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Professor Chris Taylor’s research revealing that children in Wales are behind their counterparts in England in standards of literacy was covered extensively by national news outlets Wales Online – https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/literacy-standards-dropping-wales-new-5835371 The Independent – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/english-children-outperform-welsh-and-scottish-pupils-at-reading-8797106.html The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/04/reading-england-wales-scotland-pupils ITV News – http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2013-09-04/literacy-lagging-behind-england/ BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-23955938/welsh-pupils-literacy-lagged-behind-england-in-2007

Professor Chris Taylor has uncovered evidence that children at age seven in Wales do not do as well as their contemporaries in England when it comes to literacy. Professor Taylor has found that whilst children in England and Wales score equally in assessments on their numeracy and non-verbal reasoning, the gap in literacy levels between…

Professor David Blackaby discusses the 1,400 jobs created from aerospace company Testia UK in Newport in an article published by BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23934149  

WISERD researchers delivered presentations at this year’s Eisteddfod in Denbighshire. Mirain Rhys, Dr Kathryn Sharp and Dr Martin O’Neill delivered presentations at this year’s Eisteddfod on Thursday 8th August in Denbighshire. As part of Cardiff University’s presence at the event, WISERD researchers took part in the Discuss Cardiff space.  This provided an opportunity to showcase the…

Urban Rhythms: Mobilities, Space and Interaction in the Contemporary City will be launched on Tuesday 6th August at Cardiff University.   The book is a Sociological Review Monograph, an edited collection which brings together a range of scholars working in a global range of cities. The chapters of the book, based in cities from Rio…

Dr Kate Moles is working closely with Cardiff University’s School of History, Archaeology and Religion on the Heart of Cardiff Heritage Walk Dr Moles has teamed up with colleagues in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion on the CAER Heritage Project to develop a heritage walk from the Caerau Hillfort to the new Iron…

Research from Professor Chris Taylor and Professor Gareth Rees regarding widening access appeared in a news article run by Wales Online. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/background-no-barrier-university-success-5390966

WISERD researchers reveal how coming from a ‘low participation neighbourhood’ has little affect on a students’ progress through HE Professor Chris Taylor and Professor Gareth Rees have found there is no significant effect on the progress of students in Higher Education who come from areas of widening access. The recently published research, in the Contemporary…

WISERD researchers provide annual report on the evaluation during its first year and provide a summary of the research findings from Stage I. The Foundation Phase is the statutory curriculum for all 3 to 7 years old children in Wales in both maintained and non-maintained settings.  It is based on the principle that early years’…

WISERD’s fifth annual conference will take place on 3rd & 4th July 2014 at Aberystwyth University. The dates for Wales’ largest social science conference have been set.  This two day event will take place on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July 2014 at the MedRus Conference Centre at Aberystwyth University. This annual event showcases policy…