Events

“This is your last chance to prove to us you can be here, we’ve tried everything to help you” – Exploring the use of reduced timetables as exclusionary practice for young people in Wales

Presented by Chloe Weaver (Trainee Educational Psychologist, Cardiff University) A reduced timetable restricts a child’s access to a full-time curriculum. In Wales, there is currently no statutory basis or legal processes upon which to establish a reduced timetable. Previous literature suggests that whilst reduced timetables are sometimes used for pupils with medical needs, they are…

Annual Conference 2023

The theme for our Annual Conference is ‘Civil society and governance in an age of crisis’.

6th Foundational Economy Conference: Exploring the Foundational Economy for a Just Transition

From the 14-16 September 2023 we welcome the 6th Foundational Economy Conference in the heart of Vienna! During the course of our conference there will be keynote speakers and plenary sessions, parallel sessions as well as working groups and city walks. Multiple crises – war, global warming, natural disasters, famine and social injustice – are…

The past in the present: Reflections on coal mining and the miners’ strike 1984-85

Bute Building, Cardiff University Next March the 40th anniversary of the coal miners’ strike will be recognised in an exhibition at the National Museum and by a conference organised by the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD). The conference will begin on the evening of March 1 with a showing of…