Editing David Willetts (section)

==Other interests==
Following his decision to stand down at the 2015 General Election, Willetts joined the Resolution Foundation in Summer 2015. He Chaired the Foundation's Intergenerational Commission<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/advanced/a-new-generational-contract/|title=A New Generational Contract: The final report of the Intergenerational Commission • Resolution Foundation|date=8 May 2018 }}</ref> between 2016 and 2018, and is now President of the Resolution Foundation, along with its Intergenerational Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/major-programme/intergenerational-centre/|title=Intergenerational Centre • Living standards through a generational lens}}</ref> He is currently a visiting professor at [[King's College London]] where he works with the Policy Institute at King's, a visiting professor at the [[Cass Business School]], a board member of the [[Institute for Fiscal Studies]] and a visiting fellow at [[Nuffield College, Oxford]]. On 9 February 2018, the [[University of Leicester]] announced they had elected David Willetts as successor to [[Bruce Grocott]] to become their new [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]].<ref name=UL>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2018-archive/february/lord-willetts-former-universities-and-science-minister-announced-as-universitys-new-chancellor|title=Lord Willetts former Universities and Science Minister announced as Universitys new Chancellor|publisher= University of Leicester|date=8 February 2018|website=www2.le.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>

Willetts is the author of several books on conservatism, including "Why Vote Conservative" (1996) and "Modern Conservatism" (1992), as well as numerous articles. He was a founding signatory in 2005 of the [[Henry Jackson Society]] principles, advocating a proactive approach to the spread of [[liberal democracy]] across the world, including when necessary by military intervention.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/signatories.asp?pageid=36 |title=Signatories to the Statement of Principles |publisher=The Henry Jackson Society |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=19 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808045304/http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/signatories.asp?pageid=36 |archive-date=8 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/content.asp?pageid=35 |title=Statement of Principles |publisher=The Henry Jackson Society |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=19 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808044933/http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/content.asp?pageid=35 |archive-date=8 August 2010 }}</ref> He is an honorary member of Conservative Friends of Poland.<ref>[http://www.cfofp.co.uk/honorary-members.php Conservative Friends of Poland website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331005056/http://www.cfofp.co.uk/honorary-members.php |date=31 March 2012 }}</ref>