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New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney analyses political parties’ policy record on refugees and asylum seekers in party manifestos for post-war Westminster, and post-1998 Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections. A refugee is someone who is outside her or his country of nationality due to a well-founded fear of persecution and who is…

Today sees the release of GCSE results for pupils across the UK. The last-minute changes to the awarding of A level grades last week saw similar changes made to the awarding of GCSE results. Pupils will now receive the centre assessment grade, provided by their school, if it was higher than the calculated grade, produced…

Mae ymchwil newydd gan Gyd-gyfarwyddwr WISERD, yr Athro Paul Chaney, Dr Sarbeswar Sahoo (Sefydliad Technoleg Indiaidd, Delhi) a Dr Seuty Sabur (Prifysgol BRAC, Dhaka) yn dadansoddi safbwyntiau sefydliadau cymdeithas sifil ar y sefyllfa gyfoes sy’n wynebu pobl LGBT+ ym Mangladesh. Er iddo gael ei anwybyddu i raddau helaeth mewn gwaith academaidd hyd yn hyn, mae’n fater sydd…

We have long become accustomed to the concerns expressed in the letter pages of local newspapers or on various online forums from those members of the public forced (if fortunate to have access to a car) to drive greater distances, or to make alternative and more costly arrangements, to access services such as health, educational,…

As Wales seeks to navigate a safe path out of the coronavirus lockdown, one of the biggest challenges for the Welsh Government is how to re-open the rural economy whilst avoiding a surge of new cases in the countryside and panicking an anxious rural population. First Minister Mark Drakeford has signaled that restrictions on the…

      Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn rhoi trosolwg o’n gweithgareddau ymchwil yn 2019 – blwyddyn sydd wedi dynodi diwedd un bennod a dechrau pennod newydd, ac wedi cryfhau sefyllfa WISERD fel canolfan ymchwil genedlaethol bwysig. Darllenwch ragor am ein proffil incwm diweddaraf, y gwaith sydd ar y gweill i gryfhau ein cysylltiadau rhyngwladol, ein…

New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney and Dr Sarbeswar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) analyses civil society organisations’ (CSOs’) perspectives on religious freedom violations in Bangladesh. These have been recently thrown into stark relief following the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 2011 that confirmed Islam as the State religion of the…

Mae’r Athro Sally Power, Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, wedi derbyn Medal Hugh Owen 2020 Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru am ei hymchwil addysgol ragorol. Mae’r Athro Power yn ymchwilydd addysg blaenllaw, gyda ffocws eang ar bolisi ac anghydraddoldeb. Mae hi’n chwarae rhan sylweddol wrth gefnogi ymchwil addysg ledled Cymru. Mae Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD (WMCS), a gyfarwyddwyd gan Power…

Empty supermarket shelves have been a scary symptom of the COVID-19 crisis. From daily staples to sneaky snacks, we’re running low. Those shelves reveal something we don’t normally need to think about: here in Wales, our dinners depend on imported food, supply chains, and distribution networks. Could panic at the shops have been averted if…

  Mae firws COVID-19 yn newid y ffordd rydym ni’n byw ein bywydau, ac mae ein cymdeithas a’n heconomi’n gorfod addasu. O gau ysgolion a’r newidiadau o ran asesu i rôl cymdeithas sifil a’r effaith ar weithwyr, gall ein hymchwil helpu i wneud synnwyr o rai o’r newidiadau hyn. Dros yr wythnosau nesaf, er mwyn…