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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…

Ar 20 Ebrill, cafodd yr Athro W. John Morgan, Cymrawd Emeritws Leverhulme yn WISERD, ei wahodd i gyflwyno darlith drwy Zoom i Gymdeithas Anrhydeddus y Cymmrodorion, cymdeithas ddysgedig Cymry Llundain a sefydlwyd ym 1751. Thema ei ddarlith oedd Ben Bowen Thomas, Cymru, ac UNESCO. Ffocws ymchwil Leverhulme yr Athro Morgan yw defnyddio’r Cenhedloedd Unedig a’u…

Mae’r Athro W. John Morgan, Athro Anrhydeddus a Chymrawd Emeritws Leverhulme ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymuno â Bwrdd Golygyddol newydd yr Indian Journal of Adult Education. Sefydlwyd y cyfnodolyn ym 1939 gan Gymdeithas Addysg i Oedolion India. Mae’r Indian Journal of Adult Education yn gyfnodolyn a adolygir gan gymheiriaid sy’n cyhoeddi papurau ymchwil, erthyglau ar…

A global demographic shift means that an ageing population creates an unprecedent demand for adult social care. We live in an era when, for the first time, the number of older people (60+ years) will exceed younger people1. In the UK this challenge is magnified by the effects of austerity and welfare state capacity. New…

Mae’r Gyfarwyddwr Sally Power yn rhannu canfyddiadau o arolwg Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD mewn cyfweliad ar Radio BBC Cymru sy’n amlyugu effaith y cyfnod clo ar addysg pobl ifanc. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000t6bz (O’r munud 37:16)

Yn ôl Dr Catherine Foster (WISERD), ymchwilydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd, mae plant o gefndiroedd difreintiedig yn fwy tebygol o fod ar ei hôl hi gyda’u gwaith ysgol wrth ddysgu gartref. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56423630

Local authorities in Wales have had to make difficult decisions to close or rationalise a wide range of services in response to changes in the incidence of COVID-19. This has had major impacts for those sectors of the community most dependent on various forms of service provision.  Where there have been partial closures involving changes…

New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney, analyses civil society organisations’ perspectives on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in nine former Soviet republics, latterly renamed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Namely, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Over the past…