Gareth Rees

Research Professor, WISERD Director 2010 - 2013 Cardiff University

ReesG1@cardiff.ac.uk

Gareth is an Emeritus Professor at WISERD and in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. He was Director of WISERD from 2010 until 2013.

He has carried out research in areas including: the social impacts of higher education; lifelong learning and the Learning Society; vocational education and training and economic development; the effects of UK devolution on education policy; and research-capacity building in the social sciences.

Gareth’s current research projects at WISERD explore: the impacts of changes in higher education on participation in civil society; widening access to higher education; and localities, participation in higher education and social and spatial mobilities.

Gareth is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Higher Education and Civil Society

Overview This project explored the relationships between participation in higher education and engagement in civil society, especially at the local level. Do university graduates play a distinctive role in the institutions of civil society? More specifically, it examined the extent to which the institutional shift from an elite to a mass system of higher education has…

Research Team: Ceryn Evans (Cardiff University), Chris Taylor (Cardiff University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Stuart Fox (Brunel University London)

Graduate Employability and Skills

The overall aim of the project was to provide an analytical review of the research literature on graduate employability and skills, with due attention to the diversity of the approaches that have been adopted. In particular, the review was designed to draw out the implications of the general literature for the specific circumstances of Wales. It also…

Research Team: Chris Taylor (Cardiff University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University)

A Crisis of Welsh Education? A Review of the Current Evidence

The aim of the project was to provide an analysis of the current state of education in Wales, based upon a critical review of the available evidence. This analysis provided the basis for the development of a future programme of educational research. More specifically, the objectives were: To construct a robust ‘political arithmetic’ of the performance…

Research Team: Chris Taylor (Cardiff University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University)

Evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant

Overview The Pupil Deprivation Grant was introduced in 2012-13 and provides schools with additional resource to raise levels of achievement of a particular group of economically disadvantaged learners. This two-year evaluation looked at how schools have used this new grant and what impact this additional resource has had on these children and young people. In…

Research Team: Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Mirain Rhys (Cardiff Metropolitan University), Rhys Davies (Cardiff University), Sally Power (Cardiff University), Samuel Waldron (Cardiff University)

Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education

The overall aim of the proposed research was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the secondary analysis of administrative data-sets to delineate patterns of participation in higher education (HE) and, thereby, to contribute to the development of policy and professional practice in widening access in Wales (and more widely). The project was based upon a collaboration between the…

Research Team: Caroline Wright (University of Bristol), Ceryn Evans (Cardiff University), Chris Taylor (Cardiff University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Rhys Davies (Cardiff University), Stephen Drinkwater (University of Roehampton London)

Welsh Government Evidence Symposia

Overview This project was aimed at improving the linkages between research evidence and policy development in Wales (and elsewhere). It was based on a partnership between WISERD and the Welsh Government (WG); and involved the development of four Evidence Symposia, each of which focused on a key policy theme. Each Symposium brought together leading researchers…

Research Team: Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Victoria Macfarlane (Keele University)

Academic Social Care Research Collaboration

Overview Working in partnership across Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities and funded by the NISCHR, the All Wales Academic Social Care Research Collaboration (ASCC) sought to strengthen the capacity of HEIs and their partner agencies to deliver on an agreed and prioritised research agenda to respond to national and local needs. The three regional teams contributed to…

Research Team: Catherine A Robinson (Bangor University), Diane Seddon (Bangor University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Judith Phillips (University of Stirling), Julie Froud (Manchester University), Karel Williams (Manchester University), Luke Cowie (Cardiff University), Martin O'Neill (Cardiff University), Nick Andrews (Swansea University), Paula Hyde (Manchester University), Sukhdev Johal (Queen Mary University of London), Victoria Macfarlane (Keele University)

Social Participation and Identity – NCDS Project

Overview This project was a joint venture with the Institute of Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural change (Manchester University). The main study, funded by ESRC, undertook 180 qualitative interviews with cohort members of the 1958 National Child Development Study. In the first stage of the project WISERD…

