Ever thought about what fundraising in a think tank might look like? We asked Charlotte, Senior Partnerships Officer at think tank @green-alliance.org.uk what her typical day looks like and the challenges and skills you need: 👉 bit.ly/4aNWnbC

Our first think tank round up of 2026 is out tomorrow morning! If you want the latest think tank reports, their upcoming events and important findings all in one place then sign up here: 🖊️http://eepurl.com/cRkrK5

Multiple new think tank roles now open! @labourtogether.bsky.social are looking for good people with an excellent understanding of the current policy and political environment to join their team: 👉Policy Unit: bit.ly/3YCc2mW 👉Political Researcher: bit.ly/4p37ssD

Kicking off our last training session of 2025 with some brand new communications training - talking about all things strategy, audience and advocating for comms internally!

Do you have: ▶️Excellent research + analysis skills? ▶️Excellent verbal + written comms skills? ▶️A strong understanding of public policy + political trends? @futuregovforum.bsky.social are looking for a new Researcher and want to hear from you! 👉Apply here: bit.ly/3YrVb6e

Fab meeting this morning with our think tank Operations Network! We got through a PACKED agenda answering lots of people’s queries, current challenges and requests for recommendations. Thanks to @green-alliance.org.uk for being wonderful hosts (with a brilliant view!) 🥧☕️

New job alert! @futuregovforum.bsky.social are looking for someone with experience devising + delivering effective comms campaigns, with a sound understanding of how to promote research to join their growing team. Sound like you? Apply here: bit.ly/3Ko4alJ

Accomplished communicator with experience in sales/business dev/fundraising? Experienced in think tanks/policy/public affairs? @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for a new Partnerships Manager to lead their business function. Could this be you? Apply now! bit.ly/3XS3Aj0

A great session on how to rebrand a think tank was our November webinar. We welcomed Hannah Corbett who led @pbe.co.uk's recent rebrand to take us through the common pitfalls and things you want to include/focus on. Members can find it in our archive 👇 bit.ly/4rhQZDc

Out tomorrow is our fortnightly think tank round up - if you want to get the most recent reports, find out which think tanks are hosting events soon or the latest think tank findings then sign up 👇 eepurl.com/cRkrK5

Do you have excellent research and analysis skills? Interested in helping local councils, combined authorities, govt + others to develop policies to grow local + regional economies? @countrcultrcslty.bsky.social are looking for a new Consultant to join them. Apply now: bit.ly/4p9nB0N

New researcher role now open! @nuffieldtrust.org.uk are looking for a Researcher to contribute to their mission by delivering high-quality research, evaluation, and policy analysis. Could this be you? Apply now 👇 bit.ly/4o5qoqa

Looking for your first start in think tanks? @edupolicyinst.bsky.social are recruiting a Executive & Events Officer to join their comms, partnerships and events team! If you fancy broadening your skills, supporting policy events and having real impact - apply here: bit.ly/484sfWw

We're delighted to have received the @smartthinking.bsky.social Innovation Award for our alternative estimate of UK employment. Huge congratulations to @adamcorlett.bsky.social, @hannahslaughter.bsky.social and everyone else who helped put this together 👏 buff.ly/uBRoQa2

What a night it was! Thanks to all the think tanks who came and brought the fun and a special congratulations to our worthy winners! 🏆 #SmartThinkingAwards

We're delighted to be among the five 'highly commended' runners-up for this year's Think Tank of the Year Award. @smartthinking.bsky.social

Great to see EPI's work on children missing from education recognised at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards last night. "300,000 children are missing entirely from education" was the "killer stat of the year". Read the report: epi.org.uk/publications...

Very proud of Our Policy Director @jo3hill.bsky.social winning 'Think Tanker of the Year' at last night's inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards Also chuffed to have been named the runner up to the esteemed IFS as Think Tank of the Year.

HIGHLY COMMENDED! We are pleased that @policywise.bsky.social was runner up in the "1 to watch" category at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards. 2 years since we launched website, newsletter & Wise in 5s. What an adventure launching a new initiative to build understanding of devolution.

Absolutely delighted that our @theifs.bsky.social work evaluating the effects of Sure Start centres won the "Publication of the Year" prize at last night's @smartthinking.bsky.social awards! It's wonderful to be recognised for the quality and impact of our work. ifs.org.uk/publications...

We're thrilled to announce that IFS has won @smartthinking.bsky.social's Think Tank of the Year 2025 and Best Publication for our research on Sure Start's effects on children's outcomes. Many congratulations to all involved, and thanks to the judges and Smart Thinking for their hard work!

Really proud of the whole team at @futuregovforum.bsky.social for being highly commended as 'One To Watch' at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards last night. A real achievement less than two years after we launched. And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!

I'm proud to have received the innovation prize at last night's @smartthinking.bsky.social awards – for my and my colleagues' work producing an alternative to Labour Force Survey stats www.resolutionfoundation.org/our-work/est...

It’s happening tonight! 🎉 The Smart Thinking Awards 2025 celebrate excellence in the sector and the people behind the policies. Looking forward to raising a glass to all our winners tonight. #SmartThinkingAwards

The FGF team have their fingers crossed for tonight’s Smart Thinking awards 🤞 We’re up for two awards: 🏆 One to Watch 🏆 Best Convenor Thanks to @smartthinking.bsky.social for bringing the think tank community together. Hope to see many of you there! smartthinking.org.uk/awards-home/

2 days to go to the #SmartThinkingAwards and a quick sneak peek at the trophies the winning think tanks will be taking home with them!

