Education
Facebook stream: Nail your student finances with Iona & experts
If you enjoyed my last Facebook stream with Young Scot, I have good news – we’ve done another one, this time on student finances. In
September 3, 2020
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Top student money tips: Iona’s Natwest livestream
Uni life can be hugely exciting, rewarding and fun – but it can be tough too, especially in these uncertain times. Things are going to
August 20, 2020
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Auchinleck Academy win pioneering national investment competition
Sixth form girls at Auchinleck Academy have beaten off stiff competition to scoop first place in the inaugural Growing Future Assets Competition, with a high-powered
June 11, 2020
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Covid-19 news round-up: inflation, unemployment, students and mental health
Inflation – that’s the rate of price rises in the economy – tumbled to 0.8% in April, its lowest level in three years, thanks to
May 22, 2020
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Pocket Money for children: Iona on the Spectator Podcast
I’m on the Spectator’s flagship podcast – The Edition – this week, talking about pocket money for children. It follows an article published in the
January 10, 2020
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Here’s what Boris Johnson MUST do to win over Young Britain
However you feel about Thursday’s result and Boris Johnson’s electoral victory, we must accept the age of Bojo and understand how it might shape our
December 16, 2019
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How can we get our children saving?
If you could only teach children one thing…what would it be? It’s a tough question – but research suggests that if there’s one key lesson
November 21, 2019
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Our full letter to Gavin Williamson on financial education
Financial education has been on the curriculum since 2014 in England. But is it really working? It’s been five years since the (notional) introduction of
September 24, 2019
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How to talk about the M word – my thoughts for LBC
Young Money Blog may have taken a lil’ break in July and some of August – but I certainly wasn’t idle! As summer draws to
August 23, 2019
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Let’s Get Digital, Digital – what I said at PIMFA’s Annual Summit
Yesterday, I spoke at a flagship event in the world of wealth management and financial advice – the PIMFA Annual summit. The next generation of
November 1, 2018
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Black Box Thinking in financial education: do money lessons really work?
What works in financial education – anything? Or just some of it? How can we best help young people struggling with debt? Do we talk
October 26, 2018
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LISA’s here to stay! We must give young savers choice – & respect
Iona Bain Summer is usually called “silly season” in journalism. But it looks as if the same phenomenon might be affecting the Treasury Select Committee
July 27, 2018
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Our post-school education system is broke, says House of Lords
Iona Bain The post-school education system is broke and needs urgent fixing, a scathing House of Lords report has found. It says the move to
June 12, 2018
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TEEN MONEY WEEK: Getting your head around #digitalmoney
We’re continuing our Teen Money Week on the blog by putting the spotlight on digital money and how young people can use it to their
May 22, 2018
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Intergen Finance: the Resolution Report fully unpacked
It’s official. We are not Generation Avocado. The long-awaited report from the Intergenerational Commission has concluded, after two years and over 200 pages, that millennials
May 11, 2018
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Throwing £10k at us won’t solve our problems – Young Money Comment
The Resolution Foundation, headed by Lord Willetts, has suggested a £10,000 windfall for every young person reaching 25 in the UK, funded by a levy
May 8, 2018
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What’s next for today’s young? Yuval Harari has some ideas
He is not just one of the most widely-read authors of our time – Yuval Harari is a modern intellectual powerhouse, turning generation Y onto
March 20, 2018
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Intriguing financial films for your next #duvetday
Iona Bain If you heard me at the beginning of the year on BBC Radio 4’s Moneybox live show, talking about my financial education documentary from late
March 19, 2018
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Gen Y turned off by “uninspired & out-dated” pensions
Young workers are at risk of jeopardising their financial futures due to uninspired and out-of-touch messages from the pensions industry, according to new research published today.
March 15, 2018
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Gimme Shelter – getting on the housing ladder
Housing unpacked According to the bods at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the biggest decline in home ownership has been among middle earning young Brits.
February 16, 2018
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What young folks are REALLY doing with their dosh
Iona Bain I have had the privilege recently of doing some really in-depth, eye-opening work on young people and their money for an upcoming national
February 12, 2018
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We need to get real about auto enrolment
Iona Bain It has been lauded as a success story for the pensions industry and a quietly radical way to get more people saving for
January 5, 2018
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The surprising – and worrying – truth about financial education
Iona Bain Happy New Year, Young Money fans! I hope you had a restorative festive period. ICYMI, I was very fortunate to present my first
January 3, 2018
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Why more maths WON’T solve our financial problems
Iona Bain Remember the Budget? Ah, that was before the John Lewis Crimbo advert came out, before Harry and Meghan, way back in the midst of
December 20, 2017
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Iona on BBC Radio 4 Moneybox Live – The Budget
Iona was a special guest on Moneybox Live, the BBC Radio 4 Budget analysis show this afternoon. Presenter Paul Lewis said Iona had written earlier
November 22, 2017
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Millennial-friendly Budget is long overdue
Iona Bain This week, Phillip Hammond has a golden opportunity to make public finances fairer for the younger generations and to take bold, progressive steps
November 20, 2017
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A beginner’s guide to freelance mistakes & how to avoid ’em
Iona Bain “FREEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” This is what I shout every morning, ala Mel Gibson in Braveheart, when I leap out of bed, skip down the stairs
November 9, 2017
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A guide to getting your dogsbody rebate worth ££££s
Iona Bain So I’ve talked about why the current unpaid internships debate is wrong-headed. But did you know that you might be able to claim back
November 7, 2017
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What today’s 18 year olds need to know about tomoz
Iona Bain Abraham Lincoln once said: “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” So while today’s freshers may be (understandably) focused
October 25, 2017
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Do millennials need a pension? Iona at the PLSA conference
Iona was a guest speaker today at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference in Manchester. In a special session on what the new
October 19, 2017
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