Research Team: Alexandra Plows (Bangor University), Amanda Coffey (Cardiff University), Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Gareth S Williams (Old Bell 3 Ltd), Howard Davis (Bangor University), Huw Beynon (Cardiff University), Ian Rees Jones (Cardiff University), Ian Stafford (Cardiff University), Jesse Heley (Aberystwyth University), Kate Moles (Cardiff University), Laura Jones (Aberystwyth University), Martin Jones (Staffordshire University), Rhys Jones (Aberystwyth University)

WISERD Training & Capacity Building Programme 2008-11

The WISERD training and research capacity building programme was established in September 2009 with two objectives. The first was the implementation of a training programme, aimed primarily at professional researchers within the social sciences, and encompassing colleagues from other disciplinary areas and sectors. The second was to identify, encourage and facilitate networking between social science…

Research Team: Gareth Rees (Cardiff University), Victoria Macfarlane (Keele University)

Books and Book Chapters

Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present

A new collection of essays entitled Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present, edited by Professor W. John Morgan and Dr Fiona Bowie will be published this month in the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Country Series. The book has its origins in a joint colloquium of the Royal Anthropological Institute, WISERD, the Learned Society of…

Civil Society, Localities | Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship: UNESCO and the Cultural Cold War: Intellectual co-operation or 'soft-power'? | October 2021

Journal Articles

Conceptualising the sociology of education: an analysis of contested intellectual trajectories

This paper presents an account of the development of the sociology of education in the UK, by means of an analysis of papers published in the field’s flagship journal, the British Journal of Sociology of Education and its US equivalent, Sociology of Education. In particular, we examine the representation of two contrasting traditions in addressing…

Civil Society, Education | August 2020

Journal Articles

The ‘civic premium’ of university graduates: the impact of massification on associational membership

Considerable attention has been paid to the economic benefits of participating in higher education, particularly the ‘economic premium’ of graduates compared to non-graduates. Although the civic contribution of graduates has been widely acknowledged and discussed, there has been a dearth of empirical analysis that investigates this contribution. Furthermore, the massification of higher education in the…

Civil Society, Education | July 2019

School Effectiveness and School Improvement journal cover

Journal Articles

The Effect of Schools on School Leavers’ University Participation

This paper considers the role that schools have in determining whether school leavers participate in higher education or not. It examines the association between schools and university participation using a unique dataset of 3 cohorts of all young people leaving maintained schools in Wales. School “effects” are identified, even after controlling for individual-level factors, such…

Education | June 2018

Journal Articles

Widening Access to higher education: the reproduction of university hierarchies through policy enactment

Patterns of participation in higher education (HE) in the UK, as elsewhere, have been marked by social inequalities for decades. UK Governments have responded with a plethora of policies and agendas aimed at addressing this broad social issue. However, little is known about how higher education institutions (HEIs) interpret and ‘enact’ these policies in relation…

Education | October 2017

Presentation

Learner Destinations: Evidencing Impact and Success in Widening Access to Higher Education

Education | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education | February 2016

Reports and Briefings

Access to Higher Education in Wales: A Report to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

This report presents the principal findings and policy implications of a research project carried out by researchers from the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). The broad aims of the research…

Education | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education | September 2015

Podcast

Podcast #9: Higher Education & Civil Society

Higher Education and Civil Society is part of the Individuals, Institutions and Governance theme within the WISERD Civil Society Centre. This podcast gives a brief overview of this project.

Civil Society | Higher Education and Civil Society | June 2015

Reports and Briefings

Evidence to the Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales

What follows is based upon analysis carried out by researchers at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) over the past few years. This work is continuing and, accordingly, the results reported here should be seen as ‘interim’. However, further results can be made available to the Review; and we…

Education, Localities | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education | July 2014

Reports and Briefings

Is there a crisis in Welsh education?

