Applications for this vacancy have now closed.
Those who have been selected for interview will be notified by email by Friday 12 June. Unfortunately, with several hundred applications, we are are not in position to provide feedback to those who were unsuccessful.
The new report for Wales, and the first 'Monitoring poverty' report to be compiled during a recession, examines the rise of unemployment and its likely impact on poverty levels even among those families that remain working. More...
Compiled with the support and involvement of City Parochial Foundation (and published by them), this report is the first independent attempt to bring together a wide range of indicators related to poverty, inequality and social exclusion in London. These indicators use official data to reveal patterns of poverty across the capital, and how this has changed over time. CPF's specially-created website associated with the report can be found at www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk. More...
At £64.30 a week for an adult aged 25+, the value of Job Seeker's Allowance has not gone up in real terms for more than 30 years. Anyone who loses their job today therefore sees a bigger fall in their money coming in than ever before. With the recession exposing as myth the idea that unemployment is a 'thing of the past', this paper reviews the arguments for and against putting up JSA. More...
In 2006/07, 'in-work child poverty' - that is, children in households with below poverty-line incomes and where at least one adult is working - reached an all-time high. Quite apart from the blow this has dealt to the pursuit of the child poverty targets, for a strategy whose cornerstone is the idea that work is the route out of poverty, this is a disaster. More...
Our internship programme runs all year round and we are now open for applications for the period up to and including Christmas 2009. If you are thinking of applying, please note that we are completely full over the summer - with only a few opportunities available open in the autumn. Applications should be sent, via email, to angi.driver@npi.org.uk
The programme is mainly aimed at recent graduates, graduate students and undergraduates, preferably in their final year. Internships usually last for four to six weeks, although outside vacations they can be longer, on a part-time basis. The positions are voluntary, though expenses are reimbursed. Besides a strong academic background, successful applicants have a genuine interest in politics and social issues - and are able to explain why an internship at NPI is what they want, rather than just any old internship.
As an equal opportunities employer, all NPI jobs are open to anyone, regardless of race, sex, disability, sexuality, age or religious belief.
The New Policy Institute is a progressive think tank, founded in 1996. Wholly independent, it has neither financial backers nor political patrons.
Almost all its funding is project-based and comes principally from charitable foundations, trade unions, voluntary sector organisations and public sector bodies.
Most projects lead directly to public-domain reports, of which there are now over 100. The exceptions to this are those projects carried out on a consultancy basis. Some reports - and most submissions to inquiries - are unfunded.
The New Policy Institute team is: Peter Kenway, Tom MacInnes, Guy Palmer, Angi Driver, Jenny Pannell, Cathy Street and Steve Macarthur. Click here for more details.
