Our membership enables think tanks to pool resources and provide regular professional development for their staff. All training is specifically tailored to the think tank sector, with trainers who have either worked in, or with, think tanks before. Both our training and events programs have been designed so that there is something for you whether you work in research, communications or operations and whether you are a junior researcher or a think tank Chief Executive. Making the fundamental case for free markets & liberty. The tax burden has reached its highest level in decades. Inflation rose above 10%. Government bureaucracy and red tape has grown too. Wealth creators and entrepreneurs are demonised all too often. Following Brexit, “Global Britain” needs to look further afield to boost trade and investment, building partnerships globally. So, the fundamental case for free markets & liberty must be made again. The ASI has always been a practical think tank rather than a purely academic organisation. Despite its strict political independence, it has worked with policymakers to deliver real change, and to make its ideas reality.

One of the factors that sets Smarthinking apart from competitors is the extensive vetting process for tutors, and their advanced degrees, with over 90% having a master’s degree or higher in their field of study (all tutors have a bachelor’s degree, while 15% have a PhD). Smarthinking tutors typically average 12 years of teaching and are expected to complete a “rigorous screening and tutor training program,” according to Ehmann. Tutors are managed by a senior team of educators with master’s and PhDs; most are located across the US, however you can find tutors in other time zones around the globe. If we want to beef up our focus on other things, it makes a lot of sense to put the phones down and put all our attention on other things for a moment. As a sector that seeks to represent the views and interests of society when examining public policy, think tanks should expect to be representative of, or at least listening to, the whole of society. But as previous work from Smart Thinking, the Social Mobility Commission and others has shown, the policy sector and think tanks in particular may not be as diverse or inclusive as they should be.True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” Submit drafts of assignments or sections of your drafts for review by a Smarthinking tutor. The tutor will then provide you with a marked-up version of your original work (usually within 24 hours).

I might have a hunch that Chinese herbs will be good for my winter cough, but I’m not thinking smart until I do extensive research that doesn’t just confirm my initial bias.

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Over millions of years we have adapted to our environment to become routine, unreflective thinkers. For much of our existence our survival has depended on rules and patterns of behaviour well- tested by the thousands of generations before us. Learning to flee without thought in response to a certain pattern of colours and movement that signalled a predator was essential for survival. As a result, today we make decisions guided more by unchallenged rules and accepted patterns of behaviour than by rational analysis and reflection. As evolutionary psychologists are fond of saying 'Our modern skulls house Stone Age minds.' So if you want to think smarter, think in another language. Push your brain and really challenge yourself. In the process you will not only develop your writing skills, but you will also learn how to improve your research, note- taking, reading and organisational skills. What's more you will learn to think more analytically and creatively. You will develop your thinking skills: you will be taught how to analyse difficult concepts and arguments, synthesise ideas and evidence from different sources, discuss and criticise, and evaluate arguments and evidence.