The current state of Welsh education has become a matter of widespread concern in recent years. Certainly, many of those outside Wales have formed a view of Welsh education that is extremely unfavourable. For example, following a series of well-publicised clashes between representatives of the two governments, the UK Government has made clear its belief…

Civil Society, Education | A Crisis of Welsh Education? A Review of the Current Evidence | January 2014

Presentation

Evidence presented to the Diamond Review of HE funding and student finance arrangements in Wales

Education | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education | July 2013

Journal Articles

Devolution and geographies of education: the use of the Millennium Cohort Study for ‘home international’ comparisons across the UK

Following political devolution in the late 1990s and the establishment of the governments for Wales and Scotland, the education systems of the four home countries of the UK have significantly diverged. Consequently, not only does that mean that education research in the UK has to be sensitive to such divergence, but that the divergence of…

Civil Society, Education, Inequalities, Localities | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education | July 2013

Reports and Briefings

Relationships between the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma (WBQ) and Higher Education (HE)

The evaluation uses a mixed methods design, incorporating a quantitative element based on existing large-scale datasets. The evaluation reports two key, but interrelated, findings. The first is that there is strong evidence to suggest that the WBQ is enormously valuable in helping students to enter higher education. This benefit would appear to be largely due…

Education | March 2013

National Union of Teachers: Education Review 24(2)

Journal Articles

A crisis in Welsh education? New approaches in harsh times

Since 1999 it was the view that parliamentary devolution had enabled Welsh Governments to pursue a wide range of imaginative policies across the whole gamut of educational provision. More recently, however, the focus of political discourse has shifted to the perceived failures of Welsh schools. This ‘crisis of Welsh education’ has provided the basis for…

Education, Inequalities, Localities | A Crisis of Welsh Education? A Review of the Current Evidence | June 2012

Journal Articles

Can There Be a Welsh Higher Education System?

The contrast between the Welsh Assembly Government’s stance on higher education tuition fees and that of the UK government hit the headlines recently. But Gareth Rees, Director of the Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), questions whether currently devolved powers are sufficiently robust to sustain this distinctive Welsh policy.

Civil Society | March 2011

Books and Book Chapters

Devolution, Policy-Making and Lifelong Learning: The case of Wales

Civil Society, Education, Localities | January 2011

Reports and Briefings

PISA and the Politics of Welsh Education

Something peculiar seems to have happened to education in Wales. Not long ago, there was widespread consensus that parliamentary devolution had allowed successive Welsh Assembly Governments to develop important and imaginative policies across the whole range of educational provision, from early years to the universities. These policies were celebrated not merely because they were distinctive…

Education | January 2011

Journal Articles

Out-of-School Learning: The Uneven Distribution of School Provision and Local Authority Support

A significant volume of research demonstrates that out-of-school learning activities enhance student development in terms of cognitive, affective and social outcomes. However, there is also evidence that the opportunity to engage in these activities has been severely reduced in recent years. This paper explores the extent to which the provision of such opportunities is unevenly…

Education | December 2010

Books and Book Chapters

Devolution and strategies for learning and skills: the Leitch Report and its alternatives

This book, the third in ippr’s Devolution in Practice series, explores how devolution has changed the United Kingdom, identifying where policy is diverging and converging across the four nations, and the implications of this for the future of the Union.

Civil Society | May 2010

Books and Book Chapters

The Political Economy of Adult Education

Contemporary approaches to adult education are dominated by the role that lifelong learning plays in human capital formation, especially in the context of theories of the knowledge-based economy (KBE). These argue that a shift to high-skills production provides the most effective pathway for the more developed economies to sustain economic growth in globalized markets. In reality,…

Education | May 2010

Journal Articles

Out-of-school Learning: Variations in Provision and Participation in Secondary Schools

There is overwhelming evidence of the benefits of out‐of‐school learning. It is likely to be particularly important for disadvantaged students who have fewer material and cultural resources in the home to supplement their classroom work. However, despite the research evidence and political moves to promote out‐of‐school learning, it would appear that the provision of such…

Education, Inequalities | October 2009

Journal Articles

Qualitative Researcher: Issue 10

This is issue 10 of the Cardiff University Qualitative Researcher. It contains the following articles: Looking Back and Moving Forward Amanda Coffey Using Unconventional Media to Disseminate Qualitative Research Bella Dicks Rachel Hurdley Hearing the City: Reflections on Soundwalking Mags Adams Qualitative Research, Deliberative Inquiry and Policy Making Rob Evans Alex Hillman Gareth Rees…