Our Gambling Harms Action Lab is a finalist for @smartthinking.bsky.social’s inaugural Innovation Award! 🎉 The Action Lab is a three year programme which brings firms together to collaborate on building tools and processes to better support customers experiencing and at risk of gambling harms.

We are delighted to have been nominated for this award for our work putting together the most detailed local-level housebuilding dataset in England,spanning 1946 - 2023🥳 If you'd like to take a look at the data it's here on our GitHub 👉🔗 github.com/CentreforCit...

🎉Congratulations to all our finalists for the inaugural Innovation Award! @centreforcities.bsky.social @britainleads.bsky.social @demos-uk.bsky.social @moneyandmentalhealth.org @nestauk.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social @smfthinktank.bsky.social #SmartThinkingAwards

🎉 We're delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist for @smartthinking.bsky.social's inaugural Think Tank of the Year awards! Very grateful to have been recognised alongside so many other brilliant organisations ➡️ smartthinking.org.uk/awards-short...

We’re thrilled to be named a finalist for @smartthinking.bsky.social’s inaugural Think Tank of the Year Award 2025! #SmartThinkingAwards #ThinkTankOfTheYear

The #SmartThinkingAwards judging is DONE! With thanks to David Gauke and the other amazing judges for a great session and a fantastic line up of winners! All to be revealed on 12th November! 🏆

Congratulations to @francescasmith.bsky.social on your nomination for @smartthinking.bsky.social’s Researcher of the Year award! 🎉 Francesca has authored several of our recent reports on debt collection and reforming the Mental Health Act. So pleased to see her work recognised beyond the office!

🚨New think tank job! @green-alliance.org.uk AllianceUK are looking for a Political Adviser to help build on their relationships + networks across Westminster + lead and support the delivery of Green Alliance projects to influence environmental policy! Apply now: bit.ly/4n9ggMy

Delighted to announce our host for our inaugural #SmartThinkingAwards is the brilliant podcaster Jimmy McLoughlin - Jimmy has been leading the charge on what our jobs might look like in the future but on 12th November he will be hosting a fun evening of celebration for the think tanks!

Our Researcher Network lunch is buzzing with chat after we set them a 2050 future policy challenge - 4 different scenarios, 1 task to come up with a bold policy idea to mitigate it! #stmembers

Our wonderful Policy Manager @jesscraig.bsky.social is a nominee for @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tanker of the Year 👏 Jess has led some of our most impactful work this year—challenging conventional thinking and putting community business at the heart of policy conversations. Take a look:

We have nominated @oliver-chan.bsky.social for Researcher of the Year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟 Oliver brings rigour, collaboration, and an evidence-led approach to everything he does. His research leadership is actively shaping stronger local economies 👏

We have nominated @naomimason.bsky.social for the Think Tanker of the year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟 Naomi is a powerful voice in Scottish politics and economics, and a leading advocate for Community Wealth Building 👏

Our think tank round up is BACK after a brief pause while the think tanks were working hard at the party conferences 🪇 Sign up here for all the research recently published, the upcoming events and press mentions for the UK think tanks - out tomorrow! eepurl.com/cRkrK5

Want to know what it's like being an Events & Engagement Manager in a think tank? In our latest blog Liberty Morrow from think tank @csjthinktank.bsky.social answers our questions on how she found her role, what it involves and what is great about it! Read it here: bit.ly/4oeQ8Rk

🎉🎉🎉 Very proud that @parth0.bsky.social and @lucyhbmort.bsky.social have been nominated for @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tanker of the Year and Researcher of the Year!

⏰LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! Applications for @csjthinktank.bsky.social Events Executive role close on Friday. If you are looking for a great start in your events or think tank career then click the link and start your application! bit.ly/48Gp5Ke

We’re delighted to announce our nominees for this year’s Smart Thinking Awards! Congratulations to Nadine Cameron and @karol122.bsky.social. Looking forward to the awards ceremony in November @smartthinking.bsky.social. #ThinkTankAwards #Wellbeing

Want to find out which think tanks are at Conservative Party Conference this weekend? What the topics are and who are their speakers? All in one handy guide? Sign up for our conference newsletter (under think tank round up) here 👉 eepurl.com/cRkrK5 #thinktanks #CPC25

CLOSING SOON! Applications for @hepi-news.bsky.social DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS role close shortly. If you have an interest in higher education policy and want to join a small team making a big difference plus have experience of fundraising/development 👉apply now: bit.ly/4pBfNW9

🚨 @ifow.org are looking for a Policy & Public Affairs Lead to build their policy development, advocacy + external engagement strategy. Do you have: - Strong understanding of policy + parliamentary process? - Excellent research + written skills? - Can form connections? Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4pQWKad

Big congratulations also go to @suttontrust.bsky.social for the most read report of September with 'Elitist Britain' and an exploration of the educational backgrounds of leading figures across many sectors. Read it here: bit.ly/489Smgn

What was the most read in September? Congrats to @suttontrust.bsky.social HJS @thefabians.bsky.social @pbe.co.uk @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @re-state.bsky.social @niesrorg.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social who all had reports feature in this month's top 10! 🎉

Calling all events people! @csjthinktank.bsky.social are looking for an EVENTS EXECUTIVE to join them + help deliver their busy and high impact events programme! Do you have a meticulous attention to detail? Good at building relationships across s/holders? Apply now: bit.ly/48Gp5Ke