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Mae Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, yr Athro Sally Power, wedi’i hethol i fod yn rhan o Gyngor Cymdeithas Ymchwil Addysg Prydain (BERA). Mae BERA yn gymdeithas aelodaeth a dysgedig sydd wedi ymrwymo i hyrwyddo ansawdd ymchwil, datblygu gallu ymchwil a meithrin ymgysylltiad ag ymchwil. Eu nod yw llywio datblygiad polisïau ac ymarfer trwy hyrwyddo’r dystiolaeth o’r ansawdd…

Dr Peter Mackie and Dr Ian Thomas, are the academic leads for ADR Wales’ Housing and Homelessness body of work. Dr Ian Thomas discusses their plans to explore COVID-19 infection rates amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales using the COVID-19 test data that is now available for approved researchers to access via the SAIL Databank….

  Ar 19 Mai, cynhaliodd WISERD a Chanolfan Ymchwil Prifysgol Economïau’r Dyfodol ym Mhrifysgol Fetropolitan Manceinion ddigwyddiad ar-lein i lansio dau lyfr: City Regions and Devolution in the UK a The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK. Roedd y digwyddiad yn cynnwys trafodaeth gan yr awduron, ochr yn ochr â sylwebaeth gan banel…

Popular conceptions of science as ‘objective’ and ‘neutral’ suggest it sits outside the problems of rights and justice that often characterise the discourse around civil society. Developments in social science and community activism since at least the 1960s – eg, the Love Canal scandal in the US – show that this view is deeply flawed….

  Mae’r Athro Kevin Morgan ymhlith cymrodyr newydd eu hethol eleni i Gymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru. Sefydlwyd Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru yn 2010 yn absenoldeb cymdeithas ddysgu genedlaethol yng Nghymru. Ei nodau yw cyfrannu at hyrwyddo rhagoriaeth ym mhob disgyblaeth ysgolheigaidd, sy’n cynnwys rhoi cyngor annibynnol ac arbenigol i’r Llywodraeth. Mae cael eich ethol yn Gymrawd yn…

Annual official reports published by the Welsh Government primarily focus on exclusion instances; their yearly trends and variations by key characteristics, such as ethnicity and reason for exclusion. However, there is a need to expand this analysis by focusing on excluded individuals and the potential consequences of school exclusions on pupil outcomes. This would be…

In this second blog post, Professor Paul Chaney continues to share his research with Professors Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, which analyses the significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project, New arenas for civic…

New research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre  published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, analyses a significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project,  New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and…

With all eyes on the results of the ‘Super Thursday’ elections, much has been made of the differences in the electoral fortunes of political parties in England, Scotland and Wales. Indeed, the strength of the Conservatives’ performance in England was not replicated either in Scotland or Wales – with the SNP dominating the former and…

There is evidence to suggest that school exclusions can have negative effects on children’s lives. Exclusions have been associated with poor educational outcomes, and long-term physical and mental health problems. We need to investigate how patterns of exclusions and characteristics of excluded pupils differ across time and can help to inform current understanding of possible…