Data & Methods | June 2009

Journal Articles

Qualitative research, deliberative inquiry and policy making

Qualitative research and deliberative methods are increasingly being drawn upon to make citizen voices audible within policy debates. Qualitative research methods contribute to this by privileging the role of local contexts and cultures in shaping meanings and interpretations, focusing on the perspectives and experiences of participants to better understand their worlds. Deliberative methods involve a…

Civil Society, Data & Methods | June 2009

News

Huge variance found in aspirations of school-leavers, depending on where they study

9th August 2018 | Caroline Wright, Chris Taylor, Gareth Rees, Rhys Davies, Stephen Drinkwater

Schools can be hugely influential in students’ choices about higher education, irrespective of the grades they achieve, research has found. The Study led by WISERD’s Professor Chris Taylor followed the educational pathways of all Year 11 pupils across Wales between 2005 and 2007. When the only variable factor was the school they went to, the…

Education

Media

Professor Gareth Rees writes in the Western Mail about Wales’s Pisa results

23rd February 2017 | Gareth Rees

Emeritus Professor Gareth Rees looked at the power of statistics in public debate in relation to Wales’ international Pisa results.

Civil Society

Media

Professor Gareth Rees interviewed on Good Morning Wales shortly before the Pisa results

6th December 2016 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales’s ‘Good Morning Wales’ shortly before the release of the PISA results.

Education

News

Testing Times: The Future of Education in Wales

2nd December 2016 | Chris Taylor, Gareth Rees

Last night leading figures in Welsh education gathered for a debate on the future of education in Wales at Cardiff University’s Hadyn Ellis Building. The event was held ahead of the next round of PISA results due for release on 6th December 2016. PISA is a triennial survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide…

Education | Evaluating the Foundation Phase, WISERD Education

Media

‘Election ahead of crucial education decisions’ – BBC Wales

7th April 2016 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees features in a BBC Wales online news item regarding: Election ahead of crucial education decisions, which can be accessed below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-wales-35969744

Civil Society

Media

BBC Radio Wales interview Dr Gareth Rees on education and the Assembly election

1st April 2016 | Gareth Rees

Dr Gareth Rees was interviewed by BBC Radio Cymru on education and the Assembly election – focusing on school standards/performance & University/student finance

Civil Society

Media

Professor Gareth Rees interviewed on BBC News about student finance

21st April 2015 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees, Co-Director of WISERD, was interviewed by BBC Wales’ Education Correspondent Arwyn Jones this week regarding student financing in Wales in light of the upcoming General Election. The full article can be viewed by following the link below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-wales-32383567

Civil Society

Blog

WISERD Civil Society Research Centre Launch – In Pictures

6th February 2015 | Gareth Rees, Howard Davis, Ian Rees Jones, Michael Woods, Paul Chaney, Rhodri Morgan, Robin Mann, Ruth Marks, Sally Power, Saskia Sassen

On Thursday 5th February, 2015, WISERD’s flagship Civil Society Research Centre enjoyed its official launch. The event was attended by some of the world’s foremost academics, public and policy stakeholders, and civil society organisations. Speakers included: Ruth Marks (MBE), Chief Executive of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA); Rhodri Morgan, former First Minister for Wales;…

Civil Society | Civil Society 1

Media

‘Campus Close Up: Cardiff’ – Times Higher Education

15th May 2014 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees is quoted in Time Higher Education regarding the Public Policy Institute Wales, which can be found by following the link below. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/campus-close-up-cardiff-university/2013228.article

Civil Society

Media

‘Background no barrier to university success, claims new study Jason Mohammad Show’ – Wales Online

1st August 2013 | Chris Taylor, Gareth Rees

Research from Professor Chris Taylor and Professor Gareth Rees regarding widening access appeared in a news article run by Wales Online. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/background-no-barrier-university-success-5390966

Civil Society

News

Research reveals how widening access students progress at University

1st August 2013 | Chris Taylor, Gareth Rees, WISERD

WISERD researchers reveal how coming from a ‘low participation neighbourhood’ has little affect on a students’ progress through HE Professor Chris Taylor and Professor Gareth Rees have found there is no significant effect on the progress of students in Higher Education who come from areas of widening access. The recently published research, in the Contemporary…

Civil Society | Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to Higher Education

