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British farmers are protesting against proposals in the recent budget to change inheritance tax relief on farms. They claim the change will force many farm families to sell land in order to pay tax bills. While that is debatable, this is only the latest grievance for farmers who have had to face rising costs, volatile…

At the recent WISERD Annual Conference, I gave a seminar with partners from civil society on school exclusion in Wales. The seminar explored the role of civil society in school exclusion and how families experience it. Below, I have included a summary of each presentation and a key takeaway for improving policy or practice. Excluded…

Professors Paul Chaney (Cardiff University) and Sarbeswar Sahoo (IIT Delhi) (pictured), in association with Dr Reenu Punnoose (IIT Palakkad) and Dr Haneefa Muhammed have been conducting fieldwork examining civil society perspectives on the contemporary citizenship rights of indigenous people in south India. This is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. By…

A new study by Professor Paul Chaney examines civil society perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous people in Bolivia. It is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences undertaken in partnership with Professor Sarbeswar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Dr Reenu Punnoose (Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad)….

Rwy’n gwrando ar lawer iawn o bodlediadau yn fy amser hamdden, ar bob math o bynciau – chwaraeon, athroniaeth, materion cyfoes, hanes – mae’r rhestr yn un hir. Mae’r rhan fwyaf o bodlediadau rwy’n gwrando arnyn nhw’n addysgol iawn, fel History Extra Podcast a’r New Books Network. Mae’r ddau ohonyn nhw’n dod ag ymchwil yn…

Dr Robert French yw arweinydd academaidd rhaglen ymchwil addysg YDG Cymru. Yn y blog hwn, mae’n trafod ei gyfraniad i ymchwiliad a ddechreuwyd gan Senedd y DU yn archwilio absenoldeb cyson o’r ysgol.  Mae lefelau absenoldeb parhaus o’r ysgol ymhlith plant wedi dyblu ers pandemig Covid-19. Mae ystadegau gan yr Adran Addysg yn dangos, yn Lloegr,…

Mae llywodraeth newydd y DU wedi addo gweithredu i “hyrwyddo cydbwysedd cadarnhaol rhwng bywyd a gwaith i bob gweithiwr”, ac i atal cartrefi rhag “troi’n swyddfeydd 24/7”. Mae’r risg o weithio “bob amser ar gael” wedi cynyddu ers y pandemig, gyda thechnoleg yn golygu bod gwaith yn aml o fewn cyrraedd hawdd. Mae deddfwriaeth sy’n…

Ym mis Hydref 2023, dechreuais interniaeth gyda Cymorth i Ddioddefwyr. Rhan o fy rôl oedd cynnal adolygiad llenyddiaeth i baratoi ar gyfer cynhyrchu adroddiad hygyrch yn archwilio profiadau dioddefwyr troseddau casineb drwy ymchwil academaidd diweddar, sydd eisoes yn bodoli, yn y maes. Prif ffocws yr interniaeth oedd sicrhau bod gwybodaeth academaidd am droseddau casineb ar…

WISERD Co-Director, Paul Chaney, has co-authored a new report in a project led by Dr Steven McCulloch (University of Winchester). The report entitled “Political Animals: The Democratic and Electoral Case for Strong Animal Welfare Policies in UK General Elections”[i] was commissioned as part of a campaign by 23 leading animal welfare NGOs. To locate this…

WISERD Co-Director, Paul Chaney, has co-authored a new report in a project led by Dr Steven McCulloch (University of Winchester). The report entitled “Political Animals: The Democratic and Electoral Case for Strong Animal Welfare Policies in UK General Elections”[i] was commissioned as part of a campaign by 23 leading animal welfare NGOs. To locate this…