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A new research project, evaluating the Foundation Phase Flexibility Pilots, is underway with Professor Chris Taylor as lead researcher. In line with the Welsh Government’s commitment to Early Years development, the Foundation Phase is the statutory curriculum for all 3 to 7 year old children in Wales in both maintained and non-maintained settings. The Foundation…

Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services, will visit Swansea University on Tuesday, April 15, to speak on the topic of “Prudent Healthcare: what can the NHS learn from social care?”. The Minister has been invited to give the first public lecture in a new seminar series, which has been jointly organised by Swansea…

Join Wales’ largest social science conference! Bookings are now open for the WISERD 2014 Annual Conference.  The event follows on from four successful conferences, held in the Universities of Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor and South Wales.  Bringing practitioners, policy makers and social scientists together, WISERD conferences have become established as one of the most important events in…

WISERD has received major funding in excess of £7 million following a successful bid to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). As one of four UK research centres, WISERD will be part of an overall ESRC investment of £29 million in a series of new centres and investments which will focus on a range…

Listen to Professor Sally Power on BBC Radio4 programme Thinking Allowed, discussing British vs French graduate interest in ‘serving’ their country when it comes to their career. Professor Sally Power talks about her new comparative study which finds that British students from top universities seek worldwide opportunities, whereas their French counterparts wish to ‘serve’ France….

Inaugural Director, Professor Huw Beynon will feature on the BBC’s The Miners’ Strike programme at 10.25pm on BBC ONE Wales on Sunday March 9th. The programme marks the 30th anniversary of the historic struggle between the miners and a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher.  The strike was a well-documented twelve months of hostility. Former…

WISERD launched a seminar series aiming to examine the impact of the recession on social and economic life in Wales; and to take stock of the policy responses in Wales in the context of a Westminster government committed to austerity measures. 2008 marked the beginning of the deepest and longest recession of modern times.  While…

The fifth podcast of the WISERD Research Podcast Series is now online:  Professor David Blackaby discusses his findings on regional variations in public-private sector wage differences. Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Inequality and Work Quality: This eighteen-month study examines aspects of work within the public sector compared to the private sector.  It is…

WISERDEducation has launched a new website. WISERDEducation is a three year £1 million project examining 1,200 pupils aged 5-17 years in 24 schools across Wales, and the new website has been designed to best reflect the aims and objectives of this invaluable research. WISERDEducation is designed to strengthen educational research in Wales.  Funded by the Higher…

The call for papers submission deadline has been extended to Friday 7 February 2014. The WISERD 2014 Conference will be held on 3-4 July 2014 in Aberystwyth University. We are delighted to be able to confirm that Professor Bob Jessop and Professor Karel Williams have agreed to deliver keynote addresses. The 2014 conference is the fifth annual WISERD conference, and…