Media

‘Comprehensive school pupils do better at university, two new studies confirm’ – The Guardian

15th June 2013 | Chris Taylor, Gareth Rees

Following a FOI, research from Professor Gareth Rees and Professor Chris Taylor featured in The Observer regarding an Inclusive Higher Education System. The Guardian article can be accessed by following the link below. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jun/16/accesstouniversity-private-schools

Education

News

WISERD Director presents at What Works Wales event

24th May 2013 | Gareth Rees, WISERD

WISERD Director, Professor Gareth Rees, was one of a panel of speakers involved in a What Works Wales event on Friday 17th May. The event was organised by the Alliance for Useful Evidence in collaboration with the Big Lottery Fund and in partnership with Wales Public Services 2025. The seminar was the Alliance’s first event…

Civil Society

News

Census debate to take place at Wales’ largest Social Science Conference

21st May 2013 | David Martin, Gareth Rees, Laura McAllister, Lindsay Paterson

Delegates join distinguished keynote speakers for special Census debate A unique opportunity to discuss the Census will take place at the Annual Conference for the Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD). Now in its fourth year, the WISERD Annual Conference is Wales’ largest social science conference; bringing practitioners, policy…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets

Media

‘Share of least well-off at uni still remains low’ – Wales Online

13th March 2013 | Gareth Rees

Interview regarding the Unequal Wales Seminar: Inequalities in Access to Higher Education can be seen on Wales Online website (link below) https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/share-least-well-off-uni-still-2512987

Civil Society

News

Seminar Series ‘Knowing Wales’ Starts 23rd November

18th November 2012 | Gareth Rees

WISERD and the Institute of Welsh Politics are jointly hosting a seminar series on the subject of ‘Knowing Wales’. Led by prominent figures from across the social scientists and delivered at Aberystwyth University over the next 12 months, sessions focus on the shifting social, economic and political landscape of Wales in the 21st century, with…

Civil Society

News

WISERD Director Discusses GCSE Exam Figures in the Western Mail

24th October 2012 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees, Director of the Wales Institute of Social Economic Research Data and Methods (WISERD), has recently commented in the Western Mail on this year’s GCSE exam figures. The figures, released last week, show that 70.8% of Welsh pupils achieved the Level 2 threshold overall this summer, up from 67.3% last year. The proportion of…

Education

Media

Professor Gareth Rees is interviewed about the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification on BBC Radio Wales

13th May 2012 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees is interviewed about the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification on BBC Radio Wales.

Education

News

Major Social Science Conference Travels to North Wales

21st March 2012 | Gareth Rees, WISERD

One of the most important events in the social science calendar for people concerned with social and economic issues in Wales is travelling to Bangor next week. The third annual Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods’ (WISERD) Conference will bring together social science researchers, politicians, postgraduate students and public sector representatives…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets

News

WISERD Director Contributes to Western Mail Article on Welsh Education System

12th March 2012 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees has offered his expertise to an article this week (March 12th, p.4) about the next Pisa (Programme for International Student Assessment) results in November. The article leads on Education Minster Leighton Andrews’ comments that he doesn’t expect Wales to show ‘real improvement’ in the school rankings because the Welsh Government’s new education…

Education

News

WISERD Welcomes High-Profile Politician to Launch Annual Conference

20th December 2011 | Gareth Rees

Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM, the former Presiding Officer of the National Assembly, will make a major speech to open an important social science conference in Bangor next year. The third annual Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods’ (WISERD) conference will bring together researchers, politicians and third sector agencies from Wales and…

Civil Society, Localities

News

WISERD Director Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

15th July 2011 | Gareth Rees

Professor Gareth Rees has been elected to the Fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales in the most recent round of nominations. Fellows are elected to the Society for demonstrating a record of excellence and achievement in academia and for making distinguished contributions to the world of learning that are used by other learned societies….

