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The ESRC reports that social science research in Wales now has the highest success rate and the biggest improvement of all the UK countries. The Economic and Social Research Council has increased its spending on research grants by £2 million and boosted its success rates for grant proposals from 17 per cent to 27 per…

Read Professor Ian Rees Jones‘ article: Will publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes? Professor Jones has co-authored an article with Professor Jonathan Gabe and Professor Max Exworthy for the Health Service Journal. With the announcement of public reporting being introduced in 10 surgical sub-specialties in England, the article questions whether the publication of surgeon performance will result…

Dr Moles is interviewed as part of the Emotional Geographies Conference at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies took place on 1st – 3rd July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.  The event is the fourth is a series that provides a forum for a…

Amy Jones from Swansea University wins the PhD student Poster Competition at the WISERD Annual Conference. Amy Jones, a PhD student from Swansea University, was delighted to win the PhD Student Poster competition at this year’s WISERD Annual Conference. The competition was part of a research poster exhibition at Wales’ largest social science conference.  Hosted…

This year’s WISERD Annual conference was a great success with nearly 150 delegates and over 80 papers presented, cementing the event as the largest social science conference in Wales.  Academics and non-academics from a diverse range of disciplines and areas of interest shared their research at the two-day event at the University of South Wales…

Research, funded by WISERD, finds workers in Wales are happier than workers elsewhere in Britain, despite jobs being lower paid and less skilled. Report findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012 were launched at the event: Work, Skills and Well-being in Wales yesterday. Work, Skills and Well-being in Wales: First Findings from the Skills and…

  WISERD is delighted to announce the first in a series of podcasts about WISERD projects and research activity. Click here to listen to Dr Kate Moles and Dr Alex Morgan talk about their three year evaluation of Pori Drwy Stori, a bilingual reading intervention designed to raise educational outcomes for young children by increasing…

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The Welsh Government will be hosting a session at the WISERD 2013 Annual Conference which will afford attendees the opportunity to learn more about the Office for National Statistics Beyond 2011 Consultation on the future of the Census programme.  Attendees will be updated on progress on the programme, and be given the opportunity to feedback…

Dr Martin O’Neill and Professor David Blackaby both appeared on the BBC’s The Wales Report.  Dr O’Neill discussed how EU Funding impacts the Valleys community and Professor Blackaby commented on working hours in Wales.