Author Archives: Tom Schuller

I’ve taken part in two meetings this week, each of which underlined the value but also the difficult of a longitudinal element in evaluation. The first, organised by the Prisoners Education Trust (http://www.prisonerseducation.org.uk/) , focussed particularly on a project called … Continue reading →

I attended a really stimulating seminar last week on the reduction of working time, organised by the New Economics Foundation and the LSE’s Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion. The focus was on the link between worktime reductions, consumption … Continue reading →

I recently attended a good meeting on Social Impact Bonds organised by Richard Worsley and the Tomorrow Project. SIBs are a means of raising private finance for interventions on social issues; investors are paid according to whether specified outcomes, such as … Continue reading →

On June 20 Longview welcomed Rt Hon David Willetts, Minister for Science and Higher Education, to give the annual Neville Butler Memorial Lecture. In previous years, the lecture has been given by a distinguished academic researcher, but we invited David … Continue reading →

One of the central issues in lifecourse research is to track changes in the way transitions from one stage to another are organised and legitimated. There is a fascinating debate over whether societies are becoming more or less institutionalised, ie whether … Continue reading →

I went last night to an event at Channel 4 which dealt with new technology and lifelong learning in the context of an ageing society. The panel was chaired by Lord Puttnam, and included Charles Clarke, former Secretary of State for … Continue reading →

Longview promotes lifecourse as well as longitudinal studies, and I’ve been thinking about the way our focus on generations changes over the lifecourse. I have no evidence on this, but would guess that there is a kind of swing from the … Continue reading →

The Royal Society has just published a report on the implications of neuroscientific advances for lifelong learning. This is a fascinating and important document, and well worth the attention of anyone interested in lifecourse patterns of development. When I worked at … Continue reading →

The big news this week has been the announcement that the 2012 cohort study will go ahead, and that there will also be support for a facility to encourage better use of all the cohort studies. Elsewhere on the LV … Continue reading →