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This briefing is from the ‘Exploring effective practice’ project 2018-19 funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Global Challenges Research Fund. It reports on the findings of fieldwork, including a workshop held in August 2018 at BRAC University with civil society organizations (CSOs) in Bangladesh. Inter alia, study participants represented different religions and…

This research report was designed in collaboration between the author and colleagues from Volunteer Scotland, the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and the Welsh Government. The research was funded by the UK Household Longitudinal Study and the Wales Institute of Social and Economic…

Objectives: The quality of the relationship between people with dementia and their informal caregiver maybe an important determinant of life satisfaction and well-being for both members of the dyad. Taking a dyadic perspective, the aim of this study was to examine whether self- and partner-rated relationship quality influences life satisfaction and well-being for both people…

This briefing is the first in a series providing a quick guide to early childhood education and care (ECEC). It introduces the concept of ECEC, sets out evidence for different approaches to ECEC and relates this to current policy in Wales. It has been produced for the Assembly’s Research Service as part of the Academic…

This article investigates what has been happening to the public‐sector wage differential in Great Britain over the period 1994–2017. The evidence indicates that apart from men in the lower part of the pay distribution, the public‐sector pay premium has declined for all public‐sector workers. This decline has coincided with a decline in the overall pay…

The relationship between sexual identity and wellbeing is analysed in an unconditional panel quantile setting. There is heterogeneity across sexual identity and gender for homosexuals and, for all but lesbians, sexual minorities are less satisfied than heterosexuals below the median of the wellbeing distribution. Meanwhile, bisexuals of any gender are the least satisfied of any…

Er gwaethaf elfennau cyffredin i’w gwaith a’r cyfleoedd a’r heriau a wynebir ganddynt, cyn y gweithdy hwn, ychydig iawn o ryngweithio a fu rhwng mudiadau sy’n gweithio gyda phlant a phobl ifanc ym maes hyrwyddo iaith ar draws y pedwar achos: Cymru, yr Alban, Gogledd Iwerddon a Gweriniaeth Iwerddon. O ganlyniad, nod y gweithdy oedd…

Recent contributions in Geography and beyond have examined historical and more contemporary efforts to govern the future.  Work in this area has highlighted some important conceptual  considerations by drawing attention to the way in which states, regions and other organisations view the future as an object of governance for a variety of reasons: as something…

Mae hybu ffyniant i bawb yn un o amcanion allweddol polisi Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae gwneud Cymru yn genedl gweithio teg yn un ffordd o gyrraedd y nod hwn. Adlewyrchir hyn yn Ffyniant i bawb: y Strategaeth Genedlaethol, y Cynllun Gweithredu Economaidd a’r Cynllun Cyflogadwyedd. Mae hybu llesiant sy’n gysylltiedig â swyddi yn nodwedd sy’n diffinio…

Objective: Informal caregivers of people with dementia develop their own beliefs about the condition, referred to as Dementia Representations (DRs), as they try to make sense of the changes they are observing. The first aim of this study was to provide a profile of the types of DRs held by caregivers. The second aim was…