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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment…

Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (a gyflwynwyd yn 2008) yn cynnig cwricwlwm o ddysgu trwy brofiad, sy’n briodol yn ddatblygiadol, i blant 3 i 7 oed yng Nghymru. Nod y gwerthusiad annibynnol (dan arweiniad WISERD), a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yw gwerthuso pa mor dda y caiff ei roi ar waith, beth fu ei effaith, a ffyrdd…

Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (a gyflwynwyd yn 2008) yn cynnig cwricwlwm o ddysgu trwy brofiad, sy’n briodol yn ddatblygiadol, i blant 3 i 7 oed yng Nghymru. Nod y gwerthusiad annibynnol (dan arweiniad WISERD), a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yw gwerthuso pa mor dda y caiff ei roi ar waith, beth fu ei effaith, a ffyrdd…

Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (a gyflwynwyd yn 2008) yn cynnig cwricwlwm o ddysgu trwy brofiad, sy’n briodol yn ddatblygiadol, i blant 3 i 7 oed yng Nghymru. Nod y gwerthusiad annibynnol (dan arweiniad WISERD), a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yw gwerthuso pa mor dda y caiff ei roi ar waith, beth fu ei effaith, a ffyrdd…

An overview of Bob Jessop’s keynote from the 2013 WISERD Annual Conference.

An overview of Karel Williams’ keynote from the 2013 WISERD Annual Conference.

‘Widening access’ to higher education 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…

Mandate and accountability theory state that governments should implement the policies that they promised voters. Accordingly, this study addresses a key lacuna by exploring the role of electoral politics in shaping public policy on sport. Attention centres on issue-salience and policy framing in party manifestos in post-war UK elections. In an era of multi-level governance,…

There is a widespread perception that public sector offers an employment advantage for groups disadvantaged generally in the labour market. For example women are more than twice as likely to work in the public sector as men. The relative concentration of these protected groups within the public sector has increased over the past decade of…