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Young people are becoming steadily more supportive of EU Membership – but it could all come apart in an instant

Young people are becoming steadily more supportive of EU Membership – but it could all come apart in an instant

Posted on 7 April 2016 by WISERD

Depending on your perspective, the campaigns for a remain/withdrawal vote in the EU referendum have had between six weeks (since David Cameron announced the date of the referendum on 20th […]

Boundaries, space and the youth vote – what regional variations tell us

Boundaries, space and the youth vote – what regional variations tell us

Posted on 4 April 2016 by Dr Sioned Pearce

Boundaries, space and the youth vote – what regional variations tell us With a plethora of upcoming elections on 5th May, we are reminded that devolution of power and delineated […]

Exploring the Age Gap: Why are the Young so Pro-EU?

Exploring the Age Gap: Why are the Young so Pro-EU?

Posted on 24 March 2016 by WISERD

Since David Cameron announced the date of the EU referendum, the gulf in support for EU membership between young and old – not to mention the gulf in the likelihood […]

Getting Millennials to the Ballot Box: The Potential of Social Media?

Getting Millennials to the Ballot Box: The Potential of Social Media?

Posted on 21 March 2016 by WISERD

In last week’s blog we showed how important Millennials are to the Remain campaign: they make up one in three ‘Remainers’, and also make up the largest chunk of ‘Committed […]

If Britain votes to leave the EU, apathy – not alienation – will be to blame

If Britain votes to leave the EU, apathy – not alienation – will be to blame

Posted on 14 March 2016 by WISERD

A recurrent theme any study or discussion of how young people will participate in the EU referendum is (and will most likely remain) their reluctance to do so. According to […]

Brexit and Between: young people and the EU referendum

Brexit and Between: young people and the EU referendum

Posted on 9 March 2016 by Dr Sioned Pearce

On the 23rd of June 2016, 43 years after a reluctant and delayed entry to the European Economic Community, Britain will vote on one of the most significant political decisions […]

Jeremy Corbyn’s Youth Appeal: His support risks becoming dominated by people who won’t vote for him

Jeremy Corbyn’s Youth Appeal: His support risks becoming dominated by people who won’t vote for him

Posted on 27 January 2016 by WISERD

On 19th January both the Labour Party’s internal report into the reason for its defeat in the 2015 general election, as well as the British Polling Council’s interim report looking […]

Did Jeremy Corbyn really engage the ‘unengaged youth’?

Posted on 16 September 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

When Jeremy Corbyn formally entered the Labour leadership contest in June, nobody expected him to even be competitive – let alone secure almost 60% of the vote in the first […]