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Mae academydd blaenllaw WISERD wedi rhybuddio cynulleidfa o’r sector addysg am y sialensau’n wynebu’r rheiny sy’n gweithredu cwricwlwm newydd Cymru. Cymerodd Gyd-Gyfarwyddwr WISERD yr Athro Chris Taylor fantais o’r oedi i weithrediant y cwricwlwm newydd i amlinellu beth oedd yn ol ef yn gwestiynau hollbwysig i sichrau ei lwyddiant. Derbyniodd yr Athro Taylor y Fedal Hugh…

Hardly a day goes by without discussion of immigration in the media. Recently, the leaking of a Home Office document outlined plans to limit immigration from the EU after Brexit, and once again, the report and surrounding discussion focused on the perceived shortcomings of immigration. We have interviewed 40 key stakeholders representing 25 organisations run…

Dr Rhian Barrance yn adolygu’r cynllun Llysgenhadon Gwych

O flaen cynulleidfa o 200 o bobl ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, dywedodd arbenigwr iechyd cyhoeddus blaenllaw nad rôl gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol yn unig yw lleihau anghydraddoldeb iechyd.

Dr Dan Evans discusses the use of breathalysers in a Cardiff city centre shop on the Jason Mohammad Show. The interbiew took place on 15/11/2017, and can be listened to by following the link below:

Siôn Llewelyn Jones explores how parents choose the medium of their child’s education Recently, the Welsh Government set a target of increasing the number of Welsh speakers to 1 million by 2050. The Welsh Government considers Welsh-medium education to be central in achieving this target. At the moment, in South-East Wales, parents choose whether to…

Dr Sophie Yarker on the unique shared Remembrance Day practices in Aberystwyth Remembrance Sunday and its parades, wreath-laying and fundraising provides perhaps one of the clearest examples of the coming together of civil society through a shared practice of memorialisation. Although dominated nationally by the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, at a community level there…

WISERD’s bespoke analytical tools were used in a Welsh Government research project to assess whether the existing supply of childcare in Wales can cope with the increased demand due from a change in Government policy. The research and analysis was conducted by WISERD Co-Director Prof Gary Higgs and Dr Mitchel Langford of the University of…

Josie Phillips has recently graduated from her third year of a sociology degree at Cardiff University. This summer, Josie undertook a research placement at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), assisting Dr Esther Muddiman with a project about the passing on of values between family members. As my third year of…

Louise Taylor is in the second year of her sociology degree at Cardiff University. This summer she took part in a Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) placement at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD). Louise has been working with Dr Esther Muddiman on a project about intergenerational values….