Research Networks

News

Celebratory Conference for Professor Huw Beynon

5th July 2011 | Gareth Rees, Huw Beynon

A conference was held on 10 June 2011 at Cardiff University to celebrate the work of foundation Director of WISERD, Huw Beynon. Huw has made a very important contribution to the sociological analysis of work-places, most notably through his studies of the motor car and coal industries. He has also conducted major studies of the…

Civil Society

News

Conference to Review Welsh Economic And Social Science Landscape

22nd June 2011 | Gareth Rees

The Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods’ (WISERD) second annual summer conference, will reflect on the institute’s interdisciplinary working methods and feature an array of speakers from academia, central and local government, and third sector agencies. A key topic under discussion at the conference will be an analysis of the economic…

Civil Society

News

WISERD Appoint A New Director

29th November 2010 | Gareth Rees

At the start of September 2010 Professor Gareth Rees, formerly of the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, was appointed as the new WISERD Director. Gareth told the Cardiff University media centre that he was looking forward to building on the success of WISERD, citing the importance of the institute’s role in the future…

Research Networks

News

New WISERD director: Gareth Rees

11th October 2010 | Gareth Rees, Huw Beynon

The Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Method (WISERD) has appointed a new Director, based at Cardiff University. Professor Gareth Rees will lead the Institute which aims to strengthen social science research capacity across Wales through cooperation, joint projects and associated links with centres of excellence across the UK and internationally. WISERD…

Civil Society, Localities, Research Networks

Seminar

Book launch: Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present

25th November 2021

In May 2019 Professor John Morgan, convened a joint symposium between the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), the Learned Society of Wales, The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and WISERD. The outcome of that event is the new publication Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present, edited by Prof W. John Morgan (Cardiff University) and…

Seminar

The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain

3rd November 2021

In this online seminar, Huw Beynon talks about his recent publication on King Coal and the rise and fall of Britain’s most important industry. No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday and what happened to mining communities after…

Testing Times: The Future of Education in Wales

1st December 2016 | Cardiff

It’s over sixteen years since Wales was able to start making its own decisions about education. In this debate Dr Philip Dixon, author of Testing Times: Success, Failure and Fiasco in Education Policy in Wales since Devolution, and three other leading authors on education in Wales – Professor Gareth Rees, Gareth Evans, and Professor Leighton…

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

“Home Internationals” and Comparative Method: the case of the Diamond Review and higher education policy in the UK

22nd November 2016 | Cardiff

Presented by Gareth Rees (Cardiff University)

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

Welsh Government Higher Education Policy and Entry to ‘Elite’ Universities

1st December 2015 | Cardiff

This event was part of the WISERD Cardiff lunchtime seminar series which focused on research currently being undertaken by WISERD researchers. Presented By: Gareth Rees

Conference

WISERD Civil Society Research Centre Launch

5th February 2015 | Cardiff

Read about the launch here

Seminar

WISERD Wales & Recession Seminar Series: Global challenges & local responses

20th March 2014 | Cardiff

This seminar provided an overview of the 2008 recession and its political context and begin to explore some of the regional differences between England and Wales.

Conference

Building Bridges: Community – University Partnerships for Social Justice

28th March 2013 | Cardiff School of Education, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University,CF10 3UB,United Kingdom.

Cardiff School of Education hosted this prestigious conference to examine best practice in developing sustainable Community – University partnerships that promote social inclusion and economic regeneration across Cardiff, South East Wales and beyond. Keynote Speakers: Professor Gareth Rees, Director of WISERD, Cardiff University Professor David Adamson OBE, Chief Executive of the Centre for Regeneration Excellence…

Training

Policy Café @ Cardiff University: ‘A night to discuss the Welsh Baccalaureate’

26th March 2013 | Cardiff

Chair: Professor Gareth Rees, Wiserd Director, Cardiff University ‘Findings from the review of the Welsh Baccalaureate’: Huw Evans: WBQ Chair of the 14-19 qualifications review Huw focused on the outcomes of the Review of Qualifications and its potential impact on the Welsh Baccalaureate. More specifically Huw considered a) its role within an increasingly devolved approach…

Seminar

Inequalities in Access to Higher Education

13th March 2013 | Cardiff

An Unequal Wales Seminar delivered by Professor Gareth Rees and Professor Chris Taylor, WISERD Please click here for the report. It is well established that, despite the major expansion – ‘massification’ – of Higher Education (HE) over recent decades, individuals from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds continue to face significant inequalities in access to HE. …

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