here from the other place! I am a researcher at @policyatkings.bsky.social, with particular interest in public understanding of the economy, as well as labour market and education inequalities.