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Caerdydd yw dinas gyntaf y DU sy’n Gyfeillgar i Blant (UNICEF)

Mae cyfoeth o arbenigedd yn ymchwil y gwyddorau cymdeithasol wedi helpu Caerdydd i ddod yn Ddinas gyntaf y DU sy’n Gyfeillgar i Blant, sef un o raglenni UNICEF. Dyfarnwyd y statws o bwys i’r ddinas i gydnabod y camau y mae Cyngor Caerdydd a’i bartneriaid, gan gynnwys Prifysgol Caerdydd, wedi’u cymryd yn ystod y pum…

Tyfu i fyny yng Nghymru: llywio amseroedd ansicr | Tystiolaeth o Astudiaeth Aml-garfan WISERD Addysg

Ar ddiwedd blwyddyn ysgol 2021-22, arolygon ni bobl ifainc ym Mlynyddoedd 8, 10 a 12 am eu profiadau o ddychwelyd i’r ysgol. Mae’r pandemig wedi cyfrannu at nifer uchel o absenoldebau ysgol ac ymddygiad heriol yn yr ystafell ddosbarth a gofynnon ni i’r disgyblion am faterion yn ymwneud ag absenoldebau a sut roedden nhw’n teimlo…

20fed Penblwydd Gŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ESRC

I ddathlu 20 mlynedd o Ŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol y Cyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol (ESRC), cynhaliodd WISERD ddau digwyddiad yn yr Ŵyl eleni, gyda’r nod o dynnu sylw at un o’n prosiectau ymchwil addysg parhaus ac adnodd data defnyddiol sy’n ein helpu i ddeall ein trefi a’n hardaloedd lleol yn well. Dechreuon ni gyda gweminar…

Tyfu i Fyny yng Nghymru: safbwyntiau a phrofiadau myfyrwyr ysgol

Roedd ein digwyddiad diweddar, Tyfu i Fyny yng Nghymru: safbwyntiau a phrofiadau myfyrwyr ysgol, wedi archwilio canfyddiadau diweddaraf data arolwg Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD (WMCS). Dros y saith mlynedd ddiwethaf, mae’r WMCS wedi gwneud cyfraniad pwysig i ddeall bywydau pobl ifanc yng Nghymru, drwy gynnal arolwg blynyddol o dros 1,000 o bobl ifanc wrth iddyn…

How well is Wales monitoring its fulfilment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child? A view from Dr Rhian Barrance and Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Sally Holland, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and Dr Rhian Barrance, WISERD Research Associate, discuss how Wales has gone further than any other UK country in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by introducing the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure in 2011. This requires that ministers…

Why are primary school children in Wales so worried about tests?

WISERD recently conducted a survey of almost 10,000 children aged between 7 and 18-years-old in Wales for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. The aim of the survey was to identify the most significant issues facing children in Wales in order to guide the Commissioner’s 3 year workplan for children and young people. The 11-18 year…

Live on BBC Radio Wales – Dr Rhian Barrance discusses the impact of national tests on children in Wales

Dr Rhian Barrance talks on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales about new research findings from her work with the Children’s Commissioner for Wales on the impact of national tests on children in Wales. BBC Radio Cymru, ‘Post Cyntaf’, 8am, 09/05/19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004rn5 BBC Radio Wales, ‘Good Evening Wales’, 5pm, 09/05/19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wales_fm

Childhood in Wales is changing, Wales’ services must change too

New data from over 10,000 children and young people in Wales reveal the impact pressures of modern life are placing on their mental health. WISERD Research Associate, Dr Rhian Barrance carried out the Beth Nawr, 2019 survey for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, which collected data to help shape the Commissioner’s new three-year work plan….

Growing up in Wales: Evidence from the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study

Over the past six years, the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study (WMCS) has made an important contribution to understanding the lives of young people in Wales, by conducting an annual survey of over 1,000 young people, aged eight to 18-years-old. A key part of the data we’ve been gathering is around our young people’s educational…

Falling between the gaps: findings of an evidence review

  There are significant gaps in evidence about our most disadvantaged children, reveals an evidence review carried out to assess the state of children’s rights in Wales. Dr Rhian Barrance, Research Associate at WISERD, carried out the review for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales to inform the Commissioner’s strategic priorities. The review identified key evidence…