In recent years, many people have begun to notice that the UK's population profile is shifting towards those of a more advanced age .Commentary by Andy Martin
Young people's views of asylum seekers and refugees are largely negative according to new research from MORI's Social Research Institute. Almost six in 10 (58%) 15-24 year olds disagree that 'asylum seekers and refugees make a positive contribution to life in this country', and just two in 10 agree (20%). Almost half (48%) feel that 'Few asylum seekers in the UK are genuine', and one-third disagree (33%).
MORI research shows there are 7,383 young people engaged in Positive Futures. Positive Futures, a nation-wide scheme managed within the Home Office Drugs Strategy Directorate, aims to get vulnerable young people involved in sport and on track to a brighter future. The scheme has been running since 2000 and has so far helped over 26,000 10–19 year olds.
Young people who stay on at school or college in Years 12 and 13, until they are 18, can usually apply for a place at university to study for a degree. This is known as "going into higher education".
How likely or unlikely are you to go into higher education when you are old enough?
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The British public is broadly in favour of men working within the childcare profession, according to new research from MORI. Three-quarters (77%) are in favour and 12% against. Many also recognise the benefits this can bring, particularly in providing positive male role models (mentioned by 53%) and a mixed gender environment (mentioned by 57%).
The British public has swiftly re-focused on domestic affairs since the end of the war in Iraq, and Tony Blair has found a rise in his satisfaction ratings to be short lived.
Public satisfaction with Tony Blair's premiership has fallen as he passes the two-year mark in his second term, new MORI analysis for the BBC has shown, but he remains on course for re-election.
Ten years, ago, in April 1993, MORI began combining monthly measurements of general pessimism about the future state of the national economy, fear of redundancy among those in work and the level of unemployment, to calculate what we initially called the MORI Misery Index. After having a little fun discovering that (inevitably) the Scots were more miserable than the rest of us, it was eventually rechristened under its current name of the MORI Financial Services Mood of the Nation index. Still indexed on the findings of the first survey, April 1993=100 (with an index higher than 100 meaning that the public is less pessimistic than in 1993 and lower than 100 more pessimistic), it charts a fascinating monthly picture of the peaks and troughs of the public mood over the last decade.
