The 'Mental Readiness for Military Transition Scale (MT-Ready)' is a newly developed questionnaire that aims to capture the likelihood someone will transition well after military discharge. The scale…
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert' featuring a member of the FiMT Research Centre team. This series brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and se…
Today we release the first in our series of thematic research and policy summaries, with the initial theme of focus being ex-Service personnel and the Justice System.
At the FiMT Research Centre, we a…
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus in the UK on support provided to those who have served in the Armed Forces, with the publication of the Armed Forces Covenant (2011), the ten-year S…
‘It takes a community to understand a community.’ These are the words with which Paul Ledwell, Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, opened the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans H…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
For the first time in its history, the most recent Census asked individuals to record whether they had ever served in the UK Armed Forces. Of the 1.85 million ex-Armed Forces respondents, older Vetera…
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policymakers and service providers. In this edition, we will be featuri…
A new study (Examining the financial stability of UK military families) from RAND Europe, with support from the Army Families Federation, shows that military Service presents unique financial benefits…
In March 2023, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) launched an independent review of veteran welfare services overseen by the UK government. The review aimed to ev…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
From 1967 to 2000, a policy banned LGBT people from joining or continuing Service in the UK Armed Forces. Anyone suspected of being LGBT could be subjected to invasive investigations and discharge fro…
