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WISERD recently conducted a survey of almost 10,000 children aged between 7 and 18-years-old in Wales for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales . The aim of the survey was to identify the most significant issues facing children in Wales in order to...
Dr Rhian Barrance discusses the impact of national tests on children in Wales, as part of her work with the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. BBC Radio Cymru, 'Post Cyntaf', 8am: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007rkzw BBC Radio Wales, 'Good...
New data from over 10,000 children and young people in Wales reveal the impact pressures of modern life are placing on their mental health. WISERD Research Associate, Dr Rhian Barrance carried out the Beth Nawr, 2019 survey for the Children’s...
WISERD hosted an evening lecture and one-day symposium at Cardiff University this week. The event was organised jointly with the Royal Anthropological Institute, the Learned Society of Wales, and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Social...
WISERD has been successful in gaining funding for new international research. Led by Professor Paul Chaney, the project is entitled: ‘ Civil Society Advocacy and the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Resolutions ’. Co-investigator of the...
The Welsh Government has today published a report written by Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies which provides new evidence on the nature of employment in Wales. Work in Wales 2006-2017: Evidence from the Skills and Employment Surveys provides valuable...
Dr Nigel Newton writes about new research which suggests the new curriculum in Wales, although more holistic, may mean students miss out on subject knowledge.
Since 2015, ‘pioneer’ schools across Wales have been contributing to the development of a new national curriculum based on Professor Graham Donaldson’s (2015) report, Successful Futures. As part of a Welsh government-funded research project being...
A new report has been published by the Institute of Welsh Affairs based on WISERD research by Professor Judith Marquand, Kate O’ Sullivan and Dr Sioned Pearce from Cardiff University. ‘Factors influencing local and community engagement in renewable...
Professor W. John Morgan visited the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-La Sorbonne this week, at the personal invitation of Professor Georges Haddad, the University’s President, to discuss his Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship research on ‘ UNESCO and the...