Research Programmes
Onward will focus on the most pressing issues facing Britain today through research, events and campaigns. If you would like to partner with us on any of our priority projects, please contact our Director, Will Tanner, here.
Levelling up
A major programme of work to explore how to reduce regional economic disparities and bring opportunities and prosperity to places that have not had them for too long.
Repairing our Social Fabric
This programme is a two-year review into the state of community in the UK, and what can be done to strengthen and repair the social fabric of local communities.
Past Research Reports
Onward research: Beyond the Net Migration Target
On Tuesday 16th July, we launch Beyond the Net Migration Target, a major new report on migration policy.
Onward research: Human Capital
On Wednesday 3rd July we launch Human Capital. The report sets out how technological change will entrench Britain’s regional and political divisions unless the next Prime Minister pursues radical policies to retrain millions of workers.
Onward research: Unlocking a better life
On Tuesday 25th June we publish Unlocking a Better Life. The report sets out how the prison system should be shaken up to place education and employment at the heart of efforts to curb Britain's stubbornly high reoffending rates.
New Onward research: Firing on all cylinders
On 31 May, we published Firing on All Cylinders, by Neil O'Brien MP, which sets out how to get the economy working for all parts of the country.
The case for phone free schools
Onward research calls for heads to ban mobile phone use in schools.
Support for Generation Why? from the next generation of Conservative MPs
This morning, 50 MPs, including 6 serving Cabinet Ministers and 42 MPs from the 2015 and 2017 intakes, urged the Government to target younger voters on the back of Onward's report, Generation Why?
Onward research: Generation Why?
On 8 April, we published, Generation Why?, Onward's landmark report into generational voting patterns, policy priorities and political values. It reveals why young people and old people are voting in such different ways and is backed by six leading Cabinet Ministers and 40 MPs from the 2015 and 2017 intakes.
Giving universities a bad name
Onward's latest report finds that universities with the lowest median graduate earnings issue the most unconditional offers and award their vice-chancellors the largest average pay rises.
Unlocking a better life: Getting ex-offenders into lasting stable jobs
On Tuesday 29 February, Onward launched its latest project, on how to get people leaving prison into lasting, stable employment.
Onward analysis of marginal seats in The Sun
Today's Sun carries Onward analysis of marginal seats in a piece about the prospect of a General Election and the likely impact on Britain's electoral geography.
Sign up
Onward is a new kind of campaigning thinktank. We exist not just to create fresh ideas but also to work with a new generation to make them a reality. Sign up to our newsletter.
We commit to use your data in accordance with our privacy notice. We will contact you to promote Onward’s research, events and in relation to our campaigns.